Lotus Club Queensland
Dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of the Lotus experience
Login
Register
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Membership
    • Member Login
  • Events
    • Calendar
  • Motorsport
    • Lakeside DTC Timed Laps
    • LAKESIDE DTC RESULTS
  • Magazine
  • For Sale
    • Merchandise
    • Classifieds
  • Posts
  • Galleries
  • Directory
    • Suppliers & Parts
    • Advertisers
  • Archives
hillclimb-1

Mount Cotton Hillclimb 9/10 April 2016

By Jon Young. Photos by Gloria Wade

I haven’t looked at the stats, nor have I the time to tempt a jinx on the matter, but it seems that the sun invariably shines on the MG Car Club Queensland when they organise the hillclimb calendar. True to form, the weather stayed good for the four LCQ members who entered the event on 9th and 10th April.

Having said four, it turned out that Jason McGarry was too unwell to attend, no doubt afflicted with far too much good living and convivial company – stay away from sick people Jason!

hillclimb-2Then there were three, except that it ended up with two and a half, as Dick Reynolds was to drop out of the Sunday run, leaving just Zaid Latif and yours truly to fly the Lotus flag.

Writing of jinxes, we were all congratulated at the drivers’ briefing on not having a single DNF at the last event. Inevitably, I think that the entrants felt this was a challenge, resulting in 15 DNFs on the Saturday, albeit including cars attempting to run without fuel, bits dropping off others, as well as one or two excursions off the black stuff.

hillclimb-4The track was not so kind to us all though, being quite slow on the Saturday, and not much improvement on the Sunday. I tend to benchmark against Brian Pettit’s Westfield and Ainsley Fitzgerald’s Arrow, both very quick cars and drivers, and it was noticeable that they both were a couple of seconds off their usual time (so it’s not excuses or sour grapes our times were down a bit).

Dick arrived at the track for a change without his small, sticky soft tyres, and was running a similar tyre to me. His observation that it cost him three seconds is certainly one that should be taken on board for anyone chasing records there. Also notable that it’s all about tyres and setup.

hillclimb-3Zaid was in his Exige, and is going quicker every time he gets to Mount Cotton. He hasn’t learnt to do the opposite of Dick’s advice yet, and it was probably just as well that Jason wasn’t there to help him either! There is a great video of Zaid on our YouTube channel “Sevensrule”. The hyperlink (if that is what it is called) is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRnHxhhLTOo&feature=youtu.be

It’s a shame that this event coincided with other events around the traps, since the next hillclimb is also the next Interclub Challenge event. We need a few others to keep us out front in the challenge, and the practice would have been helpful for the drivers that don’t habitually visit Mount Cotton.

And of the quickest times achieved? Zaid came in on a 50.45, Dick a 51.27 and I trailed with a 52.26.
Just to warn the Interclub entries, the MG Car Club’s husband and wife team (Ken and Pauline Graham) recorded a 46.18 and 46.63. We need to have some very quick guys to stay in front.

Another great day shared by motoring enthusiasts, thank you MG Car Club.

Concours d’ Elegance at Ormiston House Gold Coast Hinterland Run to Polly’s Kitchen

Related Posts

mp-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Morgan Park Sprints R4

gold-rush-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Gold Rush Hill Sprint – 2022

leyburn-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Leyburn 2022

Random images

IMG_6745 Ghostbusters 4-Car-park-Lockyer-cafe-museum impressive-machinery 10-Sunset-refreshments btiu-15 P1020847 IMG_3773 121_2136_IMG Clive, Shane & Jenny IMG_4197 IMG_7483 IMG_6637 22e 013_13 P1050573 P5250030 Noble design & constructed Trailer 172_THC22_2022-25 20210911-Leyburn-B-234-By-Trapnell-Creations Cairns-5 A-carbon-and-titanium-storm IMG_2464 Dick Reynolds 1988 Caterham Super 7 - 2 In Transit Mt-Cotton-Hillclimb-Sep17-03 20131005_181416 Liam winning Leyburn 2016 ps plus-2 Pits Ready for run 5 Jon and fans Lunch under the marquee Lotus-Esprit Derek_Ralph_Broad P1060080 Sep_MS02_1 Ploughman's Lunch Ploughman's Lunch 1425982099_04ea5da309_m_1 img_1114 2006_08_27_Gympie_Skid_Pan0066 P1010433 Jeff-chasing-Clive main-4 Cats-at-the-ready Gathering-at-Canungra Passing-open-paddocks-and-man-made-lakes Past-Queenslands-winter-kissed-trees Mar-main-19 Cane_field_run_6 IMG_6351 IMG_6324 MG_4620 IMG_0518 DSC03827 0068 Cabarita-Beach image_187 P5250024 IMG_7357 Mar-main-49 20130814_080222 main-38 Stepping-back-in-time Seven Travelling Kit Awaiting lift off The-Pit-Crews Greg-Bray Jonothan-Jones Tonys-Eleven Photo-of-the-flinstone-on-track-not-actually-at-AGP-or-phillip-I-lr Shane-and-Jon Ducting-to-evaporator-box Patron_Vs_Pastry_2 Elan-row 73-04-Oldina-JG endless-chain-makes-a-huge-difference 09192021-copy2 Loose-Wires main-7 Catching-up-over-lunch_gw mk1-cortina Jon and Dick Clive & Life Member, Mal_gw Vyvyan and Patrick BBQ-lunch-Woodenbong-Style At-the-Golden-Grove_GW Morning Tea Ken 2 e-types Steve-Lennox classic-seven-cockpit Tony-Smiths-Evora-2 tin-sign-2 Transport-Museum-Hillman-Minx-1960-2 Rob and Clive Orange is the new black Craig-with-presenter-Geoff

Recent Articles

  • Morgan Park Sprints R4
  • Kev’s Big Day Out
  • Duratec Elise – better late than never
  • Gold Rush Hill Sprint – 2022
  • Marburg Pub Run – 4 Sept 2022
  • Unique +2 Road Trip to Brisbane
  • Leyburn 2022
  • August 2022 DTC

Latest Gallery Images

20220220_093834 20220220_093818 20220220_093827 20220220_093743 20220220_093812 20220220_093730

Search articles by category

Archived articles

Lotus Club Queensland
© Lotus Club Queensland   |   Site by Black Eye Studios