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-banner

Queensland Hillclimb Championships

By Jason McGarry.

What a great weekend, although the number of entries were a little down from previous year’s the number of spectators would have been the largest ever.

I didn’t attend practice on Saturday as I was down at Morgan Park for the A Series Sprints. The word on the street from Saturday’s practice was that competitors were pushing extremely hard as there were a number of incidents – fortunately no human injuries but some cars weren’t able to compete on the Sunday.

I entered my Green Caterham R300 and was placed in the Production Sports Cars 1601 to 2000 Class 2B/2F. Lotus Club Qld member Zaid Latif has held the record of 46.93s since June 2017 in his Exige. There were 8 cars in this grouping with a collection of MX5, MR2, Toyota 86 and my long term close competitor Ainsley Fitzgerald in his Arrow Clubman. I was quickest in the first run with a 46.78, and then Ainsley lowered it to 46.65. Then I dropped down into the mid 45s range for the next 4 runs until my final run where I did a 45.09. So the final result was my Caterham 45.09 first, Ainsley Fitzgerald in the Arrow Clubman 46.62 second and Philip Rowan in a MX5 49.35 third. I also hold the new class record at 45.09s, sorry Zaid.

A highlight of the weekend was seeing Alan Telfer in his 1971 Brabham BT36-2 Formula 2 car. This car had been driven extensively by Graham Hill in the early 70s throughout Europe with many podium results. The car competed in Asia until the late 70s when it was then smuggled out of the Philippines, when it was under the Marcos regime, back to the UK, and then competed in Europe until early 2002. The car then came to Australia and Alan Telfer raced it until 2015 – then recruiting Dean Tighe as driver. They competed in many historic events in Australia. The car is in beautiful condition and can be raced like it was designed to do. Alan achieved a 56.30s …..if I won Lotto, this car would be at the top of my buy list if it was for sale.

Dean Amos was the outright winner in his Gould with a 36.16. It would be great to see some Lotus and other Caterhams next year.

IMG_4600
Jasons-son-Curtis
Alan-Telfer-in-his-Brabham-BT36-2
IMG_4549
Alan-Telfers-1971-Brabham-BT36-2
IMG_4602
IMG_4601
Jasons-Caterham

[Show slideshow]
Lockyer Valley Day Run Mac’s Bridge at Belmont

Related Posts

mp-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Morgan Park Sprints R4

kevs-banner

EMRs, Gallery 2022, Homepage

Kev’s Big Day Out

duratec-banner

Articles, Homepage, Technical

Duratec Elise – better late than never

Random images

IMG_4446 IMG_5328 Angel_Paulette_LCV_and_Sheena_taking_a_break_on_tour P6210147 P1020652 IMG_6506 IMG_7661 IMG_8434 121_2130_IMG IMG_4494 MG_8860 IMG_4402 IMG_6789 IMG_4907 IMG_3304 IMG_5317 IMG_7594 IMG_7593 IMG_0939 Ormiston-11 From-Targa-to-short-course-daryl Gabi-James-Kinghorn-with-Candy-Robert-Costa-and-a-friend-with-a-great-bow-tie To Close for Comfort Russel-Barry_gw Christmas-Lunch-at-RQYS_gw _MG_9165 as Smart Object-1 Greg in his Lotus 61 dtc-17 20160522_110735 Honda Civic 1600cc motor St-Hallets-hostess-with-Rebecca-and-Ian-Peters-SA MGTD meeting-now-underway 18-Marees-knitting-circle.jpg Tom-Steve 20-Morning-at-campsite 16-Chef-Tim 5.Dianna Campfire-Dinner-3 DSC03866 IMG_8579 P9180022c1 IMG_7389 IMG_7358 IMG_8486 IMG_8472 IMG_6406 16a Green-line-up main-8 IMG_4860 Sep_MS03_3 Stowing_the Goodwood_Carpark3 Sydney_Harbour_bridge The_41_head_on IMG_0515 IMG_7846 IMG_8922 PICT7274 PICT7263 Rob_chasing_Pato IMG_2558 20090822_070 20090822_057 160_160 EMRb0412 IMG_4067 P8310148 IMG_0918 IMG_8141 IMG_7997 IMG_8007 IMG_8102 The-McGarry-Team Warm-Up 2-Preliminary-chatter-before-the-run 20200816_080443 IMG_1800 IMG_9111 vyv-photo-5 img_2028 Porsche-GT2-RS IMG_8882 Inside-Flutterbies_gw Gideon-Street-heading-under-the-bridge-by-Craig-Newell IMG_8202 Control-unit from the cockpit Martins Nose 3 Shane and Luke Rat-Pickup right-then-left-at-the-lights-right P1020960 Parked at Qld Transport Museum 1 The-tasting-table_GW IMAG6022 BEST EDITED GROUP SHOT Watch the limit main-104

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