On another typical dreary night of weather at Forrestburn a few stalwarts, some returning old hands and some welcome new faces slithered their way up the hill on the permanently wet track. Unusually for a track night, mechanical attrition was high but most of the problems were temporary. The Raptor suffered a sticking throttle which made life even more exciting for the pilot on a slippery track, the Citroen imitated a kettle and the Ford engined Midget required a plug change to remove a misfire. There were no off-track excursions and the hardy kept plugging away until the finish at 8.30pm – at which point the rain stopped of course!
Photos from Trish at the start line – text from Donald – also at the start line.
The results of the of the Sunday event at Forrestburn Speed Hill Climb are available to download here. We don’t have any images of cars yet – they will arrive soon – but meantime here is the winner of Class A2 Peter Locke (above) and our Chairman Gordon McRobbie, a surprise and proud winner in Class H21 on the Saturday. The hare and the tortoise.
The results of the Saturday event at Forrestburn Speed Hill Climb on 25 June 2016 are now available here as a PDF. In the end it was an enjoyable event though marred by delays in the morning due to timing equipment difficulties. Thanks for everyone’s good humour and patience.
We have a fine gallery of images taken by photographer Chris Nicholson and we hope you enjoy them.
After a series of events which took place in tropical conditions Forrestburn returned to type last night. Initially it appeared that only a few stalwarts were going to venture out in the cold, damp conditions, but, as the evening wore on, the numbers gradually increased and a constant stream of cars took to the hill.
Unfortunately the pride of Scottish automotive engineering required assistance just to get to the top of the hill on it’s first run and it was immediately consigned to its trailer. However, like MacArthur, it will be back.
Here’s a collection of images from Trish at the start line.
The 2016 Hill Climb Season at Forrestburn is with us. The Supplementary Regulations and Entry Form are now available for these events which will consist of two double-headers on 25-26 June and 27-28 August 2016. We are only taking entries for the June events at this time and the details of these and how to enter are on our events page. and here.
We really would appreciate it if everyone used our online entry system as it cuts down the amount of work we have to do in organising the event. It takes a lot of time and effort to type barely legible hand written entries into the system – you know who you are.
You can enter these hill climb events from the marvellous online system which you can access from here. We have retained the option to download the form as a PDF, print it, fill it in with a Biro and send it back to Marion in the time-honoured manner. You also have the option to fill in the PDF digitally on your computer then print it and send it to Marion with your cheque. Isn’t technology wonderful?
We are looking for a record entry again this year so get clicking!
At last – a classic bit of Forrestburn weather – not so much four seasons in one day as two seasons in one day; unfortunately they were autumn and winter. There were quite a few no-shows as well – there names have been entered in a Black Book and there will be repercussions.
Anyway David Baxter braved the elements to bring you this photogallery. Be grateful.
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