bluegraphite
Well-known member
My TDI Jetta and I tried a hillclimb for the first time. Wow - it was great fun!
I wonder if some other TDI drivers would like to try a hillclimb?
A few weeks back, I was wondering how our favorite turbodiesel would stack up in hillclimb? Pretty good, I suspected, since classes are assigned on the basis of cc/lb and the TDI's torque seems ...well... real useful! I discovered my 90hp, grocery-hauling TDI is competitive in the class called "Unprepared 4" . Mine was the quickest U4 car at Okemo that day, more than 10 seconds ahead of a Spitfire with veteran drivers. (Just imagine what a chipped and injected TDI could do!)
The other competitors couldn't have been nicer! They answered my newbie questions and gave me lots of tips on what to do during "new driver orientation" and later, while strolling around the pits. The event was well run by members of the Killington Sports Car Club. A little rain Saturday afternoon brought the pace down and closed the hill early, but gave me a chance to study the course from the driver's seat. Sunday was beautiful - we each got 5 timed runs, after a "familiarization run". I even had a chance to work a checkpoint and the starting line between my runs, so I got to see & learn a lot by watching. (Full details, schedule & rules at hillclimb.org)
I heartily recommend trying a hillclimb to anyone who wants to get a taste of road racing in a controlled environment! It's not so costly, you can run in your daily driver and have a great time!
I wonder if some other TDI drivers would like to try a hillclimb?
A few weeks back, I was wondering how our favorite turbodiesel would stack up in hillclimb? Pretty good, I suspected, since classes are assigned on the basis of cc/lb and the TDI's torque seems ...well... real useful! I discovered my 90hp, grocery-hauling TDI is competitive in the class called "Unprepared 4" . Mine was the quickest U4 car at Okemo that day, more than 10 seconds ahead of a Spitfire with veteran drivers. (Just imagine what a chipped and injected TDI could do!)
The other competitors couldn't have been nicer! They answered my newbie questions and gave me lots of tips on what to do during "new driver orientation" and later, while strolling around the pits. The event was well run by members of the Killington Sports Car Club. A little rain Saturday afternoon brought the pace down and closed the hill early, but gave me a chance to study the course from the driver's seat. Sunday was beautiful - we each got 5 timed runs, after a "familiarization run". I even had a chance to work a checkpoint and the starting line between my runs, so I got to see & learn a lot by watching. (Full details, schedule & rules at hillclimb.org)
I heartily recommend trying a hillclimb to anyone who wants to get a taste of road racing in a controlled environment! It's not so costly, you can run in your daily driver and have a great time!