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Old 10 Mar 2005, 09:45 (Ref:1248403)   #14
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Originally Posted by Anuauto
"Latest news on the hill climb front" is that there is still no hillclimb venue in the south east quarter of England. The nearest venue to that most populous area is still the only UK venue not running any classes for roadgoing cars. One venue in the south west has lost its track licence. Other UK venues still promote 2 day meetings that cover less entries than 2 separate 1 day meetings could. New venue proposals fall foul of safety/track licencing problems that many perceive to be no worse than many existing licensed venues. The perception in many places that racing cars with all their safety costs rather than grass roots roadgoing saloon cars should still predominate in hillclimb entries seems unchanged.
Is there any good news?
There certainly is GOOD NEWS - if you start running in SPRINTS they do seperate out the plastic LOCATERFIELDS and leave the Tin-Tops to their own devices. Plus there are sprint venues in the South East - a double bonus!

As for Hillclimbs 'down South' - the problem in the Easterly quadrant is the cost of land, lets face it building houses is a better source of income for the landowner.

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