It has been an honor to get to know Ted Tidwell, one of Chimney Rock Hillclimb’s greatest drivers to earn the title – King of the Hill. Listening to his stories and clear recollection of so many events, it brings the event back to life. Many of us in the sports car scene in the Southeast remember going to the
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Over the last 10 years, I have heard many people asking the question : WHY HILLCLIMB? What creates the desire to take the risk of running a race car flat out up a wild mountain road? Why take a perfectly good street car and put in a 4 point cage and belts so you can roar through the woods and
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The Porsche 944 LeMons car is making great strides in preparation for the Southern Discomfort race at Carolina Motorsports Parkway, May 2 and 3 in Kershaw , SC. New additions include : new brake pads, transponder, cam lock racing harness, radios for communications with pits, window net, removal of a small family of rodents that apparently enjoy “wire du jour”
Read moreBack in late March of 2012 I got a phone call that would change my life. The phone call was from SCCA Pro driver Brian Kleeman, a veteran champion of T2 and T3 classes in Nissan 350z’s. He was putting together a new car to enter the highest level of SCCA competition, the Pirelli World Challenge Series. I hadn’t heard of this series before
Read moreLast March, I had the opportunity to drive for Team Road Kill Grill at the Southern Discomfort Lemons race held at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, SC. I had planned to run with Mike Smith’s team several years ago but the chance to take a trip to the F1 race in Germany bumped me out of the ride. While Hockenheim
Read moreHow does a person obtain a license to compete in SEDIV Track Trials (Level 3) and Hill Climbs (Level 4)? The easy way out would be to tell you to go to www.scca.com and figure it out. It is all there but sometimes it is easier to understand if someone distills it down to simple steps. Everything I say herein
Read moreThe LeMon’s Southern Discomfort race was held March 3-4 at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, SC. Tyler Zellmer and a group of Clemson University students competed admirably in the TIGER STRIPE ASME 240SX. This is their story!
Read moreENTERING THE TIME TRIAL RANKS? Been doing a lot of SOLO? Thinking it would be great to get your car on a race track and see what you and it can do? Want more seat time than you can get in SOLO? It is not as difficult or as expensive as you might think. You do not have to have
Read moreSteve Hampton of Chap Racing told me once “You know, I can remember a lot of races I ran and crewed. I can remember stories about what happened on the way to the track, during the race, in the pits, that night after the race and the trip home. I cannot remember where I placed or where my driver finished.
Read moreIn September of this year, George Bowland set out on a trip to run 3 hillclimbs in three states in three weeks. From his home in NC, to Boise Idaho to Polaris Montana, over to Weatherly Pennsylvania and then back home…8100 miles. THAT is a lot of asphalt but George is well accustomed to seeing asphalt pass under his car!
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