Club Motori Italia Baskerville Hillclimb: July, 2021 (On-Track Action)

Looks expensive! Car # 52, David McCullagh's Impreza STi, exits the event.

No one enjoys seeing a competitor's car out of action due to a blown motor or as a result of a bingle. Fortunately, the ominous smoke pouring out of David McCullagh's Subie was the only mechanical issue seen during the last couple of pre-lunch sessions and before the event's conclusion, due to light rain, at Club Motori Italia's July '21 Baskerville round of their popular hillclimb series. There were no prangs, either.

Pleasingly - for David, if not the others he was competing directly against - whatever popped on his car held on long enough for him to put in some impressive times, taking out first place in the packed Class F (AWD) field. Let's hope that the repairs aren't too expensive and that he's back and competitive soon.

The other results are as follows:

Class A Darryl Bennett Car # 10 Suzuki Swift

Class B Leigh Ford Car # 16 Honda Integra

Class C Taylor Wilczynski Car # 21 Toyota MR2

Class D Ben Newman Car # 34 Porsche GT3

Class E Nathan Oliver Car # 44 Mazda RX8

Class F David McCullagh Car # 52 Subaru Impreza STi

Glass G Rod Bender Car # 73 Radical SR3

Italian A Geoff Storr Car # 15 Alfa GTV

Italian B Mark Butcher Car # 42 Lamborghini Gallardo

Best Presented Omar Hasan Car # 59 Toyota Yaris

Driver of the Day Ian Cunningham Car # 36 Morris Minor

What follow are some on-track action photos, presented in no particular order. Please enjoy!

Anyone looking for some more info on CMI's Baskerville event could do worse than going to: https://www.motorsport.org.au/media/news/detail/2021/07/06/emotional-bender-wins-state-hill-climb-title?fbclid=IwAR0biepqfd80UK8e8YXS3iUL6WgVszEXlON4tOfBopjKurcutHUlaqmpNOo . There's some background on the winner of this year's hillclimb series, Rod Bender, and a few excellent photos from Glenda Reid.

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(uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.)

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