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

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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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