CCR July Hillclimb – Cancelled

[tedebayer]

Central Carolinas Region had requested a date to be kept open for a possible hillclimb for July. There were two possible sites but unfortunately, neither one was deemed solid enough to hold a July Hillclimb event this year.

Our Time Trial officials and drivers are continuing to look for hillclimb sites here in the Southeast Division. Your help in finding sites is greatly appreciated. Please contact Ted Theodore with possible sites and he can arrange a time to come and review . Here are a few of the items to look for :

General : Location : road surface condition, hazards, through traffic, spectator areas, paddock area, restaurants / hotels for workers/drivers/spectators.

Course : Water / Trees / Boulder / Walls / Wildlife / Spur Roads / Residents / Edges of road / Run Off areas / number of high speed areas

Operation : Radio Communications accessible / Staging areas / Cool down areas / Shuttle bus / Course worker line of sight / Spectator Parking areas

Community : Good for local economy / Sound Ordinances / Site Owner / Wildlife / Camping

If you find a possible site, don't hesitate to pass it on for considerations. MANY of the potential problems can be overcome with "work arounds" and safety precautions.

We will look forward to a GREAT Hillclimb at the Dragon September 13 -14 and continue to look for new sites for 2015.

[Steve Eckerich]

I want to add to what Ted has posted.

Many hours are spent working through the approval process for a new Hillclimb site. Many times this has to do with multiple government agencies that have various levels of contol over the site. We wish this process was well defined, but in almost all cases this is the first time racing has been considered on their property. We had very high hopes that we were well on our way with one site. but found the process could not be done properly in the time allowed and could hurt us on similar properties in the future. CCR is committed (or a few of us need to be committed) to the sport and the long history we have as leaders in Southeast Hillclimbing. Many of us travel the roads on weekends scouting new sites and working to bring past sites back on line. Get your cars ready for the Fall Dragon and consider Barber Motorsports Park Labor Day if you have never run a track event, it is an incredible facility.