Rescogs resident hillclimb racer Sam Matthewman has been busy for a while, so he’s combined reports on his last three outings at Gurston Down Hill Climb, Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb and his return to Loton Park Hill Climb. So that’s plenty of racing action to inspire you… On the plus side, there’s even some handy […]
Wiscombe Park Hill Climb, Honiton, with video
The last two weeks have been frantic, after the 1200cc engine blew up at Scarborough. With no chance of getting another stroked crank sorted, and a 4-week minimum wait for big bore pistons, barrel plating and oversize valves, it looked like I’d be running an almost stock engine. Luckily TTS had a pair of stock […]
Loton Park Hillclimb – Wet and Windy!
Loton Park is the second longest hill track we race. It’s a good mix of slow technical corners and butt-clenching “straights”, like Cedar Straight which is anything but! As a bonus, the track is set in a lovely wooded area and an ex-Military War Camp that was used to serve many of the local aerodromes. […]
Prescott Hill Climb – VIP Style
Sam Matthewman races a Suzuki TL1000S-based racer in hill climbs, and we’ve conned him into writing about his season, starting with the Prescott Hill Climb. Well after what seems like an eternity over winter in the shed reincarnating my heavily modified Suzuki TL1000S for the 13th year in succession, it was finally time to put […]