Anyone know of events like this in America?

"YSI-what can brown do for you" (ysi-what-can-brown-do-for-you)
09/13/2013 at 01:52 • Filed to: Exhaust Music

You know hillclimbs that aren't at Pike Peak. They seem like amazing things to watch!

DISCUSSION (22)

Dusty Ventures > YSI-what can brown do for you
09/13/2013 at 01:57

http://www.hillclimb.org/

There's about eight every year in New England, and next year the toughest hillclimb in the country returns, Mt Washington

NinetyQ > YSI-what can brown do for you
09/13/2013 at 01:59

I co-drove in a hill climb once. In a boattail Model T.

It was really just a steep hill in a small town and a bunch of people in vintage cars (prewar) attempted to climb it each year. The Newport Hill Climb. http://www.newporthillclimb.com/

YSI-what can brown do for you > Dusty Ventures
09/13/2013 at 02:00

Fudge buckets, I am 10 hours away from New England region. Is it nearly as epic as the one in the video?

YSI-what can brown do for you > NinetyQ
09/13/2013 at 02:03

haha, this was not the hillclimb I was thinking of. Are there pre-war race cars there?

NinetyQ > YSI-what can brown do for you
09/13/2013 at 02:08

I was only 13 when I went to it the first time, so I can't remember if there were any genuine ones or not. Plenty of boattail customs though that were pretty awesome.

webmonkees > YSI-what can brown do for you
09/13/2013 at 02:16

The Pueblo Motorsports Par k. Technically not Pike's Peak. And the cars are a bit.. cheaper.

YSI-what can brown do for you > webmonkees
09/13/2013 at 02:34

Oh my god, that looks like fun!

Dusty Ventures > YSI-what can brown do for you
09/13/2013 at 03:31

Kinja'd!!!

I can only speak to Mt Washington because that's the one I've been to, but I would say yes, absolutely. You don't get cars like the radicals and open wheel single seaters because of the road, but it's such an epic road. It has the same vertical climb as Pike's, but in four fewer miles. It also has the same number of corners. The angle of the road changes constantly and at times aggressively (there are jumps). It's much narrower than Pike's, squeezing to less than 20 feet wide at some points. Once you're past half way the trees disappear and you've got thousand foot vertical drops, which is particularly terrifying because there are zero guardrails. And then there's the weather (Mt Washington has the world's worst). 2 out of every 5 days the mountain experiences hurricane force winds (75 mph+) and the summit typically has fog 5300 hours per year (there are 8800 hours in a year). When the fog hits it brings visibility down below 100 feet. In other words its the most terrifying conditions imaginable for racing. The first time I drove the road it was at the speed limit of 20 and that was enough to have me white knuckling it.

Dusty Ventures > YSI-what can brown do for you
09/13/2013 at 03:35

Kinja'd!!!

This is what it looks like when the fog sets in

lonestranger > YSI-what can brown do for you
09/13/2013 at 03:38

This is, like, 2 hours away from me, and I've never gone to watch it.

It's nowhere near Indiana, though.

EDIT: And I didn't recognize it until near the end, but the FR-S in the above vid is this one:

UserNotFound > YSI-what can brown do for you
09/13/2013 at 07:21

I looked that up a little while ago and there are a surprising number of hill climbs throughout the U.S. It seems like just about every state with hills has some events.

My personal favorite is the Mount Equinox hill climb in New Hampshire. It's VSCCA event (so only cars built before Dec. 31, 1959) but it's an amazing stretch of road.

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > YSI-what can brown do for you
09/13/2013 at 07:32

CKeffer > YSI-what can brown do for you
09/13/2013 at 07:59

http://www.dragonhillclimb.com/

I saw banners advertising this one when I was in North Carolina this summer.

Butson > YSI-what can brown do for you
09/13/2013 at 09:30

There's a number of races run in New England ( http://www.hillclimb.org ) and in the Mid-Atlantic ( http://pahillclimb.org/ ).

ZeroOrDie - Powered By MZR > YSI-what can brown do for you
09/13/2013 at 11:09

There are a few around the US. Nothing to this scale. We need more hill climbs tho.

YSI-what can brown do for you > lonestranger
09/13/2013 at 17:17

I don't even think it is in America. But the Canadian border is like 10 hours from my house, just 10 hours.

lonestranger > YSI-what can brown do for you
09/13/2013 at 17:45

Yeah, it doesn't fit your title question, unless we want to refer to both North and South America as "America". I'm not one of those people, and this is in Western Canada.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Dusty Ventures
09/13/2013 at 18:33

I pretty sure that is dangerous, and pretty damn awesome. The cars also seem like they are loud, plus there seemsto be a wide array of them (dat Alfa 8C!). If I can make it out somehow, this event seems worth it.

YSI-what can brown do for you > UserNotFound
09/13/2013 at 18:34

It seems that most hillclimbs are in New England. Kind of annoying but then again there aren't many hills in the Midwest.

YSI-what can brown do for you > lonestranger
09/13/2013 at 18:39

Wait there are other Americas?

#ignorantamerican

#thisispurelyforsarcasm

Dusty Ventures > YSI-what can brown do for you
09/13/2013 at 20:07

Yeah, they're definitely loud (no noise restrictions) and there's a good range of vehicles. Here's the 2011 results http://climbtotheclouds.com/general-info/r…

Dusty Ventures > YSI-what can brown do for you
09/14/2013 at 02:42

I've actually been working on a piece about the Mt Washington climb. If I can get it done in time it will post on Tuesday.