F.A.S.T.
SOUTHEAST
Reply to: Ken Miller
E-mail: vickyman@comcast.net
MORGANTON 2009 HILL CLIMB
Well……………. Was it too close to Labor Day? Was it too soon
after the Chattanooga Hill Climb? Was it the economy? In any case, whatever the
reason, we had the lowest turnout ever for a hill climb. With less than half of
the usual number of cars we had less competition to soak up the fun available
for the weekend. We were small in number but we had twice the fun.
We woke up Friday morning to a beautiful day with absolutely
perfect weather to go spin some tires and try to beat your best time against
the clock. The high temperature for the day was in the low 70’s with a definite
chill in the air while setting up the timing equipment. With only nine cars
running everyone had plenty of time to practice and to get the car adjustments
honed to perfection.
At
Automatic winners were declared in classes S-1, ST-2, ST-3
and M-1. David Moore, Jim Boggs, Jeff Hodge, and Buck Wellborn all took home
the grand prize in their respective class. Don’t sit on your laurels too long
guys because next time you are going to have some competition.
The most competitive class was SP-1 where four speedsters
battled back and forth to see who might take home the gold. Finally Don Higgs
from
For the longest time we only had one entry in Class SP-2.
Dave Hoover had the class championship and King of the Hill tied up and then
decided to register his son to also race Evira, “The Mistress of the Hills”.
Dave should have left well enough alone as his son Bobby buried his father’s
time and sped to be King of the Hill. After Bobby’s run Dave said they found a
spark plug wire off – Gee Dave do you mean you were beat with only 3
cylinders???
Friday evening we gathered at the Holiday Inn for a
delicious prime rib/chicken dinner and the Awards presentations. Entertainment
was provided by a local group led by our host Greg Deal, banjo picker
extraordinaire.
MORGANTON 2009 HILL CLIMB RESULTS
Car No. |
Driver |
Type Car |
E.T. |
M.P.H. |
CLASS S-1 |
|
|
|
|
23 |
David Moore |
1931 Pick Up |
13.26 |
37.83 |
CLASS ST-2 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
Jim Boggs |
1928 Tudor |
12.74 |
40.24 |
CLASS ST-3 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Jeff Hodge |
1930 AA Truck |
17.17 |
30.29 |
CLASS M-1 |
|
|
|
|
5 |
Buck
Wellborn |
1931
Roadster |
12.82 |
42.30 |
CLASS SP-1 |
|
|
|
|
11 |
Don Higgs |
1929 Speedster |
10.25 |
52.87 |
28 |
Mark Hodge |
1928 Speedster |
10.35 |
54.55 |
3 |
Ken Miller |
1930 Speedster |
10.47 |
52.16 |
2 |
B.J. Cannon |
1930 Speedster |
11.32 |
47.52 |
CLASS
SP-2 |
|
|
|
|
79 |
Bobby Hoover |
1930 Speedster |
9.30 |
59.92 |
79 |
Dave Hoover |
1930 Speedster |
9.75 |
57.59 |
CLASS TO |
|
|
|
|
|
City of |
1917 Amer. LaFrance Fire Engine |
22.54 |
22.73 |