About this event
Registration will open JULY 22, 2024 and will be on-line Entry Only through Motorsportreg.com
REMINDER: HEAD AND NECK RESTRAINT is Required
NOVICES: Novice Meeting will be FRIDAY night ar 6:15pm under the big tent at the Fire Tower. You will need to check-in & sign waiver before getting on the course truck for a group tour of the hill.
If for some reason you are not going to make it to the novice meeting on time reach out to Jason Fraley or Mike Robinson.
Mike Robinson miniacmike@verizon.net – (267) 377-0256 Jason Fraley – (301) 988-2369
2024 DURYEA HILLCLIMB
August 17 – 18, 2024
Pennsylvania Hillclimb Association Championship Series Event #5
Hosted by: Blue Mountain Region SCCA
PO BOX 13641 � Reading, PA 19612
(Registration will open _______ @ 5:00pm and will be on-line Entry Only through Motorsportreg.com )
SANCTION # 24-HC-62930
Held under the SCCA Time Trials Rules and PHA Supplementary Rules
Entry Fee: $280
Early-Bird Entry Fee: $ 255 before August 6, 2024
NO REFUNDS AFTER August 12, 2024
EVENT OFFICIALS
EVENT CHAIRMAN ------------------------------------- RICH ROCK Phone: 610-804-9047 email: rikrock@live.com
CHIEF OF TIMING & SCORING --------------------- NANCY LEWIS
CHIEF STEWARD --------------------------------------- RICH ROCK
CHIEF SAFETY STEWARD -------------------------- MATTHEW GREEN
CHIEF TECH INSPECTORS---------------------------- GEORGE WITMAN & MIKE ROBINSON
CHIEF DRIVER INSTRUCTORS ----------------------- MIKE ROBINSON & JASON FRALEY
REGISTRAR ----------------------------------------------- NANCY LEWIS via MSR
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday 5:00pm - 8:00pm Registration/Check-in and Tech Inspection at the FIRE TOWER on top of the mountain
***NOVICES: Mandatory registration/check-in and meeting 6:15pm, prior/after Tech Inspection
Saturday 7:00am - 12:00pm Registration/Check-In – Upper Pit area under Timing Tent.
Tech Inspection at Pit Spaces
8:15am MANDATORY: All Novices bring cars to the Start Line and be fully dressed in race gear.
Prepare for touring run of course
8:40am Mandatory: Driver’s Meeting at the Start Line
8:30- 9:00am Hill open for novice touring/familiarization run
9:10 - 4:30pm Timed Runs – as many as conditions and time allows. Lunch break approximately at noon
6:00pm(approx) Party – At the FIRE TOWER after Saturday runs.
Door Prizes: please donate items
Sunday 8:30am Mandatory: Driver’s Meeting at Start Line
9:00 - 4:30pm Timed Runs – as many as conditions and time allows. Lunch break approximately at noon
5:00pm(approx) Awards presentations at Tower after hill clean-up is complete
RUN GROUPS: (subject to change- any changes will be announced at the Driver’s Meeting)
GROUP 1: STREET PREPARED, STREET MOD, TOURING, IMPROVED TOURING, AMERICAN SEDAN, SPEC MIATA, VINTAGE, HISTORIC, RALLY, SE
GROUP 2: SPORTS RACER, P-1, P-2 SPEC RACER, SPECIALS, SOLO V, ALL FORMULA CARS, GT, PRODUCTION, SUPER PRODUCTION, SUPER TOURING, ME-1, ME-2
The event Stewards reserve the right to alter the published schedule of events as well as reject any entry for good and sufficient reason.
WAIT-LIST Regulations:
- Duryea Hillclimb is capped at 100 entries.
- A confirmed entry is an entry paid in full. No refunds will be made after August 12, 2024
- Once the 100 entry cap has been reached with the on-line registrations, a Wait-List will be initiated. If there are cancellations, the first person on the wait-list will be contacted to confirm that they are still interested to participate. If so, they will be removed from the wait-list and placed as a confirmed entry. If more cancellations occur, the wait-list entrants will be notified in order.
Event requirements
Event is held under SCCA Time Trial/Hillclimb Rules and PHA Supplementary Rules (SUPPS). PHA SUPPS are located: http://pahillclimb.org/rules/
All safety equipment must be within date specifications - any driver without out-of-date safety equipment will not be eligible to particpate.
SCCA HILLCLIMB DRIVER ELIGIBILITY https://timetrials.scca.com/pages/hillclimb-driver-eligibility
The following are the minimum requirements to drive in an SCCA HillClimb Event.
1. Weekend or Full Membership of the SCCA.
2. Valid government-issued driver’s license.
3. Be able to handle the physical and mental demands of competition for the length of a session for each session of the event. Click here to see detailed description.
4. A HillClimb or Time Trials License from the SCCA/recognized sanctioning body or a competition license from a recognized sanctioning body.
This event is scheduled as a two day event; all cars will compete both days. A driver unable to compete on either day forfeits all timed runs offered for that day. A driver showing up for registration and tech inspection after timed runs have started forfeits any missed runs. This event is run under the SCCA Time Trials Rules (TTR)/Hillclimb Rules and the PHA Supplemental Rules
APPLICATION: On-line entry must be filled in completely and submitted with payment. Entries will be accepted on a first come first served basis.
Two drivers per car will be permitted. If there are any questions or special requests, contact the Organizer whose name and telephone number are listed on the event schedule.
ENTRY LIMITS: The first 100 paid entries will be firm entries.
REFUNDS: Refunds for cancellations after August 12, 2024 will be at the discretion of the Event Organizer. Each driver must submit a separate application.
REMINDER: Please make sure that your emergency contact information is current.
NOVICES: If are not currently an SCCA member, please obtain your SCCA membership at SCCA.com. Or by calling SCCA member services: 800-770-2055. If you wish to be a member of the BMR region, the region # is 97
DRIVER ELIGIBILITY: Open to all SCCA Time Trial License holders, Time Trial Novice Permits, Hillclimb License, Club Racing Competition License and Club Racing Novice Competition Permits as well as competition licenses recognized by the SCCA. Every driver, regardless of competition license or novice permit, must be a member of SCCA. All drivers must present a valid government driver's license along with their competition license and current SCCA membership card at registration.
SCCA Memberships and Novice Time Trial books will be available at Friday night registration only. The SCCA does not accept cash. Please have either checks or money orders (made out to ‘SCCA’). SCCA membership through Blue Mountain Region is $90.00 ($70 SCCA + $20 BMR). Weekend SCCA memberships ($15.00) are acceptable with a race license from another sanctioning body. BMR will not accept cash for SCCA membership and licenses, but payment can be made by credit card or check (made out to “SCCA”)
- SCCA Memberships will be available at Friday night registration ONLY. While you can do this at Friday registration, it is highly recommended you obtain this from SCCA two weeks prior to the event.
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STAND-BY REGULATIONS
- The Hillclimb is capped at 100 entries.
- A confirmed entry is an entry paid in full.
- Once the 100 entry cap has been reached with the on-line registrations, a Wait-List will be initiated through MSR. If there are cancellations, the first person on the wait-list will be contacted to confirm that they are still interested to participate. If so, they will be removed from wait-list and placed as a confirmed entry. If additional cancellations occur, the wait-list drivers will be notified in order.
- A no show, by a confirmed entry by NOON Saturday (except by prior arrangement), is a no show for the event and a stand-by will be substituted. At the time a stand-by is used the no show will be assigned the next stand-by number in sequence and can run only if that stand-by number is reached
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Friday evening Registration/Tech: at the Fire Tower on the top of the Mountain.
William Penn Memorial Fire Tower, 621 Skyline Dr, Reading, PA 19606
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PIT SPACE: Pit space is limited and support vehicles/trailers are not to occupy pit spaces.
Pits are located on Clymer St(13th St extension) and Lombard Street from 6am – 5:30 pm Saturday and Sunday.
Cars are not to be left in the pit area overnight as the roads will be opened for public use.
TRAILERS: Open trailers can be stored inside Turn 2 but will not be available during the event. There is space at the Fire Tower for overnight parking & camping. Space is limited and we ask that everyone use proper judgement and only occupy the space needed for your tow vehicle/trailer/race car.
OFF-SITE OVERNIGHT RV PARKING – BEFORE/AFTER Event
If you are planning on traveling to the area with an RV before the gates open, or after the event, Cabela's in Hamburg, PA (intersection of Rt 61 & Rt 78 )has free overnight RV parking and a dump station.. Across the highway from Cabela's is a Cracker Barrel and Camping World /.. During business hours, Camping World has a free dump station to the left of the building.