[0-60] Duryea Hill Climb

The Blue Mountain Region SCCA hosts the longest hill in the PHA series. Named for the obscure automobile maker and following the same route that Charles Duryea used to test his cars, this is a 2.3 mile hill located in a beautiful city park in downtown Reading, PA. With a history dating back to 1951, festivities this year will include a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the automobile. Possibly the most diverse and challenging hill in the Northeast, Duryea boasts 11 turns (most of which are negotiated in the first half of the course) coupled with some high speeds at the top.
Hillclimbing presents unique challenges that can only be experienced in this venue of motorsports. A perfect example can be found in turn 6 at Duryea. This turn has a nickname (which cannot be printed in this magazine) that describes the mood of a driver as they discover they have hit the brake either too early or too late. The challenge faced here is the quintessential dilemma of hillclimbing: how long can you stay on the gas when entering the turn without causing the course workers to scramble into the woods?
Course Information:
www.pahillclimb.org/Courses/Re...
Video by Mike Spock
www.mikespock.com

[@oscarlithgow]

awesome!!! i love hill clime

[@m3pedro]

Man those are some sweet cars!!!!!!! I wish I lived close would love to do this event in my 69' 1602 BMW....

[@Pinfari13]

I live close enough to hear the motors of the louder cars

[@smumm]

HAHAHA.. the stang sounded awesome but it couldn't take a corner for the life of it!

[@selophane43]

i WISH i could ride my cycle on this course. NESBA should put on an even here.

[@redkachowski]

i think that the coolest (sounding) car was the saab.

[@DTEL77]

you would not say that if you had to pit next to it.

[@clw132]

Formula Vee lol