Shannon's Insurance round four of the Mantic Clutch NSW Hillclimb Championship

This round should be very interesting with the state's top three cars competing.

The reigning 2018 Australian Hill Climb champion, Malcolm Oastler is leading the championship with a clean sweep of the first three rounds.

Oastler is a former technical director of the Formula One team BAR and former chief engineer for Jaguar Racing. Needless to say Oastlers current car is self built, the OMS 2B is a carbon fibre monocoque design with a turbo charged hayabusa engine.

A diverse field of entries has been taken this year with vehicles ranging from road registered classes, Sports sedans through to the open wheeler cars.

This year sees the introduction of a new Time Attack class, Time Attack cars are sedan based vehicles with virtually no limits to horse power or tyres.

The NSW Hillclimb Championship will be conducted over eight rounds this year. Rounds one and two were held at Bathurst's famous Mount Panorama circuit. Round three was held at Canberra's, Fairbairn Park Motorsport complex.

Round five will be held at Grafton's Mountain View hill climb, Round six at Tamworth's Oakburn Park Circuit. Round seven MG car Club of Newcastle's Ringwood Park, And the final round eight will be held at Wollongong's Huntly Hillclimb Track.

Competition commences Saturday with official practice starting at midday and finishing at 4.00pm. Sunday competition will commence at 9.30am finishing at 4.00pm

Mount Cooperabung hill climb utilises the old notorious section of Pacific Highway running through the Cooperabung Range and is situated five minutes south of Kundabung off Yarrabee road.

Food and soft drinks will be available at the Pitts. Admission is $2.00 per person or $5.00 for a family with proceeds going to the Kundabung Bush Fire Brigade.

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