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KNYSNA NEWS AND GALLERY - In a short series of articles and galleries, we’ll be taking a look back at the action that unfolded during the 2022 Simola Hillclimb, starting with Classic Car Friday.
There was drama and action aplenty on the first day of running for the hillclimb, with some Classic Car favourites already ruled out before the competition even started.
As per custom, the event kicked off on Thursday 5 May with the display and scrutineering of the Classic Car Friday competitors in Hedge Street before their parade down Waterfront Drive.
PHOTO GALLERY: 2022 Classic Car Friday action
The biggest development to come from this was that six-time winner Franco Scribante's 1970 Chevron B19 and the similar 1971 car of Peter Jenkins did not pass the pre-event technical inspection and both were ruled out before running began.
On Friday, fellow regular Classic Car Friday challenger André Bezuidenhout was ruled out of the day when his 1976 Lola Cosworth T460 was accidentally hit from behind by the 1959 Chevrolet Corvette driven by Richard Evans during the return run down the hill to the pits.
This meant three of the regular classic competitors were out, opening the door for others to summit the hill. The man who benefited from the opportunity was Ian Schofield, who soared to the top of Classic Car Friday to win his first Classic Conqueror title, completing the course in 42,303 seconds in his 1977 March Ford 77B Formula Atlantic single-seater in the Top 10 Shootout.
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