THE big news coming out of Knysna last week is that Andre Bezuidenhout, in his purpose-built 2007 Gould GR55 hill climb racer, managed to shave a whole 0.8 seconds off his previous time to set a new record for the 1.9km dash at a scintillating 34.161 seconds.
That’s quite something, what with an average speed of 201.18km/h through the bends, making it his fifth consecutive win in the Single Seater and Sport Car category. If there was any doubt before, Andre is definitely the man to beat.
Robert Wolk was again the closest competitor, in his 1989 Pillbeam MP58, also a specialised hill climb car but one with four manual gears to wrestle as opposed to the Gould’s six-speed paddleshift.
Wolk’s team made crucial gear ratio changes over the weekend…
