By Real roads-based hill-climbs pop up across all continents of the world. This is firmly illustrated by events in Austria (Landshaag, Julbach), England, France, Germany (Luckendorfer Bergrennen), Italy (including this year’s CIVS premiere CIVS in San Marino).
Switzerland (Boecourt–La Caquerelle), New Zealand (National Hill Climb Championships, Cliffhanger Hill Climb) and Mexico (San Pedro Martir Hill Climb, Cain Road Races). Unfortunately, motorcycles no longer race at Pikes Peak in USA.
Last week, near Bengaluru, the third largest city in India, two, four-wheel time-trial competition commenced (5th-6th of March).
Categories for those sampling the ‘Dust to the Clouds – The Hill Climb 2’ were Group B 2 Stroke (up to 165cc), 4 Stroke (Up to 165cc, 166-260cc, 261cc-450cc), Foreign Class (450-800cc), Foreign Open, Group B (Indian Open), Royal Enfield (up to 450 cc, 450 cc and above).
Notable participants tackling the 4.6 kilometres (2.858 miles) long course featuring over 175 racing runs included Rushab Shah, India’s only international road racer and 2022/2023 United Arab Emirates Rookie Supersport Champion.
Shah who dreams about participation at the Isle of Man TT Races, is well known for his performances, last September at Frohburger Dreieck, when astride an RS660 Aprilia, competing for two-times IRRC Supersport Champion, Belgian road racing star Laurent Hoffmann’s Hoffmann by MRP team.
As we previously reported, his results CV from Frohburg was 16th twice in the Belgian Twin Trophy races, post his road racing premiere in Europe on Germany’s most famous active roads circuit.
Racers like Shah, continuously prove nothing is impossible, creating great stories and it is great to see who motorcycle racing on public roads is truly worldwide popular.
Quick reminder for road racing, hill-climb fans, the European Road Race Hill Climb Championship starts in almost, exactly one month at Landshaag in Austria (12th-13th of April).
Photo credit: Michael Wincott
Words by Jan Vavra
