Kynsna hosts the fifteenth running of the Simola Hillclimb from today with a host of Eastern Cape racing drivers heading to take up the time attack challenge across the various classes. The action starts today with the Classic Car Friday, followed by a street parade in the late afternoon for the cars that will be competing in the main King of the Hill event that takes part on Saturday and Sunday.

In the King of the Hill event the Eastern Cape will be well represented by East London drivers Martin van Zummeren and his sons Wade and Jody in their powerful Nissans GTR R34’s, Darron Gudmanz in his Nissan R32 and Gqeberha brothers Aldo Scribante in his Audi S4 and Silvio in his Audi RS3. All of the above drivers with the exception of Wade will be competing in the B5 unlimited class which is for 4-wheel drive race cars with 5 or more cylinders. Wade will compete in the B4 unlimited class for two-wheel drive race cars with 5 of more cylinders. Another well-known East London racing driver that will be competing in the brand new B10 street car class that caters for Modified Street Cars that are road registered, production based vehicles in 2WD & 4WD form, is Owen Bridger in his lightening quick Honda K24. Rounding out the East Cape entries are regular competitor Gordon Nicholson in his class winning Audi R8 in class A6 (standard production, road going cars, 8 cylinders and up) and returning after making his debut last year is Dayaan Padayachey in class A5 in his Porsche Cayman GTS.

Rane Berry will be making his Simola Hill Climb debut and is taking part in the Classic Car Friday with his Nissan Skyline 2.8 litre teaming up with Brent Watts in a similar 2.8 litre Skyline while former Opel Motorsport factory driver Neil Stephen will be in on the action on Friday competing in a classic Opel CIH.   

 The twisty 1.9km Simola Hill becomes the scene of adrenaline-fuelled excitement from 08h00 today, starting with three practice sessions for the Classic Car Friday competitors, followed by three crucial qualifying rounds. Then it’s on to the Class Finals and the thrilling all-or-nothing Top 10 Shootout to determine who will be crowned Classic Conqueror for 2025. The prize-giving ceremony will take place in the pit lane directly after the conclusion of the final shootout. Saturday’s action kicks off with practice runs from 09h05 and qualifying from 14h05 and Sunday from 09h05 with the class finals set to start at 14h05.

The extremely popular Simola Hillclimb livestream – which is watched by large local and international audiences – will once again be available throughout all three days of the event via the website: www.simolahillclimb.com.