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Competitors poised for this weekend’s Poatina Hillclimb

Competitors poised for this weekend’s Poatina Hillclimb
A field of around 50 local production-based classic and modern sports, rally and circuit cars and their crews will convene for this year’s second annual Poatina Hillclimb on Sunday 6 December. Crews will compete six times over the event’s extended 10.2km course over Poatina Road, which snakes up Mount Blackwood to the Central Plateau of…
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Drift star Jake “DriftSquid” Jones heads for the hills

Drift star Jake “DriftSquid” Jones heads for the hills
South Australian drifting sensation Jake Jones (aka DriftSquid) will finally realise a long time dream when he competes in the inaugural Eden Valley Hillclimb on Sunday 13 December 2015. The 26-year-old apprentice electrician, who grew up in the Barossa Valley, is looking forward to tackling the new event, which will be held over a 3.5km…
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Tassie rally brothers face off at Poatina Hillclimb

Tassie rally brothers face off at Poatina Hillclimb
Arguably the fastest brothers in Tasmanian tarmac rallying, Eddie and Steve Maguire, will go head-to-head this Sunday 6 December at the second annual running of the Poatina Hillclimb. Hailing from Somerset in Tasmania’s North West, 28-year old Eddie and his younger brother Steve, will campaign the event’s Tarmac Rally category in separate cars – and…
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Poatina Hillclimb mad dash for Hobart sign master

Poatina Hillclimb mad dash for Hobart sign master
Tasmanian rally stalwart, Andrew Morris, is in a race against the clock to be a starter at this year’s second annual running of the Poatina Hillclimb on Sunday 6 December. 46-year-old Andrew, who owns and operates Signworks in Hobart, blew the engine on his 1982 Mazda RX-7 Group B Replica at the fourth round of…
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