As someone who has run hills since about 1996, I will say that the risk is there, but I've never gotten such a rush out of any other type of motorsport. In over 30 years I've drag raced, autocrossed, road raced, and even drove for a small factory kart team on dirt in my teens. There just is nothing like charging up a mountain road on the limit on cold slicks. Most hillclimbs on the east coast are up in Pennsylvania (www.pahillclimb.org) but we now have two in the south with The Blueridge (www.blueridgehillclimb.org) and Snowshoe. I was involved with the early planning for Snowshoe with SCCA but it just never got off the ground. However I know that the resort management intend for this to be the best event of its kind and I'm looking forward to it. (www.snowshoemtn.com) (www.snowshoehillclimb.com)

Stan Vann