Why did the 2024 Pine Mountain HillClimb hit its max number of entries within hours of registration opening? Competition. Camaraderie. Community.
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Heyward Wagner. Photo by Alec White/SCCA Appalachian HillClimb Series.
A total of 93 drivers made a run during the first round of the SCCA Appalachian HillClimb Series. That's the largest number of participants in the Southeast since …
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This sounds super fun. I definitely would have attended if it was closer to me.
Every time I see a RX-8, I get closer to wanting to buy one!
I keep kicking myself for missing this event because it's so close to where I was born.
Someday. I'll go spectate someday.
Josh_R
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4/25/24 12:09 p.m.
I'm always shocked by the number of people who want to experience a hillclimb but haven't. They are SO accessible on the East Coast! 13 THIS year (well, 12 now)!![](https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/prod.mm.com/uploads/2024/04/25/1714061252_ec-hillclimbs_mmthumb.jpg)
Any event where Heyward competes is OK in my book.
Josh_R said:
I'm always shocked by the number of people who want to experience a hillclimb but haven't. They are SO accessible on the East Coast! 13 THIS year (well, 12 now)!![](https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/prod.mm.com/uploads/2024/04/25/1714061252_ec-hillclimbs_mmthumb.jpg)
Love the map! Thank you for sharing.
Having been up and down Mt. Ascutney a few times, a hillclimb there would certainly be exciting.