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The next round of the Colorado Rally Cup will be the CHCA Lands End Hill Climb held just outside of Grand Junction, CO. For details visit the Colorado Hill Climb Association site, http://www.chcaracing.com.

Teams Battle Down to the Wire at the CHCA Buffalo Peaks Hill Climb, Round 4 of the Colorado Rally Cup Presented by Subaru, Flatirons Performance, and Flatirons Subaru

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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 10:58 Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 July 2009 20:43 Written by Kevin

Teams Battle Down to the Wire at the CHCA Buffalo Peaks Hill Climb, Round 4 of the Colorado Rally Cup Presented by Subaru, Flatirons Performance, and Flatirons Subaru



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Photos: Kevin Hahn Photography

Denver, CO – The Buffalo Peaks Hill Climb, held just outside of Buena Vista, CO, marked the fourth round of the 2009 Colorado Rally Cup Presented By Subaru, Flatirons Performance, and Flatirons Subaru. This Colorado Hill Climb Association event, held every other year, has emerged as one of the most challenging and anticipated events in the calendar as teams must salivate at the prospects of tackling the course for almost two years between attempts.

Adding a new twist to the battle for the front in the powerful Open and Group 5 categories were the returns to high-speed competition for Conley116.com driver Nathan Conley and the No Coast Motorsports Team of Grant Hughes and Mark Malsom. For Conley, Buffalo Peaks would prove to be his first high speed event in just under a year after he and his wife/co-driver, Brandye Conley, suffered a high speed crash at the 2008 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, in which both driver and co-driver broke their backs (neither occupant was paralyzed and both have returned to normal day to day activities). To help complete Nathan’s return to competition was interim co-driver Adam Kniepp, who stepped in to join the team for the event.

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CRC Season Standings and Temple Canyon Results Available

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Thursday, 04 June 2009 07:44 Last Updated on Thursday, 04 June 2009 07:48 Written by Kevin

Times from the Temple Canyon Hill Climb are now available and can be seen here or downloaded in .xls format here

 

With these times being made available we now have season points standings which can be seen here or downloaded in .xls format here

Williams and Hakala Blow by Competition as Conley Takes Over Championship Lead

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Monday, 25 May 2009 21:10 Last Updated on Friday, 29 May 2009 06:24 Written by Kevin

Williams and Hakala catch air over a jump while soaring to the overall rally victory.

 

Denver, CO – The Tumbleweed Express Rally, held May 24th, 2009, marked the second round of the 2009 Colorado Rally Cup Presented By Subaru, Flatirons Performance, and Flatirons Subaru. This event, held at the Colorado Off Road Extreme park outside of Deer Trail, CO, also held the distinction of being the first all new Performance Stage Rally of 2009 sanctioned by Rally-America.

After overnight rains threatened to make the Kling Construction Grass Track at C.O.R.E. impassable for safety crews, teams set about the task of driving the course to make their pace notes early in the morning. With the course drying out quickly due to the sun and strong winds, teams and the event organizers quickly gained confidence in the road surface as a fast “sticky” course began to take shape.

First on the road would be Steve Bis and substitute co-driver Aaron McConnell in the Salta Motorsports Subaru STi in the powerful open class. Second on the road would be Mitch Williams and Alix Hakala in the Checkpoint Racing Suba Performance Subaru STi followed by Dave and Allison Kern in their NOS Energy Drink AMS Mitsubishi Evolution. All three teams looked to capitalize on the absence of Jeff Regester and Duncan Smith who took an early points lead earlier in the month by winning the class at the Temple Canyon Hill Climb. Further down the order Scott Leonard looked to extend his lead in Group 2 and John Conley hoped to extend his lead in Group 5 and make a challenge for the overall Colorado Rally Cup points championship lead.

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Buffalo Peaks Preliminary Spectator Guide Now Available

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Wednesday, 03 June 2009 07:51 Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 June 2009 07:57 Written by Kevin

The preliminary spectating guide is now available for the Buffalo Peaks Hill Climb in Buena Vista, CO.

 

This event traditionally features some of the largest rally car fields as well as some of the most spectacular racing of the CHCA season. This event will also serve as the fourth round of the CRC and the final round before the July break in the schedule.

 

Preliminary information can be found here.

 

After the completion of Round Three the guide will be updated to include more infomation.

A Battle of Hundredths at Temple Canyon

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Monday, 11 May 2009 20:37 Last Updated on Friday, 29 May 2009 06:25 Written by Kevin

Denver, CO - The Temple Canyon Hill Climb, held May 9th and 10th, served as the first round of the Colorado Hill Climb Association and Colorado Rally Cup 2009 schedules. Held over May 9 and 10th the season opener delivered intense competition as teams shook off the dust from the off season and debuted new vehicles and teams for 2009. For the Colorado Rally Cup six new teams made their debute in the Group 2 and Open Light classifications and three other teams debuted new cars for the 2009 season on the challenging 3 mile course just outside of Cañon City, CO .

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