Rotary Teton Hillclimb, Sept. 8 - 10, 2006 9/1/06 --- NEWS FLASH ! --- Hillclimb Race CANCELLED !!!!! John Atchison, who runs timing, scoring and race control for the Rotary Teton Hillclimb event; has suffered a detached retina and undergone emergency eye surgery. He will not be able to work the race, Sept 9-10. Consequently, we have sadly decided to cancel this year's race. We feel really bad about this, but without proper timing we feel it would be a diservice to all to try to patch it together only to have it fail. We ARE planning on running the race in the future. Please notify anyone you know who is planning on attending the race this year that the hillclimb race has been cancelled for 2006. Please contact me if you have further questions. Full refunds will be sent to those of you who have pre-registered. Thank you and sorry, John Hansford 8/26/06 -- Grand Tarhgee resort is just about booked up for the hillclimb weekend, especailly Friday night. Only a few rooms left for Fri night, more are available for Sat night. If you still need a room, call Grand Targhee at 307-353-2300, extension 1311 and talk with Jeff Naylor. Jeff is the co-ordinator for the hillclimb race weekend. There is on-going contruction projects at Grand Targhee. The tennis courts next to where the motorhomes parked are no longer there. There is still plenty of parking available, even if we have to use a lower parking lot. Pre-grid will still be located along the entry road. Teewinot conference room will still be our race headquarters. The Trap Bar and convenience store should be open for our use. The resturaunt will be open for breakfast and lunch. 8/18/06 -- The web pages have been updated with all the latest information for the 2006 Rotary Teton HIllclimb. Hope to see you at the race ! Please note that entry fees increase after August 29, so get your entries mailed in soon. In addition to your entry form, we need a completed medical information form for each driver. This information will be in the hands of the on-site EMTs just in case they might need it. You can send the completed medical forms in with your registration form, or bring them with you to the hillclimb and turn them in at registration there. The Friday evening registration and tech inspection will be held at the Warbirds Cafe (located at the Driggs airport), from 5 to 8 pm. The Warbirds Cafe will be open for beverages of your choice and their exceptional food. Tech inspection for race vehicles will be conducted in the parking lot of the Warbirds Cafe. The novice drivers meeting will be held in the Warbirds Cafe conference room behind the dining area at 8:30 pm. This novice drivers meeting is MANDATORY for novice hillclimb drivers and recommended for all drivers who have not driven the Teton Hillclimb previously. This is a high speed, potentially dangerous hill with almost no runoff area. We don't want any driver's to get hurt or cars to get destroyed. So safety is above all else ! 5/10/06 -- Attention: SNELL95 and newer helmets required. The NHA safety rules follow the SCCA SOLO II helmet requirements. This year the helmet standards have been updated. SNELL 1990 helmets are out of date and no longer acceptable for use at SCCA SOLO II events or NHA hillclimb races. Acceptable helmets must be SNELL M95, M2000, M2005, SA95, SA2000, or SA2005. Also acceptable are SFI 31.1A, 31.2A, 41.1A, or 41.2A rated helmets. Helmets will be checked at tech inspection. 3/19/06 -- The date for 2006 Rotary Teton Hillclimb has been confirmed and progress is being made on getting the details firmed up. It is planned to follow the same format as last year, (hopefully WITHOUT the rain & snow!) Grand Targhee Resort will again host the event headquarters, lodging and dining facilities for the race. Meal and hotel information is listed on the race entry form. Also check the NHA web page for other hillclimb races on the schedule. Join us at some of the other hillclimb races also ! 9/14/05 -- The weather played a major role in the 2005 Rotary Teton Hillclimb race, as Saturday's runs were cancelled due to rain, snow, fog and low clouds. It was cold, wet, humid and the road never did dry out sufficiently for safe high speed runs on the 2 mile mountain course. Sunday dawned with another 1/2" of snow on the ground, but the course was set, the road dried off, and the racers got 3 timed runs each; in between intermitent snow flurries, clouds and occasional sunshine. The cold temperatures resulted in increased power from the motors at 8000 feet elevation and several class records were lowered significantly, including the overall hill record. The 2005 Queen of the Hill is Merlene Fletcher, from Boise, driving her DSL Volvo V70R up the hill in 97.087 seconds. The 2005 King of the Hill is Bill Cooper from Montana, driving his ASP Corvette Z06 up the hill in 82.227 seconds. 2/10/05 -- Ronald Ahrens raced a new Saab 9-2X in the 2004 Rotary Teton Hillclimb and wrote an article about his experience and the car, which was published in the January 2005 issue of AUTOMOBILE magazine. His photographer Gunnar Conrad supplied actions shots and enjoyed the local sights. Ronald also provided us with an entertaining and inspiring featured talk at the Saturday night buffet dinner. We enjoyed having them and hope they will return to the hillclimb again. You can read a copy of the article by ....CLICKING HERE....!