Empire Hill Climb

2018 Results

Official results from the 2018 Empire Hill Climb on Wilco Road in Empire, Michigan.

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Official Event Results

2018 Empire Hill Climb

Complete Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Vintage, Exhibition and overall finishing results.

2018 Fastest Time of Day - Overall

♛

KING OF THE HILL

Peter Cunningham

#42 · 2016 Acura TLX-GT · Exhibition

18.539

Seconds · Fastest Time of Day Overall

Trophy Class FTD: Daniel Milewski · #69 · 2002 Chevrolet Corvette · Class 3 · 20.462 seconds

CLASS 1

7 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1T	216	Mike Ryba	1993 Honda Civic / Black	23.644	22.339	22.155	22.057	21.816	22.608	21.816
2T	7	Aric Streeter	1996 Caterham 7 Supersprint / Green	26.520	25.036	24.726	23.503	23.335	22.523	22.523
3	55	Jonathan Rogers	1995 Dodge Neon ACR / Orange	23.750	23.672	23.174	22.897	22.635	22.724	22.635
4	51	JJ Servis	1994 Mazda Miata / Green	26.361	25.137	24.707	24.159	24.684	24.606	24.159
5	116	Jon Armstrong	1990 Honda CRX / Silver	26.633	26.033	25.319	24.877	25.106	24.974	24.877
6	121	Marc Mendes	1994 Saturn SL2 / Black and White	27.124	26.122	25.623	25.844	25.473	25.146	25.146
7	124	Mark Jarvis	1994 Saturn SL2 / Black and White	26.442	26.545	27.161	27.174	26.595	26.556	26.442

CLASS 2

10 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1T	07	Patrick Waligore	1987 BMW 325is / Blue	22.668	22.552	21.496	21.889	21.442	21.021	21.021
2T	531	Evan Weider	1993 Honda Civic CX / Silver	23.685	22.611	22.247	22.501	21.815	50.297	21.815
3T	86	Derek King	2007 Nissan 350Z / Black	23.031	22.583	22.415	22.174	22.456	22.157	22.157
4	461	Keith Hagen	2001 Subaru Impreza / Snow Camo	23.605	23.223	22.414	23.731	23.597	24.351	22.414
5	108	Shanti Witt	1991 BMW 325i / White	24.088	23.693	23.200	23.567	24.750	24.354	23.200
6	13	Adam Buchanan	2003 Nissan 350Z / Blue	24.360	23.536	23.429	23.395	24.828	24.312	23.395
7	131	Ryan Thompson	2003 Nissan 350Z / Blue	24.974	24.387	24.548	25.194	24.579	24.116	24.116
8	267	Dylan Helferich	2000 Subaru Impreza / Blue	24.838	24.917	25.282	24.854	24.772	24.755	24.755
9	222	Jason Schumer	1995 Nissan 240SX / White	25.827	47.324	25.872	25.874	24.862	24.914	24.862
10	1	Cody Hall	1997 Honda Accord / Blue	26.483	25.703	27.383	26.453	25.767	25.587	25.587

CLASS 3

12 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1T	69	Daniel Milewski	2002 Chevrolet Corvette / Blue	21.623	21.627	25.192	21.358	20.768	20.462	20.462
2T	70	Robert Meyer	2003 Chevrolet Corvette / Yellow	22.931	21.671	21.462	21.381	20.664	20.498	20.498
3T	62	Brian Blaine	1985 Mazda RX7 / Red	21.903	21.060	21.181	20.634	20.927	20.937	20.634
4	65	Frank Fardell	1995 Nissan 240 / Gold	22.791	—	22.164	—	—	—	22.164
5	74	Michael Tung	1993 Mazda RX7 / Blue	22.692	22.210	22.209	28.081	25.896	27.983	22.209
6	67	Christian Leone	1991 Nissan 240SX / Gold	24.324	24.229	23.882	23.015	23.072	28.416	23.015
7	11	Geoffrey Hegel	2004 Pontiac GTO / Black	24.662	24.475	23.022	24.137	23.949	24.253	23.022
8	53	Nicholas Aranda	2004 Chevrolet Corvette / Blue	25.189	25.695	24.054	24.260	24.400	23.747	23.747
9	37	Cody Loveland	1993 Honda Civic / Black	24.808	—	—	—	—	—	24.808
10	8	Eric Burmeister	FrankenCarlo / Blue/White	27.937	26.646	26.658	27.796	26.310	25.865	25.865
11	3	Jim Szilagyi	2001 Monte Carlo / White/Red/Blue	29.986	30.521	27.718	28.780	28.249	26.631	26.631
12	14	AJ Otto	1986 Pontiac Trans Am / Black	27.391	28.682	—	—	—	—	27.391

VINTAGE

8 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1T	41	Adam Pickworth	1985 Mercedes-Benz 190E 16V / Black	23.110	22.475	22.938	25.522	23.015	23.009	22.475
2T	20	Dave Burton	1964 Porsche 356 SC / Silver w/Blue S	25.151	23.869	24.124	23.510	23.193	23.166	23.166
3T	6	Ian Dawkins	1973 AMC Gremlin / Grey	23.601	—	—	—	—	—	23.601
4	555	Colin McCleery	1985 Merkur XR8 / White	24.637	24.242	24.128	24.017	24.339	24.120	24.017
5	9	Michael Kelty	1986 Porsche 944 Turbo / Black	27.314	25.704	26.532	26.511	25.907	25.106	25.106
6	27	Jordan Easter	Datsun 280Z / Orange	30.780	29.428	30.122	29.298	28.709	28.676	28.676
7	22	Ranve Martinson	Volkswagen GTI / Black	34.956	35.367	51.643	30.392	29.808	29.438	29.438
8	2	Elizabeth Burdo	Volkswagen GTI / Black	32.691	36.024	33.337	40.005	46.369	41.752	32.691

EXHIBITION

3 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1	42	Peter Cunningham	2016 Acura TLX-GT	21.426	20.066	19.003	18.539	21.671	—	18.539
2	88	Jimmy Pelizzari	2018 Mazda MX5 Cup Car	22.950	22.712	37.160	22.985	22.959	23.621	22.712
3	89	Robin Warner	2018 Mazda MX5 Cup Car	24.331	24.089	23.656	23.320	23.711	26.831	23.320

Fastest to Finish

2018 Overall Standings

Overall finishing order for every entry in the 2018 Empire Hill Climb, including Exhibition.

OVERALL FINISHING RESULTS

Total Cars: 40

Overall	Class	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Best
1	Exhibition	42	Peter Cunningham	2016 Acura TLX-GT	18.539
2	Class 3	69	Daniel Milewski	2002 Chevrolet Corvette / Blue	20.462
3	Class 3	70	Robert Meyer	2003 Chevrolet Corvette / Yellow	20.498
4	Class 3	62	Brian Blaine	1985 Mazda RX7 / Red	20.634
5	Class 2	07	Patrick Waligore	1987 BMW 325is / Blue	21.021
6	Class 2	531	Evan Weider	1993 Honda Civic CX / Silver	21.815
7	Class 1	216	Mike Ryba	1993 Honda Civic / Black	21.816
8	Class 2	86	Derek King	2007 Nissan 350Z / Black	22.157
9	Class 3	65	Frank Fardell	1995 Nissan 240 / Gold	22.164
10	Class 3	74	Michael Tung	1993 Mazda RX7 / Blue	22.209
11	Class 2	461	Keith Hagen	2001 Subaru Impreza / Snow Camo	22.414
12	Vintage	41	Adam Pickworth	1985 Mercedes-Benz 190E 16V / Black	22.475
13	Class 1	7	Aric Streeter	1996 Caterham 7 Supersprint / Green	22.523
14	Class 1	55	Jonathan Rogers	1995 Dodge Neon ACR / Orange	22.635
15	Exhibition	88	Jimmy Pelizzari	2018 Mazda MX5 Cup Car	22.712
16	Class 3	67	Christian Leone	1991 Nissan 240SX / Gold	23.015
17	Class 3	11	Geoffrey Hegel	2004 Pontiac GTO / Black	23.022
18	Vintage	20	Dave Burton	1964 Porsche 356 SC / Silver w/Blue S	23.166
19	Class 2	108	Shanti Witt	1991 BMW 325i / White	23.200
20	Exhibition	89	Robin Warner	2018 Mazda MX5 Cup Car	23.320
21	Class 2	13	Adam Buchanan	2003 Nissan 350Z / Blue	23.395
22	Vintage	6	Ian Dawkins	1973 AMC Gremlin / Grey	23.601
23	Class 3	53	Nicholas Aranda	2004 Chevrolet Corvette / Blue	23.747
24	Vintage	555	Colin McCleery	1985 Merkur XR8 / White	24.017
25	Class 2	131	Ryan Thompson	2003 Nissan 350Z / Blue	24.116
26	Class 1	51	JJ Servis	1994 Mazda Miata / Green	24.159
27	Class 2	267	Dylan Helferich	2000 Subaru Impreza / Blue	24.755
28	Class 3	37	Cody Loveland	1993 Honda Civic / Black	24.808
29	Class 2	222	Jason Schumer	1995 Nissan 240SX / White	24.862
30	Class 1	116	Jon Armstrong	1990 Honda CRX / Silver	24.877
31	Vintage	9	Michael Kelty	1986 Porsche 944 Turbo / Black	25.106
32	Class 1	121	Marc Mendes	1994 Saturn SL2 / Black and White	25.146
33	Class 2	1	Cody Hall	1997 Honda Accord / Blue	25.587
34	Class 3	8	Eric Burmeister	FrankenCarlo / Blue/White	25.865
35	Class 1	124	Mark Jarvis	1994 Saturn SL2 / Black and White	26.442
36	Class 3	3	Jim Szilagyi	2001 Monte Carlo / White/Red/Blue	26.631
37	Class 3	14	AJ Otto	1986 Pontiac Trans Am / Black	27.391
38	Vintage	27	Jordan Easter	Datsun 280Z / Orange	28.676
39	Vintage	22	Ranve Martinson	Volkswagen GTI / Black	29.438
40	Vintage	2	Elizabeth Burdo	Volkswagen GTI / Black	32.691

The official 2018 scoring sheet separately identifies Peter Cunningham's 18.539 as the Fastest Time of Day Overall and Daniel Milewski's 20.462 as the Fastest Time of Day for the Trophy Classes.

The People Behind the Hill Climb

Special Thanks

The Empire Hill Climb takes a tremendous amount of work behind the scenes. Thank you to everyone who helped make the 2018 event possible.

Event Sanction

Detroit Region SCCA

The 2018 Empire Hill Climb was sanctioned by Detroit Region SCCA. Special thanks to the officials and workers who helped make the event possible.

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Community Partner

Empire Chamber of Commerce

Special thanks to the Empire Chamber of Commerce for its continued support of the Empire Hill Climb and for helping connect the event with the businesses and community that make Empire such a special place.

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2018 Results

Thank You, Empire Michigan!