Empire Hill Climb

2019 Results

Official results from the 2019 Empire Hill Climb on Wilco Road in Empire, Michigan.

Our Home on the Hill

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Closing Wilco Road and bringing an event like this into the heart of a small community requires cooperation, patience and support. Without the Village and the people who call Empire home, the Empire Hill Climb simply would not happen.

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Official Event Results

2019 Empire Hill Climb

Complete class results, Vintage classification, Exhibition and overall finishing order.

2019 Fastest Time of Day

♛

KING OF THE HILL

Robert Meyer

#70 · 2003 Chevrolet Corvette · Class 3

20.228

Seconds · Fastest Time of Day

CLASS 1

9 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1T	7	Aric Streeter	1996 Caterham 7 Supersprint / Green	24.727	22.826	22.359	21.671	21.003	20.502	20.502
2T	47	Alejandro DellaTorre	2000 Mazda Miata / Miami Blue	23.145	22.418	22.248	22.278	22.304	22.503	22.248
3T	116	Jon Armstrong	1990 Honda CRX / Silver	24.294	23.277	23.291	23.091	22.687	22.994	22.687
4	78	Scott Wolforth	1988 Volkswagen Jetta / Brown	26.092	26.276	25.522	25.939	25.261	25.069	25.069
5	124	Mark Jarvis	1994 Saturn SL2 / Black and White	26.876	25.835	25.718	25.323	25.186	25.303	25.186
6	24	Frank Schwartz	2011 Mini Cooper / Black/White/Blue	26.688	28.654	26.253	25.897	25.242	25.550	25.242
7	954	Ron Mallison	Ford Focus / White	26.127	25.401	25.387	25.659	25.376	25.352	25.352
8	121	Lyle Jarvis	1994 Saturn SL2 / Black and White	28.645	28.264	28.172	27.219	27.233	27.604	27.219
9	91	Don Kelly	1961 Austin Healey Sprite Mk I / Blue	28.998	28.568	30.389	31.492	41.625	—	28.568

CLASS 2

5 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1T	86	Derek King	2007 Nissan 350Z / Black	22.290	21.151	20.981	21.976	21.284	20.931	20.931
2T	531	Evan Weider	1993 Honda Civic CX / Silver	23.776	22.311	23.085	22.323	21.452	21.111	21.111
3	11	Adam Pickworth	1985 Mercedes-Benz 190E 16V / Black	24.143	24.288	23.773	23.357	22.916	22.763	22.763
4	927	Tim Michel	1996 Audi A4 / White	25.584	25.535	25.218	26.944	25.442	25.237	25.218
5	40	Daniel Atsma	1970 MG MGB GT / Black	26.099	27.989	26.731	25.912	25.548	25.762	25.548

CLASS 3

18 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1T	70	Robert Meyer	2003 Chevrolet Corvette / Yellow	21.902	21.131	20.584	20.668	20.228	—	20.228
2T	169	Daniel Milewski	2002 Chevrolet Corvette / Blue	21.470	21.306	21.290	20.929	20.458	20.374	20.374
3T	37	Cody Loveland	1993 Honda Civic / Black	22.325	21.934	21.001	22.013	22.549	21.822	21.001
4	461	Keith Hagen	2001 Subaru Impreza / Snow Camo	21.816	21.999	21.867	22.116	21.234	53.493	21.234
5	62	Brian Blaine	1985 Mazda RX7 / Red	21.242	—	—	21.724	21.394	21.622	21.242
6	74	Michael Tung	1993 Mazda RX7 / Blue	21.432	26.429	26.384	26.888	26.643	26.154	21.432
7	117	Cade Wilson	1998 Van Diemen RF-98 / Black	25.960	22.076	24.874	22.735	22.037	21.734	21.734
8	54	Geoffrey Hegel	2004 Pontiac GTO / Black	22.804	22.304	21.916	22.565	22.362	21.774	21.774
9	789	Darko Stojanovski	1977 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II / White	23.400	22.688	22.513	23.025	22.563	22.376	22.376
10	53	Nicholas Aranda	2004 Chevrolet Corvette / Blue	23.975	23.695	22.703	23.149	23.632	23.222	22.703
11	48	Shawn Zimmerman	1995 BMW 540i / Red	24.697	23.753	23.004	22.905	22.880	22.749	22.749
12	555	Colin McCleery	1985 Merkur XR8 / White	23.432	23.043	23.413	23.052	23.002	23.171	23.002
13	9	Michael Kelty	1986 Porsche 944 Turbo / Black	23.603	24.329	23.729	23.465	23.205	23.105	23.105
14	267	Dylan Helferich	1999 BMW 328 / White	25.455	24.777	26.686	24.497	24.029	23.937	23.937
15	65	Frank Fardell	1995 Nissan 240 / Black	24.994	24.383	26.362	27.412	24.347	24.002	24.002
16	44	John Kalchik	1994 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 / Black	26.134	25.595	25.316	25.779	26.398	25.420	25.316
17	13	Adam Buchanan	2003 Nissan 350Z / Blue	25.774	25.908	26.319	25.827	26.324	26.183	25.774
18	08	Scott Drabik	Chevrolet Modified / Black/Green	27.408	—	27.110	26.739	27.074	26.286	26.286

VINTAGE

11 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1T	789	Darko Stojanovski	1977 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II / White	23.400	22.688	22.513	23.025	22.563	22.376	22.376
2T	11	Adam Pickworth	1985 Mercedes-Benz 190E 16V / Black	24.143	24.288	23.773	23.357	22.916	22.763	22.763
3T	6	Ian Dawkins	1973 Audi Gremlin / Grey	24.283	23.181	23.173	23.790	22.964	23.122	22.964
4	555	Colin McCleery	1985 Merkur XR8 / White	23.432	23.043	23.413	23.052	23.002	23.171	23.002
5	9	Michael Kelty	1986 Porsche 944 Turbo / Black	23.603	24.329	23.729	23.465	23.205	23.105	23.105
6	40	Daniel Atsma	1970 MG MGB GT / Black	26.099	27.989	26.731	25.912	25.548	25.762	25.548
7	39	Mike Purzycki	1972 Ford Mustang / Blue	28.756	—	—	27.039	26.032	26.340	26.032
8	4	AJ Otto	1986 Pontiac Trans Am / Black	28.516	27.396	30.592	—	—	—	27.396
9	27	Jordan Easter	Datsun 280Z / Orange	29.781	28.931	27.478	—	—	—	27.478
10	22	Ranve Martinson	1985 Volkswagen GTI / Black	28.988	28.173	29.245	29.838	29.879	29.782	28.173
11	91	Don Kelly	1961 Austin Healey Sprite Mk I / Blue	28.998	28.568	30.389	31.492	41.625	—	28.568

EXHIBITION

2 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1	55	James Pelizzari	2018 Mazda MX-5 / White	23.424	22.965	22.607	22.746	22.082	22.425	22.082
2	55	Robert Carroll	2018 Mazda MX-5 Cup Car / White	26.777	25.390	24.763	24.385	24.009	24.083	24.009

Fastest to Finish

2019 Overall Standings

Overall finishing order for every unique car in the 2019 Empire Hill Climb. Vintage-eligible cars use the same official runs recorded in their primary class.

OVERALL FINISHING RESULTS

Total Cars: 39

Overall	Class	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Best
1	Class 3	70	Robert Meyer	2003 Chevrolet Corvette / Yellow	20.228
2	Class 3	169	Daniel Milewski	2002 Chevrolet Corvette / Blue	20.374
3	Class 1	7	Aric Streeter	1996 Caterham 7 Supersprint / Green	20.502
4	Class 2	86	Derek King	2007 Nissan 350Z / Black	20.931
5	Class 3	37	Cody Loveland	1993 Honda Civic / Black	21.001
6	Class 2	531	Evan Weider	1993 Honda Civic CX / Silver	21.111
7	Class 3	461	Keith Hagen	2001 Subaru Impreza / Snow Camo	21.234
8	Class 3	62	Brian Blaine	1985 Mazda RX7 / Red	21.242
9	Class 3	74	Michael Tung	1993 Mazda RX7 / Blue	21.432
10	Class 3	117	Cade Wilson	1998 Van Diemen RF-98 / Black	21.734
11	Class 3	54	Geoffrey Hegel	2004 Pontiac GTO / Black	21.774
12	Exhibition	55	James Pelizzari	2018 Mazda MX-5 / White	22.082
13	Class 1	47	Alejandro DellaTorre	2000 Mazda Miata / Miami Blue	22.248
14	Class 3 / Vintage	789	Darko Stojanovski	1977 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II / White	22.376
15	Class 1	116	Jon Armstrong	1990 Honda CRX / Silver	22.687
16	Class 3	53	Nicholas Aranda	2004 Chevrolet Corvette / Blue	22.703
17	Class 3	48	Shawn Zimmerman	1995 BMW 540i / Red	22.749
18	Class 2 / Vintage	11	Adam Pickworth	1985 Mercedes-Benz 190E 16V / Black	22.763
19	Vintage	6	Ian Dawkins	1973 Audi Gremlin / Grey	22.964
20	Class 3 / Vintage	555	Colin McCleery	1985 Merkur XR8 / White	23.002
21	Class 3 / Vintage	9	Michael Kelty	1986 Porsche 944 Turbo / Black	23.105
22	Class 3	267	Dylan Helferich	1999 BMW 328 / White	23.937
23	Class 3	65	Frank Fardell	1995 Nissan 240 / Black	24.002
24	Exhibition	55	Robert Carroll	2018 Mazda MX-5 Cup Car / White	24.009
25	Class 1	78	Scott Wolforth	1988 Volkswagen Jetta / Brown	25.069
26	Class 1	124	Mark Jarvis	1994 Saturn SL2 / Black and White	25.186
27	Class 2	927	Tim Michel	1996 Audi A4 / White	25.218
28	Class 1	24	Frank Schwartz	2011 Mini Cooper / Black/White/Blue	25.242
29	Class 3	44	John Kalchik	1994 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 / Black	25.316
30	Class 1	954	Ron Mallison	Ford Focus / White	25.352
31	Class 2 / Vintage	40	Daniel Atsma	1970 MG MGB GT / Black	25.548
32	Class 3	13	Adam Buchanan	2003 Nissan 350Z / Blue	25.774
33	Vintage	39	Mike Purzycki	1972 Ford Mustang / Blue	26.032
34	Class 3	08	Scott Drabik	Chevrolet Modified / Black/Green	26.286
35	Class 1	121	Lyle Jarvis	1994 Saturn SL2 / Black and White	27.219
36	Vintage	4	AJ Otto	1986 Pontiac Trans Am / Black	27.396
37	Vintage	27	Jordan Easter	Datsun 280Z / Orange	27.478
38	Vintage	22	Ranve Martinson	1985 Volkswagen GTI / Black	28.173
39	Class 1 / Vintage	91	Don Kelly	1961 Austin Healey Sprite Mk I / Blue	28.568

Vintage-eligible cars may also appear in Class 1, Class 2 or Class 3. Their Vintage result uses the same official timed runs; they are listed only once in the compiled overall standings. Exhibition is included in the overall order.

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 2019 event possible.

Event Sanction

Detroit Region SCCA

The 2019 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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2019 Results

Thank You, Empire Michigan!