Empire Hill Climb

2021 Results

Official results from the 2021 Empire Hill Climb on Wilco Road in Empire, Michigan.

Our Home on the Hill

Thank You, Empire Michigan!

A very special thank you to the Village of Empire and the residents of Empire for welcoming the Hill Climb into their community.

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

2021 Empire Hill Climb

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

2021 Fastest Time of Day

♛

KING OF THE HILL

Brian Blaine

#62 · 1985 Mazda RX7 · Class 3

20.04

Seconds · Fastest Time of Day

CLASS 1

8 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Best
1T	117	Cade Wilson	1998 Van Diemen RF-98 / Black	23.79	22.87	22.70	22.14	22.09	22.09
2T	61	Curtis Easterling	1990 Reynard FC / Blue	26.25	23.95	22.75	24.33	22.11	22.11
3T	771	Aric Streeter	1996 Caterham 7 Supersprint / Green	25.25	23.48	DNF	—	—	23.48
4	124	Mark Jarvis	1994 Saturn SL2 / Green/White	25.45	24.67	24.14	24.15	23.71	23.71
5	16	Tristan Koivisto	1993 Honda Civic / White/Red	53.36	24.43	24.52	24.77	23.90	23.90
6	17	Daniel Hutchison	2012 Mazda 2 / Gray	27.72	26.44	25.79	26.62	25.22	25.22
7	6	Ron Mallison	Ford Focus / White	58.46	26.81	25.59	25.73	25.70	25.59
8	64	Norm Anderson	1964 Cooper Mini / Yellow/Red	DNS	—	—	—	—	DNS

CLASS 2

13 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Best
1T	86	Derek King	2007 Nissan 350Z / Black	22.08	21.85	21.44	20.97	20.94	20.94
2T	531	Evan Weider	1995 Honda Civic / Teal	22.37	21.59	21.83	22.25	20.96	20.96
3T	91	Frederic Boissinot	2006 Porsche 997 Carrera 2 / Gray	23.19	22.41	21.78	21.35	21.98	21.35
4	33	Justin Lee	2006 Mazda Miata / Black	24.20	22.49	21.71	21.52	21.45	21.45
5	47	Alejandro DellaTorre	1993 Mazda Miata / Red	23.03	22.45	21.61	22.54	26.05	21.61
6	42	Camden Fox	1993 Mazda RX7 / White	25.42	22.72	22.89	24.05	23.00	22.72
7	11	Adam Pickworth	1985 Mercedes-Benz 190E 16V / Black	23.64	23.35	23.18	23.54	23.45	23.18
8	927	Tim Michel	1996 Audi A4 / White	24.74	24.76	24.59	24.14	24.76	24.14
9	40	John Atsma	MG BGT / Black	25.87	24.74	24.53	25.02	DNF	24.53
10	911	Paul Eddleston	1984 Porsche 911 / White, Blue etc	25.78	24.86	24.99	25.42	24.85	24.85
11	5	Cody Hall	1997 Honda Accord / Black	26.98	26.17	25.77	25.33	25.57	25.33
12	88	Lawrence Goodenow	Porsche 911 / White	28.30	27.03	25.83	26.09	25.42	25.42
13	69	Chase Blakely	2000 Volkswagen Golf GTI / Black	27.30	26.64	27.46	28.40	26.66	26.64

CLASS 3

18 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Best
1T	62	Brian Blaine	1985 Mazda RX7 / Red	21.93	21.04	20.62	20.52	20.04	20.04
2T	3	Daniel Milewski	1999 Chevrolet Corvette	23.90	22.76	21.60	20.79	21.44	20.79
3T	248	Scott Banes	1999 Subaru Impreza LX / Black	21.93	21.11	20.80	21.03	21.05	20.80
4	14	Ron Lordy	2008 Ford Mustang / White	21.75	21.29	21.93	21.35	21.44	21.29
5	70	Robert Meyer	2003 Chevrolet Corvette / Yellow	DNF	22.19	30.52	21.92	21.43	21.43
6	461	Keith Hagen	2001 Subaru Impreza / Snow Camo	22.26	22.17	22.07	22.47	21.96	21.96
7	267	Dylan Helferich	1999 BMW 328 / White	22.80	22.49	22.10	22.07	22.68	22.07
8	404	Shawn Zimmerman	1995 BMW 540i / Red	23.64	23.01	22.30	22.36	22.30	22.30
9	9	Michael Kelty	1986 Porsche 944 Turbo / Black	23.02	22.69	22.77	22.64	23.13	22.64
10	555	Colin McCleery	1985 Ford XR8 / White	24.10	23.22	22.78	22.76	23.65	22.76
11	46	Michael Henckel	2012 BMW M3 / Dark Blue	DNF	26.30	23.31	23.05	23.79	23.05
12	44	John Kalchik	1994 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 / Black	24.98	23.09	23.32	23.37	23.60	23.09
13	2	Ryan Dunham	1989 Merkur XR4Ti / Red	24.76	23.81	23.68	23.29	23.29	23.29
14	7	Robert Schneider	2013 Lotus Exige Cup Car V6 / Orange	25.85	25.58	25.01	25.52	25.05	25.01
15	13	Adam Buchanan	2003 Nissan 350Z / Black	DNF	26.00	—	—	—	26.00
16	19	John Rippberger	1991 Toyota MR2 / Gray	27.59	27.36	—	—	—	27.36
17	65	Frank Fardell	1995 Nissan 240 / Gold	29.46	29.11	29.36	29.39	29.69	29.11
18	37	Cody Loveland	2021 Enviate Evo / Red White Blue	DNF	DNF	—	—	—	DNF

VINTAGE

7 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Best
1T	9	Michael Kelty	1986 Porsche 944 Turbo / Black	23.02	22.69	22.77	22.64	23.13	22.64
2T	555	Colin McCleery	1985 Ford XR8 / White	24.10	23.22	22.78	22.76	23.65	22.76
3T	11	Adam Pickworth	1985 Mercedes-Benz 190E 16V / Black	23.64	23.35	23.18	23.54	23.45	23.18
4	1	Ian Dawkins	1973 AMC Gremlin / Grey	27.60	24.00	24.33	—	—	24.00
5	40	John Atsma	MG BGT / Black	25.87	24.74	24.53	25.02	DNF	24.53
6	911	Paul Eddleston	1984 Porsche 911 / White, Blue etc	25.78	24.86	24.99	25.42	24.85	24.85
7	4	A. J. Otto	1986 Pontiac TransAm / Black	28.03	26.94	25.90	25.61	25.40	25.40

EXHIBITION

1 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Best
1	8	Scott Drabik	1995 Chevrolet Modified / Black/Green	26.19	37.82	27.68	27.18	27.35	26.19

Fastest to Finish

2021 Overall Standings

Overall finishing order for every car in the 2021 Empire Hill Climb. Cars eligible for Vintage are shown with their Vintage classification using the same official runs recorded in their primary class.

OVERALL FINISHING RESULTS

Total Cars: 42

Overall	Class	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Best
1	Class 3	62	Brian Blaine	1985 Mazda RX7 / Red	20.04
2	Class 3	3	Daniel Milewski	1999 Chevrolet Corvette	20.79
3	Class 3	248	Scott Banes	1999 Subaru Impreza LX / Black	20.80
4	Class 2	86	Derek King	2007 Nissan 350Z / Black	20.94
5	Class 2	531	Evan Weider	1995 Honda Civic / Teal	20.96
6	Class 3	14	Ron Lordy	2008 Ford Mustang / White	21.29
7	Class 2	91	Frederic Boissinot	2006 Porsche 997 Carrera 2 / Gray	21.35
8	Class 3	70	Robert Meyer	2003 Chevrolet Corvette / Yellow	21.43
9	Class 2	33	Justin Lee	2006 Mazda Miata / Black	21.45
10	Class 2	47	Alejandro DellaTorre	1993 Mazda Miata / Red	21.61
11	Class 3	461	Keith Hagen	2001 Subaru Impreza / Snow Camo	21.96
12	Class 3	267	Dylan Helferich	1999 BMW 328 / White	22.07
13	Class 1	117	Cade Wilson	1998 Van Diemen RF-98 / Black	22.09
14	Class 1	61	Curtis Easterling	1990 Reynard FC / Blue	22.11
15	Class 3	404	Shawn Zimmerman	1995 BMW 540i / Red	22.30
16	Class 3 / Vintage	9	Michael Kelty	1986 Porsche 944 Turbo / Black	22.64
17	Class 2	42	Camden Fox	1993 Mazda RX7 / White	22.72
18	Class 3 / Vintage	555	Colin McCleery	1985 Ford XR8 / White	22.76
19	Class 3	46	Michael Henckel	2012 BMW M3 / Dark Blue	23.05
20	Class 3	44	John Kalchik	1994 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 / Black	23.09
21	Class 2 / Vintage	11	Adam Pickworth	1985 Mercedes-Benz 190E 16V / Black	23.18
22	Class 3	2	Ryan Dunham	1989 Merkur XR4Ti / Red	23.29
23	Class 1	771	Aric Streeter	1996 Caterham 7 Supersprint / Green	23.48
24	Class 1	124	Mark Jarvis	1994 Saturn SL2 / Green/White	23.71
25	Class 1	16	Tristan Koivisto	1993 Honda Civic / White/Red	23.90
26	Vintage	1	Ian Dawkins	1973 AMC Gremlin / Grey	24.00
27	Class 2	927	Tim Michel	1996 Audi A4 / White	24.14
28	Class 2 / Vintage	40	John Atsma	MG BGT / Black	24.53
29	Class 2 / Vintage	911	Paul Eddleston	1984 Porsche 911 / White, Blue etc	24.85
30	Class 3	7	Robert Schneider	2013 Lotus Exige Cup Car V6 / Orange	25.01
31	Class 1	17	Daniel Hutchison	2012 Mazda 2 / Gray	25.22
32	Class 2	5	Cody Hall	1997 Honda Accord / Black	25.33
33	Vintage	4	A. J. Otto	1986 Pontiac TransAm / Black	25.40
34	Class 2	88	Lawrence Goodenow	Porsche 911 / White	25.42
35	Class 1	6	Ron Mallison	Ford Focus / White	25.59
36	Class 3	13	Adam Buchanan	2003 Nissan 350Z / Black	26.00
37	Exhibition	8	Scott Drabik	1995 Chevrolet Modified / Black/Green	26.19
38	Class 2	69	Chase Blakely	2000 Volkswagen Golf GTI / Black	26.64
39	Class 3	19	John Rippberger	1991 Toyota MR2 / Gray	27.36
40	Class 3	65	Frank Fardell	1995 Nissan 240 / Gold	29.11
41	Class 1	64	Norm Anderson	1964 Cooper Mini / Yellow/Red	DNS
42	Class 3	37	Cody Loveland	2021 Enviate Evo / Red White Blue	DNF

Vintage-eligible cars may also appear in 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. DNS and DNF entries are retained exactly as recorded.

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 2021 event possible.

Event Sanction

Detroit Region SCCA

The 2021 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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2021 Results

Thank You, Empire Michigan!