Empire Hill Climb

2022 Results

Official results from the 2022 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

2022 Empire Hill Climb

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

2022 Fastest Time of Day

♛

KING OF THE HILL

Brian Blaine

#62 · 1985 Mazda RX7 · Class 3

18.34

Seconds · Fastest Time of Day

CLASS 1

2 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1T	771	Aric Streeter	1996 Caterham 7 Supersprint / Green	21.59	20.80	20.38	20.39	20.38	20.18	20.18
2	6	Curtis Easterling	1990 Reynard FC / Blue	x	22.09	DNF	—	—	—	22.09

CLASS 2

6 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1T	531	Evan Weider	1995 Honda Civic / Teal	20.83	20.02	DNF	19.66	19.67	19.11	19.11
2T	7	Scott Wolforth	1988 Pontiac / Yellow	20.87	21.13	20.77	20.58	19.99	20.37	19.99
3T	927	Chase Blakely	1996 Audi A4 / White	23.35	23.69	23.20	23.00	23.93	23.79	23.00
4	11	Nikhil Thakur	2015 Ford Fiesta ST / Orange	26.41	25.57	23.44	24.10	23.60	23.21	23.21
5	49	Andrew Layton	2004 Subaru Impreza / Black/White/Red	23.96	24.31	24.72	23.34	24.08	24.29	23.34
6	22	Cameron Merz	1983 Porsche 944	26.59	26.41	25.45	24.79	24.48	24.46	24.46

CLASS 3

15 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1T	62	Brian Blaine	1985 Mazda RX7 / Red	19.11	DNF	—	18.83	18.34	20.35	18.34
2T	3	Daniel Milewski	1999 Chevrolet Corvette	21.48	20.55	19.67	28.55	19.12	19.22	19.12
3T	74	Yvon Carvalho	2013 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution / White	21.09	19.91	19.31	19.58	19.44	19.20	19.20
4	14	Ron Lordy	2008 Ford Mustang / White	20.93	20.36	19.64	19.91	19.81	19.78	19.64
5	70	Robert Meyer	2003 Chevrolet Corvette / Yellow	20.47	20.32	20.03	21.19	20.11	20.05	20.03
6	19	Clayt Stevens	2008 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 / Black	22.58	20.39	22.13	22.20	20.26	20.23	20.23
7	20	Shawn Zimmerman	1995 BMW 540i / Red	21.33	20.24	20.76	21.00	21.30	21.30	20.24
8	151	George Gustafson	1999 Pontiac Firebird / Silver	22.26	20.79	20.93	20.37	20.67	20.37	20.37
9	267	Dylan Helferich	1999 BMW 328 / White	21.04	21.84	20.68	21.40	21.28	20.58	20.58
10	5	Devon Tyler	2010 BMW 135i / Silver	22.18	21.08	21.79	20.95	20.97	21.56	20.95
11	555	Colin McCleery	1985 Ford XR8 / White	21.73	21.82	21.83	21.20	21.58	21.55	21.20
12	887	Jimmy Pelizzari	2000 Subaru WRX / Blue	21.98	21.88	21.91	22.07	22.26	22.01	21.88
13	23	Craig Olvey	2005 Acura RSX Type S / Blue	25.71	24.35	23.14	22.50	22.16	21.93	21.93
14	2	Ryan Dunham	1989 Merkur XR4Ti / Red	22.89	22.53	23.42	22.60	22.68	21.99	21.99
15	44	John Kalchik	1994 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 / Black	22.37	26.94	22.63	23.26	22.82	22.06	22.06

VINTAGE

7 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1T	1	Ben Dozeman	1992 Dodge Stealth	20.43	DNS	—	22.60	21.82	22.63	20.43
2T	9	Michael Kelty	1986 Porsche 944 Turbo / Black	22.97	21.65	21.22	21.44	20.60	21.21	20.60
3T	555	Colin McCleery	1985 Ford XR8 / White	21.73	21.82	21.83	21.20	21.58	21.55	21.20
4	911	Paul Eddleston	1984 Porsche 911 / White, Blue etc	23.71	24.36	21.45	23.63	23.63	23.15	21.45
5	2	Ryan Dunham	1989 Merkur XR4Ti / Red	22.89	22.53	23.42	22.60	22.68	21.99	21.99
6	4	A. J. Otto	1986 Pontiac TransAm / Black	22.89	23.57	DNS	23.14	22.72	22.53	22.53
7	41	Adam Pickworth	1985 Mercedes-Benz 190E 16V / Black	x	DNF	—	—	—	—	DNF

DRIFT

2 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1	32	Michael Messineo	1996 Nissan 240SX / White	—	—	—	—	—	—	NO TIME
2	65	Frank Fardell	1995 Nissan 240 / Gold	—	—	—	—	—	—	NO TIME

EXHIBITION

1 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1	8	Scott Drabik	1995 Chevrolet Modified / Black/Green	28.25	26.54	33.57	49.06	—	—	26.54

Fastest to Finish

2022 Overall Standings

Overall finishing order for every car in the 2022 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: 31

Overall	Class	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Best
1	Class 3	62	Brian Blaine	1985 Mazda RX7 / Red	18.34
2	Class 2	531	Evan Weider	1995 Honda Civic / Teal	19.11
3	Class 3	3	Daniel Milewski	1999 Chevrolet Corvette	19.12
4	Class 3	74	Yvon Carvalho	2013 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution / White	19.20
5	Class 3	14	Ron Lordy	2008 Ford Mustang / White	19.64
6	Class 2	7	Scott Wolforth	1988 Pontiac / Yellow	19.99
7	Class 3	70	Robert Meyer	2003 Chevrolet Corvette / Yellow	20.03
8	Class 1	771	Aric Streeter	1996 Caterham 7 Supersprint / Green	20.18
9	Class 3	19	Clayt Stevens	2008 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 / Black	20.23
10	Class 3	20	Shawn Zimmerman	1995 BMW 540i / Red	20.24
11	Class 3	151	George Gustafson	1999 Pontiac Firebird / Silver	20.37
12	Vintage	1	Ben Dozeman	1992 Dodge Stealth	20.43
13	Class 3	267	Dylan Helferich	1999 BMW 328 / White	20.58
14	Vintage	9	Michael Kelty	1986 Porsche 944 Turbo / Black	20.60
15	Class 3	5	Devon Tyler	2010 BMW 135i / Silver	20.95
16	Class 3 / Vintage	555	Colin McCleery	1985 Ford XR8 / White	21.20
17	Vintage	911	Paul Eddleston	1984 Porsche 911 / White, Blue etc	21.45
18	Class 3	887	Jimmy Pelizzari	2000 Subaru WRX / Blue	21.88
19	Class 3	23	Craig Olvey	2005 Acura RSX Type S / Blue	21.93
20	Class 3 / Vintage	2	Ryan Dunham	1989 Merkur XR4Ti / Red	21.99
21	Class 3	44	John Kalchik	1994 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 / Black	22.06
22	Class 1	6	Curtis Easterling	1990 Reynard FC / Blue	22.09
23	Vintage	4	A. J. Otto	1986 Pontiac TransAm / Black	22.53
24	Class 2	927	Chase Blakely	1996 Audi A4 / White	23.00
25	Class 2	11	Nikhil Thakur	2015 Ford Fiesta ST / Orange	23.21
26	Class 2	49	Andrew Layton	2004 Subaru Impreza / Black/White/Red	23.34
27	Class 2	22	Cameron Merz	1983 Porsche 944	24.46
28	Exhibition	8	Scott Drabik	1995 Chevrolet Modified / Black/Green	26.54
29	Drift	32	Michael Messineo	1996 Nissan 240SX / White	NO TIME
30	Drift	65	Frank Fardell	1995 Nissan 240 / Gold	NO TIME
31	Vintage	41	Adam Pickworth	1985 Mercedes-Benz 190E 16V / Black	DNF

Vintage-eligible cars may also appear in 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. Drift entries with no recorded official time are shown as NO TIME.

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 2022 event possible.

Event Sanction

Detroit Region SCCA

The 2022 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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2022 Results

Thank You, Empire Michigan!