Empire Hill Climb

2023 Results

Official results from the 2023 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

2023 Empire Hill Climb

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

2023 Fastest Time of Day

♛

KING OF THE HILL

Brian Blaine

#62 · 1985 Mazda RX7 · Class 3

19.852

Seconds · Fastest Time of Day

CLASS 1

6 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1T	61	Curtis Easterling	1990 Reynard FC / Blue	22.243	22.292	22.043	22.458	22.260	21.952	21.952
2T	124	Mark Jarvis	1994 Saturn SL2 / Green/White	24.652	24.363	23.986	23.963	23.811	23.313	23.313
3T	754	Daniel Hutchison	1991 Honda CRX / Teal	24.569	24.524	24.168	23.464	23.718	23.328	23.328
4	16	Tristan Koivisto	1993 Honda Civic / White/Red	26.706	25.253	24.982	23.964	23.917	23.456	23.456
5	18	Scott Drabik	1937 Chevrolet Legends Coupe / White Blue	27.107	26.386	25.095	25.368	25.020	25.615	25.020
6	6	Ron Mallison	2001 Ford Focus / White	27.565	26.829	26.239	25.545	26.237	25.588	25.545

CLASS 2

9 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	22.125	21.298	21.332	21.436	21.143	20.610	20.610
2T	469	Ryan Kristoff	1987 Honda CRX / Red/White	23.616	21.683	21.775	21.593	21.188	21.354	21.188
3T	4	Scott Wolforth	1988 Pontiac Fiero / Yellow	23.517	25.294	—	21.858	22.356	21.547	21.547
4	91	Frederic Boissinot	2006 Porsche 997 Carrera 2 / Gray	23.559	24.864	22.892	22.209	21.887	22.117	21.887
5	937	Josh Remmetter	2005 Mini Cooper S / Red	23.262	22.822	22.584	22.877	22.797	22.471	22.471
6	5	Cody Hall	1997 Honda Accord / Black	25.452	26.670	24.160	24.185	24.704	23.961	23.961
7	198	Cory Gordinier	1991 Mazda Miata / White	29.734	27.283	27.813	25.834	25.584	24.714	24.714
8	35	Chase Blakely	2000 Volkswagen Golf GTI / Black	27.480	27.254	27.587	25.510	27.044	26.511	25.510
9	49	Andrew Layton	2004 Subaru Impreza / Black/White/Red	29.571	26.574	27.052	27.321	26.458	25.898	25.898

CLASS 3

11 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	21.267	20.279	25.723	49.072	19.852	—	19.852
2T	248	Scott Banes	2001 Subaru Impreza RS / Red	20.942	20.529	20.334	20.100	20.190	20.396	20.100
3T	372	Andrew Bayley	2000 BMW 553i / Red, Yellow	24.856	23.196	22.688	22.592	22.354	21.221	21.221
4	789	Darko Stojanovski	1977 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II / White	23.052	22.158	21.919	21.869	21.375	22.256	21.375
5	59	Ron Lordy	2008 Ford Mustang / White	22.256	21.790	21.626	21.771	21.488	22.155	21.488
6	919	Ryan Sanders	2018 Subaru WRX STI / White/Green	24.471	23.946	22.544	22.655	22.153	22.257	22.153
7	54	Geoffrey Hegel	2004 Pontiac GTO / Black	23.207	22.850	22.762	22.343	22.208	22.879	22.208
8	23	Craig Olvey	2005 Acura RSX Type S / Blue	23.190	22.678	23.074	22.297	22.854	22.510	22.297
9	2	Ryan Dunham	1989 Merkur XR4Ti / Red	23.503	23.479	22.582	22.585	—	—	22.582
10	3	Devon Tyler	2010 BMW 135i / Purple	23.033	22.855	22.656	48.328	30.186	24.816	22.656
11	44	John Kalchik	1994 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 / Black	23.853	23.967	24.798	24.104	23.964	23.747	23.747

VINTAGE

11 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1T	469	Ryan Kristoff	1987 Honda CRX / Red/White	23.616	21.683	21.775	21.593	21.188	21.354	21.188
2	789	Darko Stojanovski	1977 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II / White	23.052	22.158	21.919	21.869	21.375	22.256	21.375
3	2	Ryan Dunham	1989 Merkur XR4Ti / Red	23.503	23.479	22.582	22.585	—	—	22.582
4	555	Colin McCleery	1985 Ford XR8 / White	24.969	23.232	23.159	22.945	22.790	22.703	22.703
5	9	Michael Kelty	1986 Porsche 944 Turbo / Black	23.583	23.962	23.154	23.251	22.902	23.062	22.902
6	911	Paul Eddleston	1984 Porsche 911 / White, Blue etc	24.652	24.953	24.821	24.893	24.087	24.087	24.087
7	22	Cameron Merz	1983 Porsche 944	26.774	26.252	25.625	25.999	25.662	25.373	25.373
8	69	Ian Dawkins	1973 AMC Gremlin / Grey	25.624	—	—	—	—	—	25.624
9	144	Alexander Schlesinger	1977 Triumph TR7 Coupe / White	25.978	25.879	26.911	26.710	50.481	28.894	25.879
10	19	Ben Dozeman	1992 Dodge Stealth	26.438	—	26.056	—	—	—	26.056
11	11	Adam Pickworth	1992 Mercedes-Benz 190E / White	27.499	27.384	27.180	26.493	26.409	26.643	26.409

DRIFT

3 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1T	65	Frank Fardell	1995 Nissan 240 / Gold	29.421	30.128	26.216	27.273	27.339	20.676	20.676
2	13	Adam Buchanan	2003 Nissan 350Z / Black	27.506	25.790	25.931	26.845	27.248	26.502	25.790
3	267	Dylan Helferich	1999 BMW 328 / White	63.770	—	—	28.805	28.163	29.359	28.163

EXHIBITION

1 Entries

	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Best
1	1	Kevin Forest	2007 Chevrolet Chevrolet SS / Blue	30.312	27.832	28.006	27.173	27.329	26.948	26.948

Fastest to Finish

2023 Overall Standings

Overall finishing order for every car in the 2023 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: 38

Overall	Class	Car	Driver	Vehicle	Best
1	Class 3	62	Brian Blaine	1985 Mazda RX7 / Red	19.852
2	Class 3	248	Scott Banes	2001 Subaru Impreza RS / Red	20.100
3	Class 2	531	Evan Weider	1995 Honda Civic / Teal	20.610
4	Drift	65	Frank Fardell	1995 Nissan 240 / Gold	20.676
5	Class 2 / Vintage	469	Ryan Kristoff	1987 Honda CRX / Red/White	21.188
6	Class 3	372	Andrew Bayley	2000 BMW 553i / Red, Yellow	21.221
7	Class 3 / Vintage	789	Darko Stojanovski	1977 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II / White	21.375
8	Class 3	59	Ron Lordy	2008 Ford Mustang / White	21.488
9	Class 2	4	Scott Wolforth	1988 Pontiac Fiero / Yellow	21.547
10	Class 2	91	Frederic Boissinot	2006 Porsche 997 Carrera 2 / Gray	21.887
11	Class 1	61	Curtis Easterling	1990 Reynard FC / Blue	21.952
12	Class 3	919	Ryan Sanders	2018 Subaru WRX STI / White/Green	22.153
13	Class 3	54	Geoffrey Hegel	2004 Pontiac GTO / Black	22.208
14	Class 3	23	Craig Olvey	2005 Acura RSX Type S / Blue	22.297
15	Class 2	937	Josh Remmetter	2005 Mini Cooper S / Red	22.471
16	Class 3 / Vintage	2	Ryan Dunham	1989 Merkur XR4Ti / Red	22.582
17	Class 3	3	Devon Tyler	2010 BMW 135i / Purple	22.656
18	Vintage	555	Colin McCleery	1985 Ford XR8 / White	22.703
19	Vintage	9	Michael Kelty	1986 Porsche 944 Turbo / Black	22.902
20	Class 1	124	Mark Jarvis	1994 Saturn SL2 / Green/White	23.313
21	Class 1	754	Daniel Hutchison	1991 Honda CRX / Teal	23.328
22	Class 1	16	Tristan Koivisto	1993 Honda Civic / White/Red	23.456
23	Class 3	44	John Kalchik	1994 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 / Black	23.747
24	Class 2	5	Cody Hall	1997 Honda Accord / Black	23.961
25	Vintage	911	Paul Eddleston	1984 Porsche 911 / White, Blue etc	24.087
26	Class 2	198	Cory Gordinier	1991 Mazda Miata / White	24.714
27	Class 1	18	Scott Drabik	1937 Chevrolet Legends Coupe / White Blue	25.020
28	Vintage	22	Cameron Merz	1983 Porsche 944	25.373
29	Class 2	35	Chase Blakely	2000 Volkswagen Golf GTI / Black	25.510
30	Class 1	6	Ron Mallison	2001 Ford Focus / White	25.545
31	Vintage	69	Ian Dawkins	1973 AMC Gremlin / Grey	25.624
32	Drift	13	Adam Buchanan	2003 Nissan 350Z / Black	25.790
33	Vintage	144	Alexander Schlesinger	1977 Triumph TR7 Coupe / White	25.879
34	Class 2	49	Andrew Layton	2004 Subaru Impreza / Black/White/Red	25.898
35	Vintage	19	Ben Dozeman	1992 Dodge Stealth	26.056
36	Vintage	11	Adam Pickworth	1992 Mercedes-Benz 190E / White	26.409
37	Exhibition	1	Kevin Forest	2007 Chevrolet Chevrolet SS / Blue	26.948
38	Drift	267	Dylan Helferich	1999 BMW 328 / White	28.163

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.

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 2023 event possible.

Event Sanction

Detroit Region SCCA

The 2023 Empire Hill Climb was sanctioned by SCCA. Special thanks to the Detroit Region SCCA 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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2023 Results

Thank You, Empire Michigan!