Ultima GTR with 427ci Chevrolet @ "King of The Mountain" event in Ceres, Cape.

I drove my friend's Ultima for the first time this weekend and the body was touching wheels, etc. He asked me to take it on Gydo Pass for this event, and I must say that I enjoyed it. this run was a tester, and unfortunately I could not get a 2nd run to push harder due to 2 x huge accidents on the pass where people got badly hurt. The spectators were crazy and the organisation really bad, so the accidents were just waiting to happen. See as example the car parked on the left towards the end of the video.
The event was cancelled due to the accidents and did not take place again since.

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[hondatrix]

Pieter, post nog man.....asseblief..

[MR2ZZ]

@hondatrix

Karre is almal buite werking tans. Hopelik sal die Ultima volgende naweek op Kyalami ry.

[thatguyonstage]

Nice run, great sound. Everyone saying 'too slow' probably would have thrown this car off the road. They should stick to their copy of Forza.

[MR2ZZ]

@thatguyonstage

Thank you thatguyonstage. Some may be misled by the lower rpm, but the car has massive torque (680nm) and I pulled between 1 and 1.4g's in the corners. You will see some corrections in corners, so I did not take it entirely slow. However, I can go faster but the event was cancelled (permanently and forever) after 2 cars had accidents and hurt spectators and I did not get another run at it.

[iceOwillry]

Awesome video and driving. I love all the low end to mid range torque the car has. I went up the Gydo Pass yesterday myself to see what it is really about. Wish the event was still on and organised better

[thatguyonstage]

@MR2ZZ

thanks I'll check it out

[MR2ZZ]

@thatguyonstage

Record run of the Cobra or Ultima?

Check out my MR2ZZ channel for several videos of the Ultima, Cobra, MR2, Lotus Exige, and M3 CSL.

[thatguyonstage]

@MR2ZZ

Do you have any video of the record run? Or just of the car hitting the strip in general? I'd enjoy seeing it in action.

[MR2ZZ]

@thatguyonstage

1 car rolled over a young girl, and the other went straight into a wall where a woman was sitting with her baby on her lap. This woman lost her leg. Both these accidents took place at 02:09 point on my video and you can see at 02:10 where plenty cement is on the outside of the road due to a vehicle having rolled over the girl who sat with others right on the pavement.

[MR2ZZ]

@thatguyonstage

This accident happened shortly before my run and was with one of our best drivers in this country (Des Gutzeit) behind the wheel which shook us all.

[MR2ZZ]

@thatguyonstage

Also, some may not have done these events and will not realise that the secret is smooth = fast, and the principle of slow in and fast out of a corner assist hugely with elapsed times. We also did not get the benefit of running the hillclimb other than slow scout laps, and being my first run with this car, one will be stupid to go balls to the wall. There are 100's of meters of drop offs with no barriers - so imagine that as a reality check.