Silverstone Race To The Sky
The Race to the Sky is an annual automobile and motorcycle gravel hillclimbing, hillclimb to the summit of a mountain in the Cardrona Valley of New Zealand. The race was held every year from 1998 to 2007 for two days over the Easter weekend as the Silverstone Race to the Sky, and returned in 2015 as the Repco Race to the Sky. The event has attracted major international drivers to compete to see who is the fastest to ascend the hill. Location The race was located at the Snow Farm, New Zealand, Snow Farm ski area in the Cardrona, New Zealand, Cardrona Valley, a 45 minute drive from Queenstown, New Zealand and 20 minutes from Lake Wanaka, New Zealand, Lake Wanaka. The hillclimb was held over a gravel course, with an average Grade (slope), gradient of 1:11. The 135 turn course climbs from 450 meters (1500 feet) above mean sea level to 1500 meters (5000 feet). The qualifying session for the race was held on Saturday. The race itself was held on Sunday. The top 10 fastest qualifiers r ...
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