Nissan GT-R shows why it’s King of Hill

NISSAN won the King of the Hill title for both road-going saloon cars, supercars and modified saloon cars at the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb for the second year in a row.

In both classes, it was a Nissan GT-R that set the fastest time, giving them the top step on both podiums.

“We are elated about the performance of our GT-Rs and our top-class racing drivers,” Nissan Group of Africa’s Xavier Gobille said.

“They kept their composure, despite very tough competition.”

There are three distinct King of the Hill titles, namely for road-going saloon cars and supercars (class A), modified saloon cars (class B), and single seater and sports cars (class C).

Nissan competed in both class A and class B with different versions of the R35 Nissan GT-R and with the NISMO LEAF Racing Car.

In Class B for modified saloon cars and supercars, Wilhelm Baard was the fastest man up the hill.

He raced his GT-R to a final time of 39.463 seconds, which is the fastest time ever achieved by a saloon car in this prestigious competition.

In doing so, he broke his own record of 39.892 seconds, which he set last year.

Baard’s winning time also gave him the B2 class title for supercars with a six-cylinder engine.

He was joined by fellow GT-R racers Martin van Zummeren (40.417 seconds) and Quinsley Sale (41.201 seconds) to make it a clean sweep for the GT-R in the class.

In Class A, Reghard Roets piloted his R35 GT-R from Melrose Nissan into the record books when he won the King of the Hill title for production supercars for the second consecutive year. – Herald Reporter