Motorsport: Green light for hill climb Hemberg
Although preparations have been underway for months, it is only now that the Hemberg Mountain Race Association knows that nothing stands in the way of this year's staging of the most popular motorsport event in eastern Switzerland from an official point of view, now that the canton of St. Gallen has granted permission. The race on June 11 and 12, 2016, forms the [...]
The race will kick off the Swiss Automobile Mountain Championship on June 11 and 12, 2016. Spectators along the race track, which is only 1758 meters long, will be offered all kinds of things. In addition to the actual race program with around 200 drivers from Switzerland and neighboring countries, they can look forward to a diverse show block, the village festivals in the evening and the race taxi rides on offer. The paddocks in Hemberg and Bächli will already be set up on Friday, June 10. Last June, the race attracted around 7500 visitors.
Mountain race in the Ecosport project of Swiss Olympic
The OC around President Christian Schmid is proud that the event in Toggenburg is the first mountain race to join the Ecosport project of Swiss Olympic and has its own event profile, which can be viewed on their homepage. This project strives for a high standard in the area of environment at sporting events. The event profile shows which ecological aspects will be taken into account at the Hemberg Mountain Race 2016 and what concrete measures have been taken with regard to environmental friendliness. This should ensure even more goodwill among the population and take further wind out of the sails of the critics.
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Photo: Peter Wyss
