If your idea of proper motorsport is racing classic GT and F1-esque machines up a winding mountain road then you’ll love the British Hillclimb Championship. Taking in picturesque tracks from across the UK, the aim is a simple one; see that hill? Get up it, as fast as you can. Although no Pikes Peak, the list of entries harks back to a golden age of motorsport.
The first knownhillclimbwas held at La Turbie near Nice, in 1897 but it was their Anglo cousins who really took to it. The hillclimbat Shelsley Walsh in Worcestershire for instance is the world's oldest continuously staged motorsport event still held on its original course after first run in 1905.
Hillclimbs in the UK are usually on twisting tarmac sections of single-lane roads, often on private land. The courses are generally challenging and pretty unforgiving - no gravel run-off areas here - so hillclimbdrivers need quick reflexes and good car control.
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25 AprPrescott
08 MayBarbon
09 MayHarewood
30 MayGurston Down
05 JunShelsley Walsh
13 JunLoton Park
20 JunDoune
04 JulHarewood
15 JulBouley Bay
17 JulVal des Terres
25 JulWiscombe Park
07 AugCraigantlet
22 AugShelsley Walsh
29 AugGurston Down
05 SepPrescott
19 SepDoune
26 SepLoton Park
13.08 - Hillclimb: Groves forced out of title race
Former champion Martin Groves has been forced out of the British Hillclimb Championship for the remainder of the(...)
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