Harewood speed Hillclimb (the form with italics and a lower-case s is used officially) is a hillclimb near the village of Harewood, West Yorkshire, England. The track can be found on the A659 between Harewood village and Collingham, north of Leeds. In addition to national events, it hosts rounds of the British Hill Climb Championship, a Classic & Historic Hillclimb and an event that includes bikes. Around 11 meetings are organised between April and September each year by the British Automobile Racing Club Yorkshire Centre.
The first event on the track took place on September 16, 1962, and Best Time of the Day was set at 51.61s by Tony Lanfranchi driving an Elva Mk VI. This was on the original 'Short Course'. The first R.A.C. Hill Climb Championship event was held in September, 1964.[1] In the mid 80's the track was extended to 1,584 yards (1,448 m), making it the longest British hillclimb. As of 2010, the outright hill record holder was Martin Groves, whose time of 49.13 seconds was set on 4 July 2010.
[edit] Harewood Hill Climb past winners
| Year |
Driver |
Vehicle |
Time |
Notes |
| 1963 |
Keith Schellenberg |
Lister-Jaguar |
49.79 sec |
[2] April 21. |
| 1964 |
I.C. Batty |
Lotus 7-Ford |
50.746 sec |
[3] July 12. Novices Meeting. |
| Peter Westbury |
Ferguson-Climax 4-w-d |
44.45 sec R |
[4] Sept 13. |
| 1965 |
Peter Meldrum |
Lotus 22-Allard Dragon |
|
[5] Sept 12. |
| 1966 |
P.H. Meldrum |
Lotus-Allard special |
45.99 sec |
[6] Sept 11. |
| 1967 |
Round 12 : Tony Marsh |
Marsh-Buick Special 4,200 c.c. |
42.94 sec R |
[7] Sept 10. |
| 1972 |
R. Scott-Moncrieff |
Kincraft-Chevrolet 5.0-litre |
44.15 sec |
[8] July 23. Novices Meeting. |
| 1976 |
Roy Lane |
McRae GM1-Chevrolet 5.0-litre |
38.77 sec |
[9] |
| 2006 |
Round 17 : Scott Moran |
Gould-NME GR61 3.5-litre |
49.19 sec R |
[10] July 2. |
| Round 18 : Martin Groves |
Gould-NME GR55 3.5-litre |
49.92 sec |
| 2010 |
Round 3 : Scott Moran |
Gould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre |
49.31 sec FTD |
[11] May 9. |
| Round 4 : Martin Groves |
Gould-NME GR55 3.5-litre |
49.52 sec |
Key: R = Course Record.
- ^ BARC Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 30th November, 1964.
- ^ Autosport, May 3, 1963, Page 622.
- ^ Autosport, July 24, 1964, Page 158.
- ^ Motor Sport, October, 1964, Page 800; See also: Motor, September 16, 1967, Page 48.
- ^ BARC Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 30th November, 1965.
- ^ Motor, September 17, 1966.
- ^ Motor, September 16, 1967, Page 48.
- ^ Autosport, Aug 3, 1972, Page 41.
- ^ Autosport, Aug 5, Page 47.
- ^ Autosport, July 6, 2006, Page 107.
- ^ Autosport, May 13, 2010, Page 113.
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Coordinates: 53°54′17.64″N 1°29′24.68″W / 53.9049°N 1.4901889°W / 53.9049; -1.4901889
