Graeme Wight Jr.

Graeme Wight Jr is a Scottish racing driver, best known for his success in hillclimbing. He has won the British Hillclimb Championship twice, in 2001 and 2002, and was runner-up to Adam Fleetwood in 2003. In 2004, he was Fleetwood's main rival in the first part of the year, but delays in the appearance of his new car meant that he barely competed after mid-June and could manage only eighth place in the championship. Continued development problems in 2005 meant that he was never in the running in that season's championship and only rarely qualified for the run-offs.

Wight Jr has invested a huge amount of effort into the development of the new car. Christened the "GWR Predator", it is an entirely new bespoke car. While it borrows heavily from recent Formula 1 (most notably using a circa 2002 F1 V10 engine and gearbox), it is specifically designed from ground up for the purpose of Speed Hillclimb competition. Whether it becomes a competing sucess remains to be seen. However, it represents a huge leap the level of technology employed at what is ostensibly an amateur sport. The combination of it's massive horsepower, ultra light weight, innovation and massive complexity makes it a facinating project to study.

Wight Jr became the first driver to complete the course at Shelsley Walsh in under 25 seconds when he recorded a time of 24.85 seconds on Sunday 2 June 2002, in the presence of Sir Stirling Moss.

His father, also Graeme Wight and sometimes called Graeme Wight Sr to distinguish him from his son, also competed in hillclimbs, often sharing a car with Wight Jr.