Barbon Hillclimb
| Location | Barbon Cumbria England |
|---|---|
| Time zone | GMT |
| Coordinates | 54°14′13″N 2°33′51″W / 54.23694°N 2.56417°W postcode LA6 2LJ |
| Major Events | British Hill Climb Championship |
| Hill Length | 890 yards (810 m) |
| Turns | 3 |
| Hill Record | 20.08 (Jos Goodyear, 2015, British Hillclimb Championship) |
Barbon Hillclimb is a hillclimb held near Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, north-west England. The event is held on the Barbon Manor estate with the course ordinarily being used as a driveway.[1] The course is 890 yards (814 metres) in length, making it the shortest of the British Hill Climb Championship tracks outside the Channel Islands. From 2013, the car events are being promoted by Liverpool Motor Club in addition to their popular Sprints at Aintree. The motorcycle events have not run at Barbon since 2011.
History
From 1950 to 2012, Westmorland Motor Club ran three events per year at the venue: two for cars and one for motorcycles, though the motorcycle events took a break but ran in 2019.[2] Since 2013 the car events have been run by Barbon Hillclimb Ltd, a joint venture between Kirkby Londsale Motor Club and Liverpool Motor Club, the latter being the official promoter of the events.
The target for 1963 competitors was the existing record by Jack Cordingley's JBW-Maserati in a time of 30.46 secs.[3] A new record was set by Jos Goodyear on 4 July 2015 of 20.08, beating the previous record held by Scott Moran in 2008.
The British Hillclimb Championship events run in July each year, and the popular Regional Championship events run in mid-June.
The 2010 British Hillclimb Championship round had to be abandoned due to a problem with the track surface.[4] The 2011 and 2012 British Hillclimb Championship rounds ran successfully at Barbon after resurfacing of sections of the track had brought the surface back up to standard. Substantial re-surfacing too place in 2015 and the British Hillclimb Championship event moved from May to July to further improve the events for competitors and spectators alike.
The National B (regional championship) events held each June have continued to run successfully, attracting a loyal following of competitors and spectators.
Barbon Hillclimb car event past winners
| Year | Driver | Vehicle | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Peter Holyoak | Closed to club test event | 87.20 secs | (150yds longer) |
| 1951 | B Crabtree | MG | 37.20 secs R | |
| 1952 | Gillie Tyrer | Fraser Nash BMW | 35.40 secs R | |
| 1953 | B Crabtree | MG | 36.20 secs | |
| 1954 | I E Davison | Cooper MG | 34.07 secs R | |
| 1955 | P.S. Hughes | Tojeiro-J.A.P. | 34.68 secs | [5] 21 May. |
| 1956 | C.A.N. May | Cooper-J.A.P. Mark 8 | 32.18 secs R | [6] 26 May. |
| 1957 | Peter Proctor | Cooper-Norton | 33.37 secs | [7] 26 May. |
| 1963 | Tony Marsh | Marsh Climax | 28.779 secs R | [8] 25 May. |
| 1964 | Peter Westbury | Ferguson P99 Climax | 27.17 secs R | [9] 23 May. |
| 1965 | Peter Boshier-Jones | Lotus | [10] | |
| 1966 | Tony Marsh | Marsh Special GM | 31.37 secs | |
| 1967 | David Good | B.R.M. 4-w-d | [11] 20 May. | |
| 1968 | Peter Lawson | BRM P67 | 27.38 sec | |
| 1969 | Round 4 D. Hepworth | Hepworth FF Traco-Oldsmobile | 26.78 sec R | [12] |
| 1998 | British Hill Climb Championship : David Grace | Gould Ralt GR37 | 21.04 sec | |
| 1999 | British Hill Climb Championship : David Grace | Gould Ralt GR37 | 21.11 sec | |
| 2000 | British Hill Climb Championship : David Grace | Gould Ralt GR37 | 20.86 sec R | |
| 2001 | Meeting Cancelled (Foot & Mouth Disease) | |||
| 2002 | British Hill Climb Championship : Graeme Wright Jnr | Gould GR51 V6 | 21.02 sec | |
| 2003 | British Hill Climb Championship : Graeme Wright Jnr | Gould GR51 V6 | 21.05 sec | |
| 2004 | British Hill Climb Championship : Adam Fleetwood | Gould GR.. | 20.51 sec R | |
| 2005 | British Hill Climb Championship : Martin Groves | Gould GR55 | 20.91 sec | |
| 2006 | British Hill Climb Championship : Martin Groves | Gould GR55 | 21.17 sec | |
| 2007 | British Hill Climb Championship : Martin Groves | Gould GR55 | 20.71 sec | |
| 2008 | British Hill Climb Championship : Scott Moran | Gould GR61X | 20.50 sec R | |
| 2009 | British Hill Climb Championship : Martin Groves | Gould GR55 | 21.58 sec | |
| 2010 | British Hill Climb Championship : Wallace Menzies | DJ Firestorm | 21.61 sec | |
| 2011 | British Hill Climb Championship : Scott Moran | Gould GR61X | 21.29 sec | |
| 2012 | British Hill Climb Championship : Scott Moran | Gould GR61X | 20.51 sec | |
| 2013 | British Hill Climb Championship : Trevor Willis | OMS 28 | 21.69 sec | |
| 2014 | British Hill Climb Championship : Trevor Willis | OMS 28 | 21.81 sec | |
| 2015 | British Hill Climb Championship : Jos Goodyear | GWR Raptor | 20.08 sec R | |
| 2016 | British Hill Climb Championship : Trevor Willis | OMS 28 | 22.34 sec | |
| 2017 | British Hill Climb Championship : Meeting Cancelled due to weather |
Key: R = New Course Record. All details extracted from Barbon Hillclimb Programmes unless indicated otherwise
Footnotes
- ^ Fifty years of motor-cycling, R. D. Humber, The Guardian, 24 October 1960, Page 2.
- ^ Barbon Speed Hillclimb for Motorcycles - Barbon Hillclimb for Motorbikes - 11 May 2019 www.kirkbylonsdale.co.uk, accessed 4 February 2021
- ^ Motor Sport, July 1963, Page 548.
- ^ Autosport, 13 May 2010, Page 104.
- ^ Motor Sport, July 1955, Page 384.
- ^ C. A. N. May, Speed Hill-Climb, G.T. Foulis & Co LTD, 1962, Page 84.
- ^ C. A. N. May, Speed Hill-Climb, G.T. Foulis & Co LTD, 1962, Page 98.
- ^ Motor Sport, July 1963, Page 548.
- ^ Motor Sport, July 1964, Page 420.
- ^ Motor Sport, September 1965, Page 745.
- ^ Motor Sport, August 1967, Page 702.
- ^ Motor, 14 June 1969, Page 69.
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