Doune Hillclimb
Location | Doune, Stirling, Scotland |
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Time zone | GMT |
Coordinates | 56°12′31″N 4°04′26″W / 56.2087°N 4.0739°W |
Opened | April 1968 |
Major Events | British Hill Climb Championship |
Hill Length | 0.839 miles (1.350 km) |
Hill Record | 34.76 (Scott Moran, 2014, British Hill Climb Championship) |
Doune Hillclimb, Carse of Cambus, near Doune in the district of Stirling, Scotland, is the home of the only round of the British Hill Climb Championship currently to be held in Scotland, (Bo'ness, Fintray and the Rest And Be Thankful have featured in the past). The course is 1,476 yards (1,350 m) in length (although when it was first constructed in 1968 it was around 33yd / 30 m longer) and meetings have been staged by the Lothian Car Club since 1968.
Prior to 1968, Lothian Car Club ran rounds of the British Hill Climb Championship at the Bo'ness Hillclimb from 1948 until 1967, when a house estate was built over part of the Bo'ness track. In 1967 the hillclimb track at Doune was designed by Ray Fielding and built with the first event taking place in April 1968.[1]
The current outright record holder is Scott Moran, who set a time of 34.76 seconds in June 2014 in his Gould GR61X. Video of a 35.05 second run by Jos Goodyear in his GWR Raptor can be seen here: [1]
Doune Hillclimb holds one meeting of the Scottish Hillclimb Championship in April and two meetings of the British Hillclimb Championship in June and September each year.
Doune Hillclimb Winners: British Hillclimb Championship
Year | Championship Round | Driver | Vehicle | Time (s) | Date |
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1968 | Sir Nicholas Williamson | Brabham BT21C | 48.84 | June | |
1971 | Mike MacDowel | Palliser Repco V8 3-litre | 50.52 | [2] June 20. R.A.C. Championship. | |
Mike MacDowel | Palliser Repco | 45.36 R | [3] Sept 19. | ||
1986 | Chris Cramer | Gould 84/3 Hart 2.8-litre | 39.62 | [4] June 22. | |
2005 | Round 33 | Martin Groves | Gould-NME GR55B 3.5-litre | 37.20 | [5] 18th September |
Round 34 | Martin Groves | Gould-NME GR55B 3.5-litre | 36.48 R | ||
2006 | Round 15 | Martin Groves | Gould-NME GR5 3.5-litre | 40.99 FTD | [6] 18th June |
Round 16 | Roger Moran | Gould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre | 41.88 | ||
2007 | Round 15 | Martin Groves | Gould-NME GR55 3.5-litre | 36.93 | [7] 17th June |
Round 16 | Martin Groves | Gould-NME GR55 3.5-litre | 36.00 R | ||
2008 | Round 13 | Martin Groves | - | 41.22 | 22nd June[8] |
Round 14 | Scott Moran | - | 41.14 FTD | ||
- | Graeme Wight Jnr | - | 36.25 | 28th September[9] | |
- | Martin Groves | - | 36.01 | ||
2009 | - | Martin Groves | Gould GR55B | 35.95 R | 21st June[10] |
- | Scott Moran | Gould GR61X | 35.62 R | ||
2010 | - | Martin Groves | Gould GR55B NME | 36.55 | 20th June[11] |
- | Martin Groves | Gould GR55B NME | 36.13 | ||
2011 | - | Lee Adams | - | 43.21 | 19th June[12] |
- | Lee Adams | - | 41.27 | ||
2012 | Round 13 | Lee Adams | GWR Raptor | 41.90 | 17th June[13] |
Round 14 | Lee Adams | GWR Raptor | 40.26 | ||
2013 | Round 13 | Trevor Willis | OMS 28 | 36.54 | 23rd June[14] |
Round 14 | Trevor Willis | OMS 28 | 36.16 | ||
Round 31 | Alex Summers | DJ Firehawk | 40.78 | 15th September[15] | |
Round 32 | Alex Summers | DJ Firehawk | 42.30 | ||
2014 | Round 13[16] | Scott Moran | Gould GR61X | 34.99 R | 22nd June |
Round 14[17] | Scott Moran | Gould GR61X | 34.76 R | ||
Round 31[18] | Scott Moran | Gould GR61X | 35.16 | 21st September | |
Round 32 | Jos Goodyear | GWR Raptor | 35.20 | ||
2015 | Round 13 | Alex Summers | Gould GR61X | 37.28 | 21st June |
Round 14 | Jos Goodyear | GWR Raptor | 35.64 | ||
Round 31 | Alex Summers | Gould GR61X | 35.65 | 20th September | |
Round 32 | Alex Summers | Gould GR61X | 34.82 | ||
2016 | Round 13 | Scott Moran | Gould GR61X | 35.51 | 19th June |
Round 14 | Eynon Price | Gould GR59 | 43.14 | ||
Round 31 | Trevor Willis | OMS 28 | 36.12 | 18th September | |
Round 32 | Sean Gould | Gould GR59 | 38.07 | ||
2017 | Round 11 | Dave Uren | Gould GR55B | 35.67 | 18th June |
Round 12 | Trevor Willis | OMS 28 | 35.96 | ||
Round 31 | Wallace Menzies | Gould GR59 | 36.57 | 17th September | |
Round 32 | Wallace Menzies | Gould GR59 | 36.05 |
Key: R = Course Record; FTD = Fastest Time of the Day.
See also
Footnotes
- ^ "The History of Doune". Doune Hill Climb. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
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(help) - ^ Motor, July 17, 1971, Page 46.
- ^ Autocar, Sep 23, 1971, Page 28; Motor, September 26, 1971, Page 52.
- ^ Speedscene, August 1986, No. 29, Page 13.
- ^ Autosport, September 22, 2005, Page 117.
- ^ Autosport, June 22, 2006, Page 139.
- ^ Autosport, June 21, 2007, Page 109.
- ^ "Doune Hill Climb Results June 2008" (PDF). Doune Hill Climb. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
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(help) - ^ "Doune Hill Climb Results September 2008" (PDF). Doune Hill Climb. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
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(help) - ^ "Doune Hill Climb Results June 2009" (PDF). Doune Hill Climb. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
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(help) - ^ "Doune Hill Climb Results June 2010" (PDF). Doune Hill Climb. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
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(help) - ^ "Doune Hill Climb Results June 2011" (PDF). Doune Hill Climb. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
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(help) - ^ "Doune Hill Climb Results June 2012" (PDF). Doune Hill Climb. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
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(help) - ^ "Doune Hill Climb Results June 2013" (PDF). Doune Hill Climb. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
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(help) - ^ "Doune Hill Climb Results September 2013" (PDF). Doune Hill Climb. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
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(help) - ^ "British Hillclimb Championship 2014 Round 13 Results" (PDF). British Hillclimb Championship. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
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(help) - ^ "British Hillclimb Championship 2014 Round 14 Results" (PDF). British Hillclimb Championship. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
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