Harewood_speed_Hillclimb

Harewood speed Hillclimb

Harewood speed Hillclimb

English hillclimb

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.

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The first event on the track took place on 16 September 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 1990s the track was extended to 1,584 yards (1,448 m). As of 2023, the outright hill record holder was Matt Ryder, whose time of 49.39 seconds was set on 3 July 2022 in that day's 2nd Top 12 Runoff.

Harewood Hill Climb past winners

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Key: R = Course Record.

References

  1. [1]
    BARC Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 30 November 1964.
  2. [2]
    Autosport, 3 May 1963, Page 622.
  3. [3]
    Autosport, 24 July 1964, Page 158.
  4. [4]
    Motor Sport, October, 1964, Page 800; See also: Motor, 16 September 1967, Page 48.
  5. [5]
    BARC Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 30 November 1965.
  6. [6]
    Motor, 17 September 1966.
  7. [7]
    Motor, 16 September 1967, Page 48.
  8. [8]
    Autosport, 3 August 1972, Page 41.
  9. [9]
    Autosport, 5 August, Page 47.
  10. [10]
    Autosport, 6 July 2006, Page 107.
  11. [11]
    Autosport, 13 May 2010, Page 113.

53°54′17.64″N 1°29′24.68″W


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