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63-465: Prescott Speed Hill Climb is a hillclimb in Gloucestershire , England . The course used for most events (the "Long Course") is 1,128 yards (1,031 m) in length, and the hill record is held by Wallace Menzies who took the outright hill record in a Gould GR59M single seater with a time of 34.65 seconds on Sunday 5 September 2021. The track was extended in 1960 to form the present Long Course. There

126-506: A "changing of the guard" in the BHC, as young drivers in lightweight cars made their presence felt at the highest level. Graeme Wight Jr dominated in 2001, and in June he broke the outright record at Shelsley Walsh that had stood for nine years. Almost a year later he became the first driver to break the 25-second barrier at the track, winning a prize of £1,000. The 2001 season was severely disrupted by

189-647: A 1971 Yamaha XS650. The MG Car Club of Queensland Inc. (est. 1954) built the Mount Cotton Hillclimb circuit and continues with its current management and operation. The first event held at this facility was on Sunday 18 February 1968. The dedicated 946 metres of tarmac circuit hosts the annual Queensland Hillclimb Championships, the Club's annual six round Hillclimb series and inter-club competitions. The Australian Hillclimb Championships have been held there on at least 9 occasions. Australia's longest hillclimb course

252-457: A Gould GR59 with a 3.3-litre V8 engine derived from the Cosworth XD, Menzies made it mathematically impossible for anyone to catch him after Round 27 (of 34) at Gurston Down on 25 August 2019. He became only the second Scottish driver to win the title after Graeme Wight Jr. Since 1998, the only non-Gould driver to win the championship has been Trevor Willis, who did so in 2012 with his OMS 25,

315-505: A Sport Prototype even now at the age of 80), Mauro Nesti (over 20 championships between Italy and Europe, from the 1970s to the 1990s), Ezio Baribbi (three times Italian champion), Fabio Danti (1994 Italian champion, 1995-96 European champion, died in 2000), Pasquale Irlando (Italian champion in the early 1990s and European champion in the last 1990s, the one who turned the Osella PA20), Franz Tschager (three times European champion in

378-447: A driver in one of the marque's cars. By the time Roger Moran clinched the title in 1997, Pilbeam drivers had won 18 of the 22 championships since 1977, a dominance rivalled only by the Cooper years of the 1950s and early 1960s. However, change was afoot, and the 1998 championship went to a Gould driver, David Grace . The future CEO of Rockingham Motor Speedway stamped his authority on

441-613: A first-class hill-climb venue, and obtained approval from the landowner, Alan P. Good. Unfortunately, the noise nuisance, which is a disease not unknown to motor-race course promoters, broke out and the project was reluctantly abandoned,..." The first event at Prescott was staged in April 1938, on what is now the Short Course. As announced in Motor Sport : "The Opening Rally on April 10th will comprise an assembly at Cheltenham for lunch, followed by

504-460: A huge margin: before taking account of his dropped scores, he had racked up 318 points, with the runner-up, 1997 champion Roger Moran , a long way behind on 176 points. The first climb of the inaugural series was staged at Bo'ness , near Linlithgow , Scotland on 17 May 1947. It was one of five events in that year's championship, the other climbs being held at Bouley Bay, Craigantlet, Prescott and Shelsley Walsh. All but Bo'ness still host rounds of

567-527: A less powerful but lighter car with a V8 engine derived from two Hayabusa units, and again in 2017 and 2018 with a similar but updated OMS 28. Restrictions brought into force during the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible to run events in the early part of 2020. Attempts were then made to organise a 'foreshortened' championship with rounds at five venues held over seven weekends starting in August. On 12 June, however,

630-512: A new record time of 50.70 seconds. Sydney Allard set the sports car record driving Hutchison's V12 Lincoln-engined Allard Special in a time of 54.35 seconds. On 3 July 1938 George Abecassis broke the Prescott outright record with a climb of 47.85 seconds in his supercharged 1½ litre Alta . Joe Fry bettered this unofficially when he climbed in 47.62 seconds in the 1,100 c.c. Freikaiserwagen , on 27 August 1938. Raymond Mays (2-litre E.R.A.) took

693-477: A one-off event at Joel Park, Northwood Hill, Middlesex, on 22 June 1935, which was won by Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth , on a Bugatti, in a time of 30.16 sec. The BOC planned to develop Dancer's End, near Tring , Hertfordshire, but an event there scheduled for 20 June 1936 had to be cancelled. Motor Sport reported in December 1937: "It will be recalled that about two years ago the Club planned to make Dancer's End

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756-458: A run to Prescott and possibly timed runs up the hill, followed by tea at the Prescott club-house. Prescott will be ready for the first official meeting on Sunday, May 15th." Unofficial fastest time in April was set by I. Craig in a 4.9-litre supercharged Bugatti in a time of 55.58 seconds. Fastest time of the day at the inaugural meeting in May was set by Arthur Baron in a 2,270 c.c. supercharged Bugatti in

819-412: A spirited challenge from Scott Moran . Groves again held off Moran's charge in 2007 to complete a hat-trick of titles, but in 2008 Moran took his first championship win, retaining his title in 2009. Moran has since won a further five titles, and his Gould GR61X (by far the most successful car in the history of the championship, with over 170 run-off wins) has won a total of seven. After several seasons in

882-506: A supercharged Suzuki Hayabusa -engined DJ Firehawk, Alex Summers co-drove the GR61X with Moran and became champion in it at his first attempt. Pirelli developed a new tyre for British hillclimbing in 2019, giving Avon its first rival in the 21st century. This forced Avon to respond by introducing its new Hillclimb GT Super Soft Compound tyre on 4 June 2020. Several drivers made the switch, including that year's Champion Wallace Menzies. Driving

945-553: A timed race on the 18-kilometre (11 mi) Kiambu-Ndumberi road. Some of the drivers who have competed in the Kiamburing TT include Amir Mohamed (winner 2013 Kiamburing TT Endurance event ) and Kay Wachira (winner 2014 Kiamburing TT Slalom Challenge). Returning to the Kiambu motoring circuit in 2015, Mohamed died in a crash during practice. British Hill Climb Championship Guernsey The British Hillclimb Championship (BHC)

1008-399: A true master of the hills at work. Fleetwood won all but six of the year's 34 BHC rounds, breaking hill records for fun - and in turn became the first person to climb Shelsley in under 24 seconds. Fleetwood's announcement in April 2005 that other commitments would prevent his defending his title meant once again that the two most successful drivers of the 2000s would not go head-to-head, and

1071-591: Is also a "Short Course" of 880 yards (804.7 m), now used only by meetings organised by the Vintage Sports-Car Club . The track is owned by the Bugatti Owners' Club (BOC), founded in 1929, who were looking for a permanent home and bought the land in 1937. The club had previously run events at Lewes and on the Chalfont Heights Estate, Chalfont St Peter , Buckinghamshire. The club also ran

1134-403: Is given to any driver in the run-off who breaks the outright hill record as it stood at the beginning of the day . As of 2022 there are 30 runoffs, but drivers can only count their 24 best results towards their final points total. In 2004, Adam Fleetwood achieved the unprecedented feat of winning 28 out of 34 rounds, and so had to drop all his non-win points. Even so, he won the championship by

1197-634: Is the Poatina Hillclimb, a temporary closed road course that features an elevation gain of 580 m (1,900 ft) in 10.6 km (6.6 mi), climbing Mount Blackwood from the Norfolk Plains to the Central Plateau of Northern Tasmania. The inaugural event, conducted in February 2014, covered 7.2 km (4.5 mi); the second running, in 2015, saw the course extended. South Australia features

1260-658: Is the most popular and famous hillclimb, being held since 1927, most of the editions as part of the European Championship. In Romania, the first major event was the Feleac course, in Cluj . From 1930, it was a round in the European Hill Climb Championship . A record of the Feleac was set by famous German racer Hans Stuck in 1938, driving a 600 bhp (450 kW) Auto Union Grand Prix car. Stuck stormed through

1323-561: Is the most prestigious hillclimbing championship in Great Britain . The British Hill Climb Championship was held every year from 1947 to 2019, and resumed in 2021. The 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All British Champions have been British . The most successful driver in terms of individual victories is Scott Moran , with 163, followed by Martin Groves (104) and Roy Lane (91). Moran and Tony Marsh jointly hold

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1386-706: Is thought to be the steepest bitumen surface in Australia, and so was only used during race events. Burgundy Street in Heidelberg was used for early Hillclimbs. The course at Rob Roy hosts race meets regularly, including rounds of the Victorian Hillclimb Championships. It is located just off Clintons Road, Christmas Hills in an area of Smiths Gully known as Rob Roy. Mount Tarrengower, near Maldon in Central Victoria , has an annual Hillclimb hosted by

1449-563: The New Zealand motor sport calendar. Race to the Sky was based near Queenstown . Held every Easter from 1998 until 2007, it starts from the floor of the Cardrona Valley and runs uphill for 15 km (9.3 mi) through 137 corners to the top, climbing from 1,500 ft (460 m) to 5,000 ft (1,500 m) averaging a 1:11 gradient . The driver with the greatest number of "Race to

1512-683: The Porsche 909 Bergspyder being the most extreme, weighing in at only 384kg. Thus, most German hillclimbs are in the Mittelgebirge regions, but even the rather flat northern part of Germany has hillclimbs, like the one in Hilter near Osnabrück , which is part of the German ″Berg Cup″ series. In the 2023 calendar, Schottenring , Wolsfeld , Iberg near Heilbad Heiligenstadt , Homburg, Saarland , Hauenstein near Hausen, Rhön-Grabfeld , Eichenbühl , Mickhausen are

1575-496: The foot and mouth crisis that year, which caused the postponement of some rounds of the series, though only one climb - at Barbon - was actually cancelled entirely, and co-operation between event organisers and local landowners meant that spectators continued to be admitted to the meetings, albeit with precautions such as the disinfecting of cars entering the car parks. A little later in the decade, once Adam Fleetwood had proved that he could translate his exploits in smaller cars to

1638-588: The 1950s, attracting drivers from the Pacific Northwest. Hillclimb races were held in México in the 1960s and 1970s in places like El Chico, Puebla and Lagunas de Zempoala . On July 27, 1969, a very talented Mexican driver, Moisés Solana , died in the "Hill Climb Valle de Bravo-Bosencheve". Since September 30 2017, Pedro Vargas founded the San Pedro Martir Hill Climb; the event is held in

1701-428: The 1970s and early 1980s. Notable champions from this period include Pierre Maublanc (1967 and 1968), Daniel Rouveyran (1969), Hervé Bayard (1970) and Jimmy Mieusset (1971, 1972, 1973 and 1974). The best-known Course de Côte are Mont Ventoux and Mont-Dore . Germany has a long hillclimbing tradition, with some manufacturers of cars or motorcycles entering factory teams until ″Bergrennen″ became amateur events in

1764-526: The 1970s. Two states, Nordrhein-Westfalen und Baden-Württemberg , do not allow hillclimbing racing events anymore, mostly due to environmental reasons. Thus, the probably most famous event, the Freiburg-Schauinsland race in the Black Forest, is not a competition anymore like almost 100 years ago, when the fourth International Schauinsland hillclimb at Freiburg was held on August 5, 1928: "A car made

1827-509: The 7 km (4.3 mi) gravel course in 2 min 56 sec. In recent decades, the course was widened in order to be suitable for intense traffic and therefore is considered inappropriate for auto racing. The modern Romanian hillclimbing event is the Viteză în Coastă or Campionatul Național de Viteză pe Traseu Montan (VTM). There are several traditional hillclimbing race events in Slovakia. Some of

1890-422: The BHC. The inaugural championship, as well as the 1948 title, went to Raymond Mays , who proved he was still the force to be reckoned with that he had been before World War II . Sydney Allard won the title in 1949 in the self-built Steyr-Allard. Although the 1950 championship went to Alfa Romeo driver Dennis Poore , from then on every title of the decade was to be won by a driver who had spent most or all of

1953-838: The British and continental European championships. Hillclimbing is also relevant to motorcycle sport; the governing body is the National Hill Climb Association. In the Italian championship, also known as the Campionato Italiano Velocità Montagna , there are the longest and most challenging hillclimbs like Trento-Bondone , Coppa Bruno Carotti (the Italian races in FIA European Hill Climb Championship ), Pedavena-Croce d'Aune , Monte Erice and Verzegnis-Sella Chianzutan , which are also

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2016-542: The Bugatti Owners' Club International Event Ken Wharton broke the track record in a time of 43.81 sec in a Cooper 1,000 c.c. Tony Marsh (Cooper) set a record at 43.32 sec in June 1956. At the BOC meeting on 15 September 1963, Peter Westbury clinched the 1963 British Hill Climb Championship by taking second place to Peter Boshier-Jones (Lotus-Climax 1,220 c.c. supercharged) in the championship run-off. Westbury also took FTD in

2079-504: The Hill Challenge (limited to 84 entries), for standard production and unrestricted cars in various classes, takes place over the weekend. The Saturday is for practice and pre-qualifying, while Sunday features final qualifying, the class finals and then the category shoot outs. The course length is 1.9 km (1.2 mi) up Simola Hill. It is very fast with the 2018 winning average speed being 192.524 km/h (119.629 mph) . There

2142-669: The Mexican state of Baja California. The temporary course was set on the road to the National Astronomical Observatory situated on the San Pedro Mártir mountain range, on a stretch from km marker 50 to km marker 80. As of 2024, it is regarded as the longest hill climb in the world. The overall ascent record was set by the late Carlin Dunne at 14' 58" piloting a Honda CRF 450 c.c. supermoto. An Australian Hillclimb Championship

2205-730: The Mountains". The high-powered supercharged Grand Prix cars were often modified to use twin rear tyres, like trucks, to provide better traction. Germany has only a small share of the Alps and few climbs there, like ″Jochrennen″ from Hindelang to Oberjoch , with the Rossfeld race in the Berchtesgaden Alps being a part of the 1965 World Sportscar Championship . At that time, Porsche entered lightweight open-top ″Bergspyder″ variants as their racing models were made for endurance racing up to 24 hours, with

2268-553: The Sky" outright wins (8) is Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima , driving his custom built Suzuki Escudo hillclimb special vehicle. The best-known hillclimb event in South Africa is held annually in early May during the Knysna Speed Festival, currently known as The Simola Hillclimb and founded in 2009. It is a three-day event, with Classic Car Friday reserved for cars built prior to 1990 and restricted to 65 entries. The King of

2331-579: The Victorian Vintage Sports Car Club, Bendigo Light Car Club and the Historic Motorcycle Racing Association of Victoria. The event is held on the 3rd weekend of October. It is now a "classics" only event, after a serious accident in the 1970s. Vintage motorcycles are now a feature of this event. Current champion is 2 time winner and only female competitor to take the title in the history of the climb, Stacey Heaney on

2394-474: The aftermath of the fatal collision between cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1955 . However, this prohibition does not extend to events where drivers compete only indirectly via the clock. Events such as rallies, hillclimbs and slaloms are very popular, including the FIA European Hill Climb Championship . The most known hillclimb races are the Gurnigelrennen , the course en côte Ayent – Anzère ,

2457-510: The available hills and mountains including the Alps . The most prestigious competition is the FIA European Hill Climb Championship . An Austrian venue: Gaisberg . An historic course is at Semmering. The French hill climb championship , or Championnat de France de la Montagne , has been one of the most competitive of the European national series, attracting many new F2 and 2-litre sports cars during

2520-572: The best known and most popular include the Pezinská Baba hillclimb race and the Dobšinský Kopec hillclimb race. One of the most well known Slovak drivers competing in local and international hillclimb events is Jozef Béreš. Béreš is also very popular on social media networks thanks to the videos of him driving his legendary Audi Quattro S1 racecar. Motor racing was banned in Switzerland in

2583-402: The championship with a hat-trick of titles as the 20th century closed. As of 2004, every champion since had been behind the wheel of a Gould. The hillclimb world was shocked in 1995 by the death of one of its leading lights, when Mark Colton was killed in practice at Craigantlet. He thus became only the third driver to lose his life in the history of the BHC. The start of the 21st century saw

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2646-629: The class runs in a time of 48.95 secs in the Felday-Daimler. In 1967 Motor reported: "Driving his V-8 engined Brabham, B. Eccles set up a new record for the hill of 47.31s. at the Bugatti Owners Club Invitation Prescott Hill climb on July 9." Prescott Hill has hosted at least one round of the British Hill Climb Championship since 1947, in the modern era of the sport, Prescott hosts the first round of

2709-650: The course en côte St. Ursanne – Les Rangiers , and the historic Klausen Hill Climb known as the Klausenpassrennen. Ludovico Scarfiotti clinched the European hillclimb championship at Ollon-Villars on August 30, 1965, driving a Dino Ferrari 2-litre. Canada's best known hillclimb event is the Knox Mountain Hillclimb, held in Kelowna , British Columbia . It is a 3.5 km (2.2 mi) paved road, climbing 245 m (804 ft). It has run annually since

2772-692: The early 2000s), Simone Faggioli (the real Italian champion of the 2000s) and Denny Zardo (Italian champion in 2005 and 2008, European champion in 2003) Hillclimbing is a very popular sport on the island of Malta . Numerous events are organised annually by the Island Car Club . Participants are divided according to their type of vehicle into various categories ranging from single seaters to saloon cars. There are several traditional hillclimbing race events in Portugal, and its national championship growing in popularity since 2010. Falperra International Hill Climb

2835-470: The event is usually a qualifying round of more than one competition, and some drivers (especially drivers of less powerful cars) will not be entered for the British Championship itself. Those who are, and who record a time in the top twelve of all those eligible, compete in a "run-off" at the end of each set of class run (there are two such sets of class runs at each event). In a run-off, drivers tackle

2898-577: The events in Germany. Additional rounds are held in Luxembourg, Austria or Switzerland. In Great Britain, the format is different from that in other parts of Europe, with courses being much shorter. Cairncastle is Great Britain's longest hillclimb at 1.65 miles (2904 yards). These short courses are more akin to uphill sprints – and almost always take under one minute for the fastest drivers to complete. For this reason, cars and drivers do not generally cross between

2961-417: The fastest time of the day, Heusser's Bugatti putting up 74.009 km/h, the fastest motorcycle being Stegmann's DKW at 69.6 km/h." Caracciola (Mercedes) won the over two-litre racing car class. In the 1930s, during the era of the famous "Silver Arrows" from Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz , Hans Stuck (1900–1978) dominated European hillclimbing, which earned him the nickname "Bergkönig" or "King of

3024-441: The hedge at the semi-circle and landed well out in the field in the single-seater Allard. Stirling Moss 's first hillclimb was at Prescott on 9 May 1948, driving a Mk2 Cooper . He had hoped to enter at Shelsley Walsh somewhat earlier, but had been thwarted in this ambition as there were no spaces left in the entry list. On his actual debut at Prescott, Moss came fourth out of twelve, in the 500 c.c. class. On 9 September 1951 at

3087-435: The hill in reverse order of their qualifying times, although where two drivers share a car, the slower qualifier competes at the start of the run-off session. The person who sets the fastest time receives 10 British Championship points, the second-fastest driver nine, and so on down to the tenth-placed driver, who gets one. The 11th and 12th-placed drivers, and any who fail to complete the course, receive no points. An extra point

3150-470: The historic permanent venue Collingrove , as well as annual temporary venues including Mount Alma Mile, Willunga, Legend Of The Lakes and the state's longest course is the Eden Valley Hillclimb at 3.7 km (2.3 mi). Hillclimbing is a popular club event in New Zealand , although a number of international competitors and foreign motor racing enthusiasts attend the premiere hillclimb event on

3213-455: The honours in 1977. This decade also saw the first championship to be won by a Gould driver, when Chris Cramer took the title in 1985. However, it was to be the late 1990s before the Pilbeam near-stranglehold on the BHC would be broken for any length of time. The 1990s continued and even intensified Pilbeam 's dominance of the sport, with the first eight championships of the decade being won by

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3276-670: The most known. Hillclimbing in Italy became famous in the 1970s, early 1980s, between 1994 and 2000 and at the end of the 2000s, especially in the last two periods thanks to TV services, magazines and live Internet commentaries. The most famous Italian drivers, who won a lot even in Europe, are Ludovico Scarfiotti (famous Ferrari driver who won the F1 race in Monza 1966), " Noris " (he won almost every race in Italy until 1972, when he died), Domenico Scola (who runs

3339-683: The record for the most championships, with six apiece. Ken Wharton is the only driver to win four consecutive titles, while Marsh uniquely scored two hat-tricks in 1955-1957 and 1965–1967. The following tracks are used in the British Hill Climb Championship. A number of other venues have featured in the championship over the years including Barbon , Bo'ness , Dyrham Park , Fintray , Great Auclum , Lhergy Frissel, Longleat, Pontypool Park, Rest and Be Thankful , Stapleford Aerodrome , Tholt-y-Will and Westbrook Hay . A major hillclimb may have an entry of more than 150 drivers, but

3402-440: The record on 30 July 1939 in a time of 46.14 seconds. Second overall at that meeting was Jean-Pierre Wimille in a 4.7-litre supercharged Bugatti, in the first international meeting held at Prescott. There is a part of the course at Prescott named for Sydney Allard and known as Allard's Gap, sometimes shortened to Allard's. This resulted from an incident at the Bugatti Owners' Club meeting on 15 June 1947, when Sydney: "shot through

3465-430: The season with a second round towards the end of the season. A new "Test Day" edition to their calendar a few weeks before the season opener has made Prescott an ideal location to kick off the year. The hill has 30 operation days per year and hosts a range of events from full competition days to driver schools and car club casual fun run days. The variety provided by Prescott allows for a wide range of cars and classes from

3528-399: The stage seemed set for Wight Jr to regain his crown, although his new V10 Predator proved unreliable, allowing the impressive Martin Groves to open up a lead at the top of the points table; Groves had the championship wrapped up by early August. With Wight Jr still nowhere to be seen, Groves retained the title in 2006, although he had to wait a month longer than in the previous year thanks to

3591-404: The top class, Wight Jr began to come under intense pressure, and by 2004 Fleetwood usually had the better of their battles. That season's championship was robbed of a classic battle for the title when Wight Jr pulled out in June to wait for the arrival of a new car - this had still not been driven in anger by the end of the year. However, crowds around the country could console themselves by watching

3654-571: The top of the British championships all the way down to pre second world war classics. An episode of Top Gear was filmed here, including a race between an Austin-Healey Sprite , which had most of its body panels removed, and a V6 Peugeot 306 with a number of cosmetic modifications and hydraulic suspension. 51°57′54″N 2°01′34″W  /  51.96488°N 2.02615°W  / 51.96488; -2.02615 Hillclimbing Hillclimbs in continental Europe are usually held on courses which are several kilometres long, taking advantage of

3717-435: The year behind the wheel of a Cooper with a JAP engine. Ken Wharton started the trend, and became the only man to win four successive BHC titles. In the mid-Fifties there were three successive titles for the near-legendary Tony Marsh, a man who would still be competing at the highest level of hillclimbing as the 20th century closed. And finally, another hat-trick of championships went to David Boshier-Jones . The decade

3780-493: Was also touched by tragedy, when Bill Sleeman was killed at Bouley Bay , Jersey in 1955. The final round of the decade was held at Stapleford Aerodrome on 11 October 1959, an event won by David Good in a Cooper-J.A.P. 1,100 c.c. Although the 1960s opened as the Fifties had ended, with Boshier-Jones taking the honours in his Cooper-JAP, the decade was to see a marked change in hillclimbing. One notable feature of 1960s climbing

3843-481: Was first staged in 1938 and has been contested annually since 1947. Hillclimbing in Australia dates back to the early 1900s, and was most prevalent in the city of Melbourne , at locations such as Templestowe , Heidelberg and Rob Roy . The course at Templestowe still exists today in the Domain Wetlands. The course was never trafficable due to the massive incline known as "the wall", with an incline ratio of 1:2.5

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3906-667: Was no event in 2013 and 2020. 2020 was cancelled due to COVID-19. The eleventh running of the event was held on 3-5 September 2021. The Kiamburing TT is an annual hillclimb event in Kenya . It is the first of its kind in East Africa and inspired by other international hillclimb events. It is a time attack event run on a closed course. The event held in Kiambu County in October 20, 2013 brought together over 15 high performance cars to compete in

3969-441: Was the appearance of four-wheel drive , with several of the decade's championships being won by drivers in such cars, including two for Peter Westbury . Mike Gray became the second driver to be killed at a BHC round when he died at Barbon in 1964. The Seventies saw two notable firsts: Roy Lane 's maiden championship in 1975, and the first of 18 titles in the space of 22 years for Pilbeam drivers when Alister Douglas-Osborn took

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