Harewood speed Hillclimb


Harewood speed Hillclimb 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.
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. In the mid 1990s the track was extended to 1,584 yards, making it the longest British hillclimb. As of 2010, the outright hill record holder was Martin Groves, whose time of 49.13 seconds was set on 4 July 2010.

Harewood Hill Climb past winners

YearDriverVehicleTimeNotes
1963Keith SchellenbergLister-Jaguar49.79 sec21 April.
1964I.C. BattyLotus 7-Ford50.746 sec12 July. Novices Meeting.
1964Peter WestburyFerguson-Climax 4-w-d44.45 sec R13 Sep.
1965Peter MeldrumLotus 22-Allard Dragon12 Sep.
1966P.H. MeldrumLotus-Allard special45.99 sec11 Sep.
1967Round 12 : Tony MarshMarsh-Buick Special 4,200 c.c.42.94 sec R10 Sep.
1972R. Scott-MoncrieffKincraft-Chevrolet 5.0-litre44.15 sec23 July. Novices Meeting.
1976Roy LaneMcRae GM1-Chevrolet 5.0-litre38.77 sec
2006Round 17 : Scott MoranGould-NME GR61 3.5-litre49.19 sec R2 July.
2006Round 18 : Martin GrovesGould-NME GR55 3.5-litre49.92 sec2 July.
2010Round 3 : Scott MoranGould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre49.31 sec FTD9 May.
2010Round 4 : Martin GrovesGould-NME GR55 3.5-litre49.52 sec9 May.

Key: R = Course Record.

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