Loton Park Hill Climb


Loton Park Hill Climb is a hillclimb held in part of the Loton Park deer park in Shropshire, England. The track was originally constructed by the members of The Severn Valley Motor Club based in Shrewsbury, in the mid-1950s. The first ever winner was Peter Foulkes in a Cooper Climax. The track was threatened with closure in 1969 and since then events have been organised by the Hagley & District Light Car Club, who obtained the lease on the land from owner Sir Michael Leighton in 1970, in which year the first National A hillclimb was staged.
The course is 1475 yards in length, making it the third longest course used in the British Hill Climb Championship. It contains an unusual downhill section fairly early in its layout. As of June 2009, the hill record of 44.42 seconds stands to Scott Moran, who set the mark in the second run-off of the 13 April 2009 meeting. Martin Groves had previously beaten his own previous record with 44.46s in the first run-off.

Loton Park Hill Climb past winners

YearDriverVehicleTimeNotes
1960Sept 3.
1961M. HattonCooper 1,100 c.c.35.68 sec
1961M. HattonCooper33.95 sec RJuly 22.
1963Round 1 : Tony MarshMarsh-Climax 1½-litre S/C37.03 secApril 27, lengthened 900-yard course.
1964Round 1 : Peter WestburyFerguson-Climax P99 2½-litre35.56 secApril 25/26.
1965Round 1 : Tony MarshMarsh-Special Oldsmobile
1967Round 1 : Bryan EcclesBrabham BT18-Oldsmobile V8
1968Sept 1.
1969Round 1 : David HepworthHepworth FF
1973Round 1 : Sir Nicholas WilliamsonMarlyn 712-DFV
1973Roy LaneMcLaren M14D54.72 sec R
1979Martyn GriffithsPilbeam MP40 2.2-litre50.81 sec RJuly 1.
2006Round 1 : Scott MoranGould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre46.54 secApril 7.
2006Round 2 : Roger MoranGould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre46.34 secApril 7.
2006Round 13 : Scott MoranGould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre45.94 secJune 11.
2006Round 14 : Martin GrovesGould-NME GR5545.45 secJune 11.
2009Round 13 : Scott MoranGould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre44.72 secJune 13–14.
2009Round 14 : Scott MoranGould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre44.78 secJune 13–14.
2010Round 9 : Roger MoranGould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre45.36 secJune 13.
2010Round 10 : Trevor WillisOMS-Powertec 2.8-litre58.72 secJune 13.
2010Round 33 : Scott MoranGould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre44.62 sec FTDSept 26.
2010Round 34 : Martin GrovesGould-NME GR55B 3.5-litre44.73 secSept 26.

Key: R = Course Record; FTD = Fastest Time of the Day; S/C = Supercharged.