CAMS NSW Hillclimb Championship - Australia
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New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
(NSW) Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
& boasts a diverse array of Racecars & Drivers..
The Championship consists of a number of Hillclimb
Hillclimbing
Hillclimbing is a branch of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock to complete an uphill course....
rounds held by CAMS
Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....
affiliated "Host Clubs". Outright & Class Champions are named at the end of each Season & are presented with trophies. The current Championship holder is Tim Edmondson driving a Force PC
Championship history
The Championship in its current form has been running since 1959. From 1949-1958 the Championship was run as a single event much the same way the current Australian Hillclimb ChampionshipAustralian Hillclimb Championship
The Australian Hillclimb Championship is a CAMS sanctioned motor sport competition which determines Australia's annual hillclimbing champion. The championship has traditionally been awarded to the driver setting fastest time at a single meeting however the 1958 title was awarded based on the...
is run.
Notable competitors include Ron Tauranac
Ron Tauranac
Ron Tauranac is the former Australian designer for Formula One driver Jack Brabham from 1962 until Brabham's retirement as a driver at the end of the 1970 season. Tauranac briefly owned and managed the Brabham team in 1971, but he sold the team to Bernie Ecclestone in late 1971...
(1954 Champion), Lex Davison
Lex Davison
Alexander Nicholas Davison was a racing driver who won the Australian Grand Prix four times between 1954 and 1961 and won the Australian Drivers' Championship in 1957...
(1957 Champion), Colin Bond
Colin Bond
Colin John Bond is a retired Australian racing driver. Bond reached the highest levels in Australian motorsport in 1969 when he was recruited by Harry Firth to the newly formed Holden Dealer Team...
(1965-67 Champion), Peter Gumley (11 Time Champion), Peter Finlay (3 Time Champion), Allan Grice
Allan Grice
Allan Maxwell Grice OAM , known to motor-racing fans as Gricey, is an Australian former racing driver and politician, most famous for twice winning the prestigious Bathurst 1000 , and as a privateer driver of a Holden in the Australian Touring Car Championship.Grice also had a successful second...
& Malcolm Oastler
Malcolm Oastler
Malcolm Oastler is the former technical director of Formula One team BAR, former chief engineer for Jaguar Racing, and designer of many race cars....
.
The NSW Hillclimb Advisory Panel
The Championship is run & organised by The "NSW Hillclimb Advisory Panel" (HCAP)which is separate to the Championship . The “Panel” is a Racing Organisation board which reports to CAMSConfederation of Australian Motor Sport
The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....
NSW and CAMS nationally. Its function includes:
- To co-ordinate and oversee the running of the NSW HillclimbHillclimbingHillclimbing is a branch of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock to complete an uphill course....
Championship
- Keep the Championship pointscore and arrange an end-of-year function.
- Attend to directions emanating from the CAMS NSW Council or State Executive.
- Advise the CAMS NSW Council, NSW Executive & CAMS nationally on Hillclimb matters
- Provide advice and assistance to clubs and individuals on the conduct of hillclimbs.
- Inform competitors and organising clubs of Championship rule changes as they occur.
2009 Host Clubs
- Bathurst Light Car Club (BLCC) - Hosts to The Bathurst Mount Panorama "Esses" & "Mountain Straight" Hillclimbs
- Grafton Sporting Car Club Inc (GSCC) - Hosts to the Mountainview Hillclimb
- MG Car Club Newcastle (MGCC) - Hosts to the King Edward Park & Ringwood Hillclimbs
- Southern Districts Motorsport Association (SDMA) - Host to the Fairbairn Park Hillclimb
- Kempsey Sporting Car Club (KSCC) - Host to the Mt Cooperabung Hillclimb
- Myall Lakes Sporting Car Club (MLSCC) - Host to the Bulahdelah (Wootoon Way) Hillclimb
Past champions
Please Note 1949-1958 the Championship was run as a single event- 1949, 50 - Frank Kleinig - Kleinig Hudson
- 1951 - John Crouch - Cooper Vincent
- 1952 - Dick Cobden - Cooper JAP 500
- 1953 - ??
- 1954 - Ron Tauranac - Ralt 500
- 1955 - Bill Ford - Hudson Special
- 1956 - Bruce Walton - Walton JAP
- 1957 - Lex Davison - Cooper Irving
- 1958 - John Marston - Cooper Irving
- 1959, 60 - Jack Myers - WM Cooper
- 1961 - John Marston - Lynx
- 1962 - Barrie Garner - Nota BMC
- 1963, 64 - Ralph Sach - Nota Din
- 1965, 66, 67 - Colin BondColin BondColin John Bond is a retired Australian racing driver. Bond reached the highest levels in Australian motorsport in 1969 when he was recruited by Harry Firth to the newly formed Holden Dealer Team...
- Lynx Peugeot S/C - 1968, 69, 70 - Errol Richardson - RennmaxRennmaxThe Rennmax name was applied to a series of open wheel racing cars and sports racing cars constructed by Rennmax Engineering in Sydney, Australia between 1962 and 1978...
Ford - 1971, 72 & 73 - Murray Bingham - Bingham Cobra & Chev (1973)
- 1973 - Errol Richardson - SCV (Joint Winner with Murray Bingham)
- 1974, 75 & 76 - Barrie Garner - Bowin Holden
- 1977 - Garry Cossor - Wortmeyer SCV
- 1978 - Barrie Garner - Bowin Hay
- 1979 - Ron Woodbridge - Sceptre V8
- 1980 - Paul Hamilton - Elfin 600
- 1981 - Gary Cossor - Bowin
- 1982 - Paul Hamilton - March 77B
- 1983, 84, Warren Brown - Sceptre V8
- 1985, 86 - Robert Rumble - Cheetah Renault
- 1987 - Ivan Tighe - Chevron F5000
- 1988, 89, 90, 91 - Garry McFayden - Holden Torana LJ & Bowin Hay
- 1992 - Ivan Tighe - Kaditcha
- 1993, 94,95 - Peter Finlay - Mawer Ford S/C & Mawer Toyota S/C
- 1996, 97 & 98 - Peter Gumley - SCV
- 1999 - Eric Barnes - Farrell F2 Toyota
- 2000, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 & 07 - Peter Gumley SCV
- 2008 - Tim Edmondson - Force PC