David Good is a former British Hill Climb Champion. In 1961 he won the qualifying rounds at Westbrook Hay

Westbrook Hay Hill Climb

Herts County Automobile & Aero Club held the first Westbrook Hay speed hillclimb in 1953, and organised all events thereuntil the course closed in 1962. Between 1959 and 1962 the track hosted four rounds of the British Hill Climb Championship....

 and Wiscombe Park

Wiscombe Park Hillclimb

Wiscombe Park Hillclimb is a British hillclimb, situated in Colyton, Devon. The course, which is 1000 yards in length — the same as Shelsley Walsh — was opened in 1958. The course was extended in 1961 when the record was held by Addicott in a Lotus at 49.3 secs...

, driving a Cooper-JAP Mk 8, and clinched the title with a third place at Prescott in September. He finished third in the Championship in 1957 and 1958, being runner-up in 1959, winning the final round at Stapleford.

"Good started off with the ex-Dick Seaman

Richard Seaman

Richard John Beattie "Dick" Seaman , was one of the greatest pre-war Grand Prix drivers from Britain....

, ex-Billy Cotton

Billy Cotton

William Edward Cotton , better known as Billy Cotton, was a British band leader and entertainer, one of the few whose orchestras survived the dance band era. Today, he is mainly remembered as a 1950s and 1960s radio and television personality, although his musical talent emerged as early as the 1920s...

 E.R.A., winning the E.R.A. trophy and gaining the class record at Great Auclum

Great Auclum National Speed Hill Climb

Great Auclum National Speed Hill Climb was a motorcar course close to Burghfield Common in the English county of Berkshire.It was based in the grounds of a large country house, formerly owned by a family connected to Huntley and Palmer - the famous biscuit manufacturers at nearby Reading, Berkshire...

, not an easy course."

He returned in 1962 with a Cooper Formula Junior fitted with a JAP-engine, switched to a 1,475 c.c. Coventry-Climax engine, added a supercharger, then debuting the car at Wiscombe Park in 1963 fitted with a Daimler V8 engine, finishing the year in fifth place overall.

In 1964 Good appeared at hillclimb events driving George Keylock's Lotus Elan

Lotus Elan

Lotus Elan is the name of two convertible cars and one fixed head coupé produced by Lotus Cars. The original Type 26, 26R Racing version , 36R Racing version , 36 Fixed Head Coupe, 45 Drop Head Coupe, and the "Type 50" +2 Coupe, circa 1962 to 1975, are commonly known as the '60s Elans...

, winning his class at Loton Park

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...

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Good led the 1967 British Hill Climb Championship at the half-way point in the four-wheel-drive B.R.M. ex-Grand Prix car. His challenge faded in the second half and the car was acquired by Peter Lawson, but not before David Good set the track record of 22.78 sec at the Firle Hill Climb

Firle Hill Climb

Firle Hill Climb is a defunct hillclimbing course near Lewes, East Sussex, England, sometimes referred to as Bo Peep Hill Climb."The event will consist of a timed climb of the metalled roadknown as Bo-Peep Hill, situated near the village of Selmeston, on...

 on 28 May 1967, a record he holds in perpetuity, as the course closed at the end of the season.

In August 2005 David Good appeared at Shelsley Walsh

Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb

The Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb is a hillclimb in Worcestershire, England, organised by the Midland Automobile Club . It is one of the oldest motorsport events in the world, and is in fact the oldest to have been staged continuously on its original course, first having been run in 1905...

 for the centenary celebrations at the track driving his 1961-winning V-twin Cooper.

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