Harewood speed Hillclimb (the form with italics and a lower-case s is used officially) is a hillclimb

Hillclimbing

Hillclimbing is a branch of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock to complete an uphill course....

 near the village of Harewood

Harewood

Harewood is a village and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. The A61 runs through the village, from Leeds city centre in the south to Harrogate in the north...

, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

, England

England

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. 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

British Hill Climb Championship

The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British...

, 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

British Automobile Racing Club

The British Automobile Racing Club is one of biggest organising clubs for auto racing in the United Kingdom.-History:The Cyclecar Club was formed in 1912, running races for the small and light motorbike powered vehicles at Brooklands as well as rallies and sporting trials. Among the founder...

 Yorkshire Centre.

The first event on the track took place on September 16, 1962, and Best Time of the Day was set at 51.61s by Tony Lanfranchi

Tony Lanfranchi

Tony Lanfranchi was a British racing driver. He competed in many various events throughout a long racing career, including the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans for Elva, non-championship Formula One races in 1968, and the British Formula Three Championship...

 driving an Elva

Elva (car manufacturer)

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 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 80's the track was extended to 1,584 yards (1,448 m), making it the longest British hillclimb. As of 2010, the outright hill record holder was Martin Groves

Martin Groves

Martin Groves is a British hillclimb driver, who won the British Hill Climb Championship in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010. With older cars he had won five rounds of the BHCC between 2001 and 2004 , but in 2005 he was exceptionally quick in his new Gould GR55, clinching the championship at Craigantlet...

, whose time of 49.13 seconds was set on 4 July 2010.

Harewood Hill Climb past winners

Year	Driver	Vehicle	Time	Notes
1963	Keith Schellenberg	Lister-Jaguar	49.79 sec	April 21.
1964	I.C. Batty	Lotus 7-Ford	50.746 sec	July 12. Novices Meeting.
	Peter Westbury Peter Westbury Peter Westbury is a British former racing driver from England. He participated in two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, scoring no championship points. In 1969 he raced a Formula 2 Brabham-Cosworth, driving in his first Grand Prix in the 1969 German Grand Prix. He finished ninth on the...	Ferguson-Climax 4-w-d	44.45 sec R	Sept 13.
1965	Peter Meldrum	Lotus 22-Allard Dragon		Sept 12.
1966	P.H. Meldrum	Lotus-Allard special	45.99 sec	Sept 11.
1967	Round 12 British Hill Climb Championship The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British...  : Tony Marsh Tony Marsh (racing driver) Anthony Ernest "Tony" Marsh was a British racing driver from England. His Formula One career was short and unsuccessful, but he enjoyed great success in hillclimbing, winning the British Hill Climb Championship on a record six occasions.Having begun his hillclimbing career in 1953 with a...	Marsh-Buick Special 4,200 c.c.	42.94 sec R	Sept 10.
1972	R. Scott-Moncrieff	Kincraft-Chevrolet 5.0-litre	44.15 sec	July 23. Novices Meeting.
1976	Roy Lane	McRae GM1-Chevrolet 5.0-litre	38.77 sec
2006	Round 17 British Hill Climb Championship The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British...  : Scott Moran Scott Moran Scott Moran is a British hillclimb driver, based in Ludlow, Shropshire,. He is the reigning British Hill Climb Champion. Scott has won the British Hill Climb Championship three times driving the Gould GR61X he shares with his father, 1997 British Champion Roger Moran...	Gould Gould Racing Gould Racing is a British motorsport company, specialising in racing car manufacture and engineering. The company is run by David Gould, and is based in Newbury, Berkshire, England.... -NME GR61 3.5-litre	49.19 sec R	July 2.
	Round 18 British Hill Climb Championship The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British...  : Martin Groves Martin Groves Martin Groves is a British hillclimb driver, who won the British Hill Climb Championship in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010. With older cars he had won five rounds of the BHCC between 2001 and 2004 , but in 2005 he was exceptionally quick in his new Gould GR55, clinching the championship at Craigantlet...	Gould-NME GR55 3.5-litre	49.92 sec
2010	Round 3 British Hill Climb Championship The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British...  : Scott Moran	Gould Gould Racing Gould Racing is a British motorsport company, specialising in racing car manufacture and engineering. The company is run by David Gould, and is based in Newbury, Berkshire, England.... -NME GR61X 3.5-litre	49.31 sec FTD	May 9.
	Round 4 British Hill Climb Championship The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British... : Martin Groves	Gould-NME GR55 3.5-litre	49.52 sec

Key: R = Course Record.

External links

• British Automobile Racing Club - Harewood Hill near Leeds