Harewood Speed Hillclimb - the home of motorsport and motor racing in Yorkshire and the North of England
BARC Harewood Motor Racing hill climb - the UK's longest hill climb
Scottie Scoops the Silverware!
Scott Moran sets fastest time of the day - image © hedward.com Scott Moran took the fastest time of the day with a blistering 49.35 second run at Harewood Hillclimb on Sunday in his 3.5 litre Gould race car. Scottie’s best time was just 0.16 seconds shy of his own hill record at Harewood. In the process Moran won both rounds of the Nicholson McLaren British Hillclimb Championship to keep him in number one spot of the British Championship. Reigning champion Martin Groves set second fastest time of the day in his Gould before succumbing to fuel pressure problems on his second qualifying run and also in the second round run off. However, top drive of the day must go to Jos Goodyear in the 4 litre Pilbeam MP97. Goodyear absolutely attacked the Yorkshire track, showing great car control as he set a superb 50.60 second run, just 0.4 outside Martin Groves time. |
Harewood Open Meeting Report |
OMS drivers claim top 3 places at Harewood High track and air temperatures and a slightly dusty track following mud being carried on to the track at the April meeting impeded the drivers times at the Harewood May Open meeting on Saturday 10 May. Airbus pilot trainer James Blackmore set the fastest time of the day with a 54.05 second run in his 1600cc OMS CF05 race car. Blackmore was 0.84 seconds clear of Melton Mowbray driver Dave Banner in his 1100cc OMS 2000, who just pipped Bradley’s John Chacksfield in a similar OMS by 0.02 seconds, completing an OMS one-two-three. OMS race cars took seven of the top 10 places. 2007 Harewood Champion Karl Jackson won the large capacity saloon car class and in the process extended his lead in the Harrogate Audi Championship. Competition in the under 2 litre saloon car class was intense with the top six drivers separated by less than a second. Nottingham driver David Marshall took the win from Arthington’s James Kerr, both in Peugeot 205 GTis ahead of Bradford’s David Sturdy in the supercharged VW Polo. Marshall consolidated his second place in the Harrogate Audi Championship and Kerr moved up to third after Henry Moorhouse had one of his characteristic excursions in the Westfield. Rochdale driver Andrew Henson took his Formula Ford Swift to a clear win over Frazer Graham’s Van Diemen, just a second shy of the class record. Whist York driver Terry Everall was under half a second off the 1400 to 2000cc modified production car record and over two and a half seconds clear of the second placed driver. Fastest Times of the Day James Blackmore, OMS CF05 , 54.05 Class wins Martin Rowe, Peugeot 106, 69.37
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HARROGATE AUDI TO SPONSOR Harrogate Audi, have announced that they are to sponsor the 2008 championship season of Britain’s longest speed hillclimb. The British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) Yorkshire Centre has been racing at Harewood, near Leeds, for 46 years and stage ten week-end speed hillclimb events each summer season. The fully tarmacadam track is the longest permanent hillclimb track in mainland Britain at just under one mile (1448 metres). Harewood Hillclimb is a popular motor sport venue attracting a wide range of competition cars. The meetings on 11th May and 5/6th July form part of the British Motor Sports Association (MSA) Championships which attract competitors from all over the country. Rob Scaife, Head of Business at Harrogate Audi said “We are delighted to support Harewood Speed Hillclimb in 2008. This underlines Audi’s sporting heritage and our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy to become involved and help local communities and organisations. We are keen on all motorsports and will be working closely with BARC Yorkshire to help increase awareness of both Harewood Hillclimb and our business. We see our involvement as a great team-building opportunity for our dealership.” “This support from Harrogate Audi is important to the Club” commented Dale Cordingley of Harewood Speed Hillclimb “It will help us to maintain and develop the venue and to keep Harewood in the top league of British speed hillclimbing. I am confident we will both benefit from the association.” Harrogate Audi is based at St James Business Park in Knaresborough and To compete in motorsport events you will need an MSA licence and be a member of a motor club. You can get membership from the BARC website at www.barc.net/membership/index.php. You can enter almost any kind of car from a road going hatchback to a full blown racer, and cars are grouped into classes at each event. The club also run a driving school for beginners and those that wish to refresh their skills. The first event of the Harewood season will be on Sunday 13th April at Stockton Farm, Harewood, Leeds. Practice starts at 0900 hours with the first competitive run at approximately 12.30pm. “We have competitors aged from 18 to 81 years old who compete regularly at Harewood” concluded Dale “And it is not just a man's thing – some of our fastest competitors are women. Hillclimbing is a great day out with the opportunity to get really close to the cars. We would like to see more people coming to enjoy the day with us.” to download this as a press release click here
Pictured left to right: Dale Cordingley Marketing Team Harewood, Rob Scaife Head of Business, Harrogate Audi |
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