Barbon Hillclimb is a hillclimb

Hillclimbing

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

 held near Kirkby Lonsdale

Kirkby Lonsdale

Kirkby Lonsdale is a small town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, on the River Lune. Historically within Westmorland, it is situated south east of Kendal along the A65. The parish had a population of 1,771 recorded in the 2001 census.Notable buildings include St...

, Cumbria

Cumbria

Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

, north-west England

England

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. The event is held on the Barbon

Barbon

Barbon is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 263. The church is dedicated to St Bartholomew...

 Manor estate with the course ordinarily being used as a driveway. The course is 890 yards (814 metres) in length, making it the shortest 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...

 tracks outside the Channel Islands

Channel Islands

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. Westmorland Motor Club run three events per year: two for cars and one for motorcycles.

History

The target for 1963 competitors was the existing record by Jack Cordingley's JBW

JBW

JBW Cars was a British racing car manufacturer in the late 1950s, who were a Formula One constructor from to 1961.Brian Naylor, an amateur driver from Stockport, financed his mechanic Fred Wilkinson to build a number of sports cars that were competitive against second-level national fields but...

-Maserati in a time of 30.46 secs.

A new record was set by Scott Moran on 10 May 2008 of 20.50, beating the previous record held by Adam Fleetwood

Adam Fleetwood

Adam Fleetwood is a British racing driver. He won the British Hillclimb Championship in both 2003 and 2004 driving a Gould, and in the latter year won an unprecedented 28 of the 34 rounds of the series. In the process he broke many outright hill records, and became the first driver to complete the...

 in 2004.

The 2010 British Hill Climb Championship round had to be abandoned due to a problem with resurfacing.

Barbon Hillclimb past winners

Year	Driver	Vehicle	Time	Notes
1955	P.S. Hughes	Tojeiro John Tojeiro John Tojeiro , affectionately known as Toj, was an engineer and racing car designer, whose innovations helped to revolutionise car design in the 1950s and '60s.... -J.A.P.	34.68 sec	May 21.
1956	C.A.N. May	Cooper-J.A.P. Mark 8	32.18 sec	May 26.
1957	Peter Proctor	Cooper-Norton	33.37 sec	May 26.
1963	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...		28.779 sec	May 25.
1964				May 23.
1965	Boshier-Jones	Lotus
1966
1967	David Good David Good David Good is a former British Hill Climb Champion. In 1961 he won the qualifying rounds at Westbrook Hay and Wiscombe Park, driving a Cooper-JAP Mk 8, and clinched the title with a third place at Prescott in September...	B.R.M. 4-w-d		May 20.
1969	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...  D. Hepworth David Hepworth (racing driver) David Hepworth was a British racing driver, who won the British Hill Climb Championship twice, in 1969 and 1971.In the early-mid 1960s Hepworth drove an Austin-Healey 3000 fitted with a Chevrolet engine in both rallies and circuit racing, but by 1968 he was driving a Hepworth-Oldsmobile; in this he...	Hepworth FF Traco-Oldsmobile	26.78 sec R
2008 2008 British Hill Climb Championship season The 2008 Nicholson McLaren Engines British Hill Climb Championship season was the 62nd British Hill Climb Championship season. It was the last year in which Nicholson McLaren sponsored the championship, as MCL Motorhomes took over the championship sponsorship for 2009. The series was contested...	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...  : 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 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....	20.71 sec	May 10.
	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...  : 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	20.50 sec R

Key: R = Course Record.

External links

• Westmorland Motor Club