Doune Hillclimb
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Doune Hillclimb, Carse of Cambus, near Doune
Doune
Doune is a burgh in the district of Stirling, Scotland, on the River Teith. Doune's postal address places the town in Perthshire, although geographically it lies within the District of Stirling, and administratively Doune is under the control of Stirling Council...

 in the district of Stirling, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, is the home of the only round 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...

 to be held in Scotland, (other venues have featured in the past). The course is 1,476 yards (1,350 m) in length (although when it was first constructed in 1968 it was around 33yd / 30 m longer) and meetings are staged by the Lothian Car Club.

The current outright record holder is 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...

, who set a time of 35.62 seconds on 21 June 2009.

Doune Hillclimb past winners

Year Driver Vehicle Time Notes
1970 Sept 19/20.
1971 Mike MacDowel
Mike MacDowel
Michael George Hartwell MacDowel is a former racing driver from England. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, the 1957 French Grand Prix on 7 July 1957, sharing his car with Jack Brabham...

Palliser Repco V8 3-litre 50.52 sec June 20. R.A.C. Championship.
Mike MacDowel Palliser Repco 45.36 sec R Sept 19.
1986 Chris Cramer 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....

 84/3 Hart 2.8-litre
39.62 sec June 22.
2005 Round 33
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 GR55B 3.5-litre 37.20 sec Sept 18.
Round 34
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 GR55B 3.5-litre 36.48 sec R
2006 Round 15
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 GR5 3.5-litre 40.99 sec FTD June 18.
Round 16
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...

 : Roger Moran
Gould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre 41.88 sec
2007 Round 15
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 36.93 sec June 17.
Round 16
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 36.00 sec R

Key: R = Course Record; FTD = Fastest Time of the Day.

See also

  • Bo'ness Hill Climb
    Bo'ness Hill Climb
    Bo'ness Hill Climb is a hillclimbing course near Bo'ness, Scotland, sometimes referred to as Kinneil Hill Climb. In March 1947 Motor Sport reported: "Kinneil hill at Bo'ness will provide an 880-yard course, having been lengthened by 140 yds." The first round of the inaugural series of the British...

  • Fintray Hillclimb
    Fintray hillclimb
    Fintray House Hillclimb is a speed motorsport event held near Hatton of Fintray, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Each event is a separate round of the Scottish Hillclimb Championship. The venue is a working farm for the majority of the year but Grampian Automobile Club stage two, two-day events each...

  • Forrestburn Hillclimb
    Forrestburn Hillclimb
    Forrestburn Speed Hill Climb is a hillclimb track near Kirk o' Shotts in North Lanarkshire, central Scotland. The track opened in 1993, and was the first purpose-built hillclimb track in the United Kingdom to be completed since Brooklands in the 1930s...

  • Rest and Be Thankful Speed Hill Climb
    Rest and Be Thankful Speed Hill Climb
    Rest and Be Thankful Hill Climb is a defunct hillclimbing course in Glen Croe, Argyll, Scotland. The first known use of the road for a hillclimb was in 1906...

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