Craigantlet Hillclimb

{{Infobox hillclimb venue

|Name = Craigantlet

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|Location = Craigantlet, Northern Ireland

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|Events = British Hill Climb Championship

|Length_yds = 1,460

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|Record_time = 39.56

|Record_driver = Trevor Willis

|Record_year = 2012

|Record_class = British Hill Climb Championship

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Craigantlet Hillclimb, a speed event organised by the Ulster Automobile Club, was first held in 1913. It is the only such venue in Northern Ireland to host a round (latterly two rounds) of the British Hill Climb Championship, which started in 1947.

The current course is 1,460 yards (1335 metres) in length, and unlike hillclimbs in the rest of the UK is laid out on closed public roads. Sections of the course are named for past winners, in order of ascent: Howe, Hall, Hadley, Mays Cross, Allard, Wharton Straight, Pringle.[http://www.hillclimbandsprint.co.uk/trackguides.asp#cg See]

Tragedy struck at Craigantlet in 1995 when Mark Colton was killed in practice for the event. The meeting was abandoned.

The hill record currently stands at 39.63 seconds, set by Scott Moran on 2 August 2008, driving a Gould GR61.{{cite news

| url =http://www.top12runoff.co.uk/meeting.asp?id=86&ttl=2+August+2008+%3A+Craigantlet#report

| title =21 points for Moran as Groves non-scores

| publisher =Top 12 Run Off

| date = 2 August 2008

| accessdate = 18 September 2008}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

Craigantlet Hillclimb past winners

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!width="*"|Year

!width="*"|Driver

!width="*"|Vehicle

!width="*"|Time

!width="*"|Notes

1913

|Harry Ferguson

|Vauxhall 25 h.p.

|103 sec

|T.R. Nicholson, Sprint – Speed Hillclimbs and Speed Trials in Britain: 1899–1925, David & Charles, 1969, Page 252. {{convert|1+1/8|mi}} course.

1930

|Earl Howe

|Mercedes

|98.4 sec

|Motor Sport, September 1930, Page 17. {{convert|1+1/8|mi}} course.

1931

|R.G.J. Nash

|Frazer Nash {{frac|1|1|2}} litre s/c

|89.2 sec R

|Motor Sport, September 1931, Page 521. For an interview with R.G.J. Nash see Motor Sport, December 1958, Pages 825–826.

1932

|W. Sullivan

|Lea-Francis

|95.8 sec

|The Observer, 17 July 1932, Page 9; Motor Sport, September 1932, Page 504.

1933

|E.D. Hall

|M.G. Magnette 1,086 c.c. s/c

|86.6 sec R

|The Irish Times, 28 August 1933; The Autocar, 1 September 1933, Pages 381, 384. 26 Aug.

1934

|Eddie Hall

|M.G. K3

|87.4 sec

1935

|Eddie Hall

|M.G. Magnette

|83.2 sec

|The Autocar, 6 September 1933, Page 477; Motor Sport, September 1936, Page 445. 31 Aug.

1936

|H.L. Hadley

|Austin 747 c.c. sidevalve

|82.2 sec

|Motor Sport, September 1936, Page 445.

1937

|H.L. Hadley

|Austin Seven

|82.4 sec

|Motor Sport, December 1937, Page 521.

1938

|Bert Hadley

|Austin Seven

|83.0 sec

|The Autocar, 2 September 1938, Page 407. 27 Aug.

1939

|colspan=4| Cancelled.The Autocar, 5 May 1939, Page 773.

1946

|K.W. Bear

|Bugatti 3-litre

|85.6 sec

|Motor Sport, October 1946, Page 228; Motor Sport, June 1949, Page 211: Obituary. 31 Aug; Wet.

1947

|Sydney Allard

|Steyr-Allard

|87.0 sec

|Motor Sport, October 1947, Page 286. 30 Aug; Hot.

1948

|Raymond Mays

|E.R.A.

|75.8 sec

|Motor Sport, October 1948, Page 341. 28 Aug; Course shortened 50 yards.

1949

|Sydney Allard

|Steyr-Allard

|73.4 sec

|Motor Sport, October 1949, Page 402.

1950

|Sydney Allard

|Steyr-Allard

|75.0 sec

|Motor Sport, July 1950, Page 320.

1951

|Sydney Allard

|Steyr-Allard

|73.0 sec R

|Motor Sport, September 1951, Page 434. 11 Aug; 1,833 yards.

1952

|Ken Wharton

|Cooper 1,000 s/c

|80.2 sec

|Motor Sport, September 1952, Page 396.

1953

|Ken Wharton

|Cooper s/c

|70.6 sec R

|The Autocar, 14 August 1953, Page 219; Motor Sport, January 1954, Page 7. 8 Aug; 1,833 yards; Sunny.

1954

|Ken Wharton

|E.R.A R4D

|70.11 sec R

|The Autocar, 20 August 1954, Page 271.

1955

|Ken Wharton

|E.R.A. s/c

|70.3 sec

|The Manchester Guardian, 8 August 1955, Page 2; Motor Sport, September 1955, Page 520. 6 Aug.

1956

|Malcolm Templeton

|Lotus-Climax 1,098 c.c.

|87.13 sec

|The Motor Year Book 1957, Temple Press, Page 204; See also: Wharton Withdraws From Climb, The Manchester Guardian, 20 August 1956, Page 2.

18 Aug; 1,833 yards.

1957

|Dick Henderson

|Cooper-J.A.P.

|69.26 sec

|Motor Sport, January 1958, Page 22.

1958

|David Boshier-Jones

|Cooper-J.A.P.

|69.99 sec

|Motor Sport, January 1959, Page 31.

1959

|David Boshier-Jones

|Cooper-J.A.P.

|68.74 sec

|Motor Sport, January 1960, Page 20.

1960

|Arthur Owen

|Cooper

|72.41 sec

|The Autocar, 19 August 1960, Page 285. R. Fielding, Cooper-Climax, No. 79, was first in the R.A.C. Championship class in 79.61 sec. 13 Aug.

1961

|John Pringle

|Cooper-Climax 2,495 c.c.

|67.24 sec R

|Motor, 23 August 1961, Page 112; Motor Sport, January 1961, Page 32. R. Fielding, Emeryson 1,460 c.c., was first in the R.A.C. Championship class in 72.47 sec. 19 Aug, dull but dry.

1962

|John Pringle

|Cooper-Climax

|65.97 sec R

|The Autocar, 24 August 1962, Page 323; Motor Sport, September 1962, Page 683. 18 Aug.

1963

|Peter Westbury

|Felday-Daimler s/c

|Motor Sport, September 1963, Page 680.

1964

|Peter Westbury

|Ferguson P99 4-W-D

|61.70 sec

|Motor Sport, September 1964, Page 712. 15 Aug.

1965

|Peter Meldrum

|Lotus 20-Allard s/c

|62.52 sec

|Motor, 28 August 1965, Page 50; Motor Sport, September 1965, Page 745. 14 Aug.

1966

|13 Aug.

1967

|Bryan Eccles

|Brabham-Oldsmobile

|12 Aug.

1968

|Peter Lawson

|57.98 sec

|10 Aug.

1969

|Martin Brain

|Cooper T86B-BRM 3-litre

|60.78 sec

|Motoring News, 14 August 1969, Page 20. 9 Aug.

1970

|Brian Nelson

|Crosslé F2-FVA

|The Autocar, 13 August 1970, Page 21. David Hepworth, Hepworth FF 4wd 5-litre, was first in of the R.A.C. Championship class (Round 7).

1971

|Brian Nelson

|15 Aug.

1972

|Brian Nelson

|Crosslé 22F-Hart

|55.72 sec R

|Autosport, 17 August 1972, Pages 38–39.

1973

|Nelson Todd

|Crosslé 22F-Hart

|57.50 sec

|Autosport, 23 August 1973, Pages 5.

1974

|Tommy Reid

|Brabham BT38

1975

|Patsy McGarrity

|Chevron

1976

|Patsy McGarrity

|Chevron B29 (Formula Atlantic)

|55.34 sec R

|Autosport, 19 August 1976, Page 57.

1977

|Alister Douglas-Osborn

|Pilbeam P2 DFV

|51.64 sec R

|Autosport, 18 August 1977, Page 57.

1978

|Alister Douglas-Osborn

|Pilbeam MP31/002 3-litre

|54.62 sec

|Autosport, 10 August 1978, Page 47.

1979

| 3-4 Aug.

1980

Round 11 : Chris Cramer

|March 782 2.5-litre

|51.03 sec R

|Autosport, 14 August 1980, Page 61. 2 Aug.

1981

|Round 11 : James Thomson

|Pilbeam MP40K

|50.39 sec R

|Autosport, 6 August 1981, Page 57. 2 Aug.

1986

|Round 11 : Martyn Griffiths

|Pilbeam MP53/04-Hart 2.8-litre

|50.14 sec

|Autosport, 14 August 1986, Page 61. 2 Aug.

1988

|Round 13 : Martyn Griffiths

|Pilbeam MP53 2.8-litre

|49.65 sec R

|Autosport, 18 August 1988, Page 59. 6 Aug.

1989

|Round 12 : Ray Rowan

|Roman-Hart 2.8-litre

|50.58 sec

|Autosport, 10 August 1989, Page 59. 5 Aug.

rowspan=2|2005

|Round 25 : Willem Toet

|Pilbeam MP88 Judd 4.0-litre

|40.36 sec FTD

|rowspan=2|Autosport, 11 August 2005, Page 101. 6 Aug.

Round 26 : Roger Moran

|Gould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre

|41.14 sec

rowspan=2|2008

|Round 23 : Scott Moran

|Gould GR61

|40.57 sec

|rowspan=2| 2 Aug.

Round 24 : Scott Moran

|Gould GR61

|39.63 sec R

rowspan=2|2009

|Round 25 : Scott Moran

|Gould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre

|40.95 sec

|rowspan=2| 1 Aug.

Round 26 : Trevor Willis

|OMS CF06 Powertec 2.8-litre

|40.99 sec

2010

|7 Aug.

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

References

External links

[http://www.ulsterautomobileclub.co.uk/ Ulster Automobile Club]
Top 12 Run Off [http://www.top12runoff.co.uk/]

Category:Hillclimbs

Category:Motorsport venues in Northern Ireland

Category:Sports venues in County Down