Australian Hillclimb Championship

The Australian Hillclimb Championship is a CAMS sanctioned motor sport competition which determines Australia's annual hillclimbing champion. The championship has traditionally been awarded to the driver setting fastest time at a single meeting[1] however the 1958 title was awarded based on the combined results of two meetings[2] and a multi round pointscore series was employed from 1972 to 1975.[1]

The championship has been sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport since 1954.[3] Prior to this it was sanctioned by the Australian Automobile Association,[4] with two events having national championship status in 1949.[5]

In 2022, history was made when Dean Tighe won the championship, 58 years after his father Ivan, making them the first father and son duo to both win the championship.

  1. ^ a b Pedr Davis, The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, 1986, page 215
  2. ^ Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 235-253
  3. ^ Past Title Winners, 1980 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 57
  4. ^ Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 235
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference CAMS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).