Australian Hillclimb Championship

The Australian Hillclimb Championship is an Australian 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 Motorsport Australia (formerly known as 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]

The term Motorsport Australia Hill Climb Championship has been used by Motorsport Australia for the title since 2020.[6]

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).
  6. ^ Hillclimb Championship to next run in 2021, motorsport.org.au, as archived at web.archive.org