Location | Harewood, Yorkshire, England |
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Time zone | GMT |
Opened | 1962 |
Major Events | British Hill Climb Championship |
Hill Length | 1,584 yards (1,448 m) |
Hill Record | 46.39 (Matthew Ryder, 2022, British Hill Climb Championship) |
Harewood speed Hillclimb (the form with italics and a lower-case s is used officially) is a hillclimb near the village of Harewood, West Yorkshire, England. The track can be found on the A659 between Harewood village and Collingham, north of Leeds. In addition to national events, it hosts rounds of the British Hill Climb Championship, a Classic & Historic Hillclimb and an event that includes bikes. Around 11 meetings are organised between April and September each year by the British Automobile Racing Club Yorkshire Centre.
The first event on the track took place on 16 September 1962, and Best Time of the Day was set at 51.61s by Tony Lanfranchi driving an Elva Mk VI. This was on the original 'Short Course'. The first R.A.C. Hill Climb Championship event was held in September, 1964.[1] In the mid 1990s the track was extended to 1,584 yards (1,448 m). As of 2023, the outright hill record holder was Matt Ryder, whose time of 46.39 seconds was set on 3 July 2022 in that day's 2nd Top 12 Runoff.