Craigantlet Hillclimb

Coordinates: 54°36′58″N 5°47′17″W / 54.616°N 5.788°W / 54.616; -5.788

Craigantlet

Location	Craigantlet, Northern Ireland
Time zone	GMT
Major Events	British Hill Climb Championship
Hill Length	0.830 miles (1,461 yd)
Hill Record	39.63 (Scott Moran, 2008, British Hill Climb Championship)

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 Great Britain 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.^[1]

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 August 2, 2008, driving a Gould GR61. ^[2]

Craigantlet Hillclimb past winners

Year	Driver	Vehicle	Time	Notes
1913	Harry Ferguson	Vauxhall 25 h.p.	103 sec	[3] 1⅛ mile course.
1930	Earl Howe	Mercedes	98.4 sec	[4] 1⅛ mile course.
1931	R.G.J. Nash	Frazer Nash 1½ litre s/c	89.2 sec R	[5]
1932	W. Sullivan	Lea-Francis	95.8 sec	[6]
1933	E.D. Hall	M.G. Magnette 1,086 c.c. s/c	86.6 sec R	[7] Aug 26.
1934	Eddie Hall	M.G. K3	87.4 sec
1935	Eddie Hall	M.G. Magnette	83.2 sec	[8] Aug 31.
1936	H.L. Hadley	Austin 747 c.c. sidevalve	82.2 sec	[9]
1937	H.L. Hadley	Austin Seven	82.4 sec	[10]
1938	Bert Hadley	Austin Seven	83.0 sec	[11] Aug 27.
1939	Cancelled. [12]
1946	K.W. Bear	Bugatti 3-litre	85.6 sec	[13] Aug 31; Wet.
1947	Sydney Allard	Steyr-Allard	87.0 sec	[14] Aug 30; Hot.
1948	Raymond Mays	E.R.A.	75.8 sec	[15] Aug 28; Course shortened 50 yards.
1949	Sydney Allard	Steyr-Allard	73.4 sec	[16]
1950	Sydney Allard	Steyr-Allard	75.0 sec	[17]
1951	Sydney Allard	Steyr-Allard	73.0 sec R	[18] Aug 11; 1,833 yards.
1952	Ken Wharton	Cooper 1,000 s/c	80.2 sec	[19]
1953	Ken Wharton	Cooper s/c	70.6 sec R	[20] Aug 8; 1,833 yards; Sunny.
1954	Ken Wharton	E.R.A R4D	70.11 sec R	[21]
1955	Ken Wharton	E.R.A. s/c	70.3 sec	[22] Aug 6.
1956	Malcolm Templeton	Lotus-Climax 1,098 c.c.	87.13 sec	[23] Aug 18; 1,833 yards.
1957	Dick Henderson	Cooper-J.A.P.	69.26 sec	[24]
1958	David Boshier-Jones	Cooper-J.A.P.	69.99 sec	[25]
1959	David Boshier-Jones	Cooper-J.A.P.	68.74 sec	[26]
1960	Arthur Owen	Cooper	72.41 sec	[27] Aug 13.
1961	John Pringle	Cooper-Climax 2,495 c.c.	67.24 sec R	[28] Aug 19, dull but dry.
1962	John Pringle	Cooper-Climax	65.97 sec R	[29] Aug 18.
1963	Peter Westbury	Felday-Daimler s/c		[30]
1964	Peter Westbury	Ferguson P99 4-W-D	61.70 sec	[31] Aug 15.
1965	Peter Meldrum	Lotus 20-Allard s/c	62.52 sec	[32] Aug 14.
1966				Aug 13.
1967	Bryan Eccles	Brabham-Oldsmobile		Aug 12.
1968	Peter Lawson		57.98 sec	Aug 10.
1969	Martin Brain	Cooper T86B-BRM 3-litre	60.78 sec	[33] Aug 9.
1970	Brian Nelson	Crosslé F2-FVA	R	[34]
1971	Brian Nelson			Aug 15.
1972	Brian Nelson	Crosslé 22F-Hart	55.72 sec R	[35]
1973	Nelson Todd	Crosslé 22F-Hart	57.50 sec	[36]
1974	Tommy Reid	Brabham BT38
1975	Patsy McGarrity	Chevron
1976	Patsy McGarrity	Chevron B29 (Formula Atlantic)	55.34 sec R	[37]
1977	Alister Douglas-Osborn	Pilbeam P2 DFV	51.64 sec R	[38]
1978	Alister Douglas-Osborn	Pilbeam MP31/002 3-litre	54.62 sec	[39]
1979				Aug 3/4.
1980	Round 11 : Chris Cramer	March 782 2.5-litre	51.03 sec R	[40] Aug 2.
1981	Round 11 : James Thomson	Pilbeam MP40K	50.39 sec R	[41] Aug 2.
1986	Round 11 : Martyn Griffiths	Pilbeam MP53/04-Hart 2.8-litre	50.14 sec	[42] Aug 2.
1988	Round 13 : Martyn Griffiths	Pilbeam MP53 2.8-litre	49.65 sec R	[43] Aug 6.
1989	Round 12 : Ray Rowan	Roman-Hart 2.8-litre	50.58 sec	[44] Aug 5.
2005	Round 25 : Willem Toet	Pilbeam MP88 Judd 4.0-litre	40.36 sec FTD	[45] Aug 6.
	Round 26 : Roger Moran	Gould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre	41.14 sec
2008	Round 23 : Scott Moran	Gould GR61	40.57 sec	Aug 2.
	Round 24 : Scott Moran	Gould GR61	39.63 sec R
2009	Round 25 : Scott Moran	Gould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre	40.95 sec	Aug 1.
	Round 26 : Trevor Willis	OMS CF06 Powertec 2.8-litre	40.99 sec
2010				Aug 7.

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

Footnotes

1. ^ See
2. ^ "21 points for Moran as Groves non scores". Top 12 Run Off. 2008-08-02. http://www.top12runoff.co.uk/meeting.asp?id=86&ttl=2+August+2008+%3A+Craigantlet#report. Retrieved 2008-09-18. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ T.R. Nicholson, Sprint - Speed Hillclimbs and Speed Trials in Britain: 1899-1925, David & Charles, 1969, Page 252.
4. ^ Motor Sport, September 1930, Page 17.
5. ^ Motor Sport, September 1931, Page 521. For an interview with R.G.J. Nash see Motor Sport, December 1958, Pages 825-826.
6. ^ The Observer, July 17, 1932, Page 9; Motor Sport, September 1932, Page 504.
7. ^ The Irish Times, August 28, 1933; The Autocar, September 1, 1933, Pages 381, 384.
8. ^ The Autocar, September 6, 1933, Page 477; Motor Sport, September 1936, Page 445.
9. ^ Motor Sport, September 1936, Page 445.
10. ^ Motor Sport, December 1937, Page 521.
11. ^ The Autocar, September 2, 1938, Page 407.
12. ^ The Autocar, May 5, 1939, Page 773.
13. ^ Motor Sport, October 1946, Page 228; Motor Sport, June 1949, Page 211: Obituary.
14. ^ Motor Sport, October 1947, Page 286.
15. ^ Motor Sport, October 1948, Page 341.
16. ^ Motor Sport, October 1949, Page 402.
17. ^ Motor Sport, July 1950, Page 320.
18. ^ Motor Sport, September 1951, Page 434.
19. ^ Motor Sport, September 1952, Page 396.
20. ^ The Autocar, August 14, 1953, Page 219; Motor Sport, January 1954, Page 7.
21. ^ The Autocar, August 20, 1954, Page 271.
22. ^ The Manchester Guardian, August 8, 1955, Page 2; Motor Sport, September 1955, Page 520.
23. ^ The Motor Year Book 1957, Temple Press, Page 204; See also: Wharton Withdraws From Climb, The Manchester Guardian, August 20, 1956, Page 2.
24. ^ Motor Sport, January 1958, Page 22.
25. ^ Motor Sport, January 1959, Page 31.
26. ^ Motor Sport, January 1960, Page 20.
27. ^ The Autocar, August 19, 1960, Page 285. R. Fielding, Cooper-Climax, #79, was first in the R.A.C. Championship class in 79.61 sec.
28. ^ Motor, August 23, 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.
29. ^ The Autocar, August 24, 1962, Page 323; Motor Sport, September 1962, Page 683.
30. ^ Motor Sport, September 1963, Page 680.
31. ^ Motor Sport, September 1964, Page 712.
32. ^ Motor, August 28, 1965, Page 50; Motor Sport, September 1965, Page 745.
33. ^ Motoring News, August 14, 1969, Page 20.
34. ^ The Autocar, August 13, 1970, Page 21. David Hepworth, Hepworth FF 4wd 5-litre, was first in of the R.A.C. Championship class (Round 7).
35. ^ Autosport, August 17, 1972, Pages 38-39.
36. ^ Autosport, August 23, 1973, Pages 5.
37. ^ Autosport, August 19, 1976, Page 57.
38. ^ Autosport, August 18, 1977, Page 57.
39. ^ Autosport, August 10, 1978, Page 47.
40. ^ Autosport, August 14, 1980, Page 61.
41. ^ Autosport, August 6, 1981, Page 57.
42. ^ Autosport, August 14, 1986, Page 61.
43. ^ Autosport, August 18, 1988, Page 59.
44. ^ Autosport, August 10, 1989, Page 59.
45. ^ Autosport, August 11, 2005, Page 101.

External links

• Ulster Automobile Club
• Top 12 Run Off [1]

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