Bo'ness Hill Climb
Bo'ness Hill Climb is a hillclimbing course near Bo'ness, Scotland, sometimes referred to as Kinneil Hill Climb. In March 1947 Motor Sport reported: "Kinneil hill at Bo'ness will provide an 880-yard course, having been lengthened by 140 yds." [1] The first round of the inaugural series of the British Hill Climb Championship was staged at Bo'ness on May 17, 1947.[2]
On the evening of June 29, 1953, the BBC organised a special televised event with an 'England versus Scotland' format. Competitors ran in matched pairs with two points for a win and three where the class record was broken. The final score was England 26, Scotland 16. Ken Wharton broke the absolute hill record in 33.61 seconds,[3] "but it was not felt that these could be accepted as 'official' times."[4]
In 2007 a Revival Club was formed with a view of running speed hill climbing again at Bo'ness. In 2008 the first Revival meeting was run and it has been run each year since.[5]
Bo'ness Hill Climb past winners
Year | Driver | Vehicle | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1934 | A.K.B.Clarkson | Ford V8 | 36.25 sec | [6] June 23. |
1935 | R. Alexander | Ford V8 | 34.0 sec | [7] July 6. |
1936 | I.O.K. Stuart | Squire | 35.5 sec | [8] |
S. Weston | M.G.-PB | 45.0 sec | [9] Described as a speed trial. | |
1937 | T.W. Meikle | Frazer-Nash | 38.5 sec | [10] |
1938 | H. Soutar | Bugatti | 36.8 sec | [11] May 15. |
1939 | G.J.W. Moncrieff | Riley | 33.8 sec | [12] May 13. |
1946 | N.A. Bean | Jaguar | 40.0 sec | [13] May 11. |
Leslie Johnson | Darracq 3,996 c.c. | 40.5 sec | [14] Sept 7, wet, course extended 80 yds. | |
1947 | George Abecassis | Bugatti 3.3 | 38.2 sec R | [15] May 17. |
M. R. Chassels | Frazer-Nash 1,496 c.c. | 41.9 sec | [16] | |
Sydney Allard | Steyr-Allard | 41.70 sec | [17] Sept 20. | |
1948 | Bob Gerard | E.R.A. | 36.3 sec R | [18] June 26. |
K.N. Hutchison | Alfa Romeo | 37.4 sec | [19] Sept 18. | |
1949 | Dennis Poore | Alfa Romeo | 33.9 sec R | [20] June 25. |
Sept 17. | ||||
1950 | Ken Wharton | Cooper 996 c.c. | 38.41 sec | [21] June 24. |
M. R. Chassels | Chassels Special 3,917 c.c. | 39.07 sec | [22] Sept 30. | |
1951 [23] | Ken Wharton | Cooper 1,000 c.c. s/c | 34.60 sec | [24] June 30. |
Jack Walton | Frazer-Nash | 38.28 sec | Sept 29. | |
1952 | Ken Wharton | Cooper | 34.50 sec | [25] June 28. |
1953 | Ron Flockhart | ERA R4D | 33.82 sec R | [26] June 28. |
Ken Wharton | Cooper | 33.61 sec | [27] June 29; evening meeting. | |
1954 | Ken Wharton | Cooper 996 c.c. s/c | 33.76 sec | [28] June 26. |
P.S. Hughes | Tojeiro | 38.51 sec | [29] Sept 11. | |
1955-1958 No events. | ||||
1959 | Jim Clark | Lister-Jaguar | 34.1 sec | [30] July 11. |
1960 | David Boshier-Jones | Cooper JAP | 32.80 sec | [31] June 25. |
1961 | David Good | Cooper JAP Mk8 | 33.07 sec | [32] June 24. |
1962 | June 23. | |||
1963 | Tony Marsh | B.R.M. 2.5-litre | 31.16 sec | [33] June 22. |
1964 | June 20. | |||
1965 | ||||
1966 |
Key: R = Course Record.
Footnotes
- ↑ Motor Sport, March 1947, Page 71.
- ↑ Motor Sport, February 1947, Page 30.
- ↑ Autosport, July 10, 1953, Page 49.
- ↑ C. A. N. May, Speed Hill-Climb, G.T. Foulis & Co LTD, 1962, Page 44.
- ↑ http://www.bonesshillclimb.org.uk
- ↑ Motor Sport, August 1934, Page 463.
- ↑ Motor Sport, August 1935, Page 449.
- ↑ Motor Sport, January 1937, Page 70.
- ↑ Motor Sport, January 1937, Page 70.
- ↑ Motor Sport, June 1937, Page 257.
- ↑ Motor Sport, June 1938, Page 229.
- ↑ The Scotsman, May 15, 1939, Page 7; The Autocar, May 19, 1939, Page 861.
- ↑ Motor Sport, June 1946, Page 118.
- ↑ Autocar, September 13, 1946, Page 816; Motor Sport, October 1946, Page 228.
- ↑ Motor Sport, June 1947, Page 149.
- ↑ Motor Sport, August 1947, Page 229.
- ↑ The Scotsman, September 22, 1947, Page 2; Motor Sport, October 1947, Page 297.
- ↑ Motor Sport, July 1948, Page 226.
- ↑ Motor Sport, October 1948, Page 328.
- ↑ The Scotsman, June 27, 1949, Page 7; Motor Sport, September 1949, Page 477.
- ↑ The Scotsman, June 26, 1950, Page 9; Motor Sport, August 1950, Page 370.
- ↑ The Scotsman, October 2, 1950, Page 6.
- ↑ The Motor Year Book 1952, Temple Press, Page 192; Motor Sport, August 1951, Page 377.
- ↑ Autosport, July 6, 1951, Page 10.
- ↑ Motor Sport, August 1952, Page 361.
- ↑ Autosport, July 3, 1953, Pages 10-11; The Autocar, July 3, 1953.
- ↑ Autosport, July 10, 1953, Page 49.
- ↑ The Autocar, July 2, 1954, Page 29.
- ↑ Motor Sport, October 1954, Page 552.
- ↑ The Autocar, August 14, 1959, Page 30; The Motor, September 2, 1959, Page 85. Jim Clark also finished second in class (sports cars 1,201 to 1,600 c.c.) driving a Lotus Elite.
- ↑ The Autocar, July 8, 1960, Page 72.
- ↑ The Autocar, June 30, 1961. Arthur Owen, Cooper, won the R.A.C. Championship class.
- ↑ Motor Sport, September 1963, Page 678.