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

  1. Motor Sport, March 1947, Page 71.
  2. Motor Sport, February 1947, Page 30.
  3. Autosport, July 10, 1953, Page 49.
  4. C. A. N. May, Speed Hill-Climb, G.T. Foulis & Co LTD, 1962, Page 44.
  5. http://www.bonesshillclimb.org.uk
  6. Motor Sport, August 1934, Page 463.
  7. Motor Sport, August 1935, Page 449.
  8. Motor Sport, January 1937, Page 70.
  9. Motor Sport, January 1937, Page 70.
  10. Motor Sport, June 1937, Page 257.
  11. Motor Sport, June 1938, Page 229.
  12. The Scotsman, May 15, 1939, Page 7; The Autocar, May 19, 1939, Page 861.
  13. Motor Sport, June 1946, Page 118.
  14. Autocar, September 13, 1946, Page 816; Motor Sport, October 1946, Page 228.
  15. Motor Sport, June 1947, Page 149.
  16. Motor Sport, August 1947, Page 229.
  17. The Scotsman, September 22, 1947, Page 2; Motor Sport, October 1947, Page 297.
  18. Motor Sport, July 1948, Page 226.
  19. Motor Sport, October 1948, Page 328.
  20. The Scotsman, June 27, 1949, Page 7; Motor Sport, September 1949, Page 477.
  21. The Scotsman, June 26, 1950, Page 9; Motor Sport, August 1950, Page 370.
  22. The Scotsman, October 2, 1950, Page 6.
  23. The Motor Year Book 1952, Temple Press, Page 192; Motor Sport, August 1951, Page 377.
  24. Autosport, July 6, 1951, Page 10.
  25. Motor Sport, August 1952, Page 361.
  26. Autosport, July 3, 1953, Pages 10-11; The Autocar, July 3, 1953.
  27. Autosport, July 10, 1953, Page 49.
  28. The Autocar, July 2, 1954, Page 29.
  29. Motor Sport, October 1954, Page 552.
  30. 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.
  31. The Autocar, July 8, 1960, Page 72.
  32. The Autocar, June 30, 1961. Arthur Owen, Cooper, won the R.A.C. Championship class.
  33. Motor Sport, September 1963, Page 678.

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