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[luca]

Hello all , i am trying to find the date and venue for the 2nd round 1968 BARC Hill Climb championship. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

[Allen Brown]

Do you have the dates of the first and third rounds to help narrow it down?

[Stephen W]

For 1968 I have the following dates:

7th April; 28th April; 16th June; 21st July; & 15th September.

I suspect that there would have been a meeting in May and one in August as is the case now.

[D-Type]

I know nothing about this topic, but I suggest that it would help to give venues.

[Stephen W]

Originally posted by D-Type
I know nothing about this topic, but I suggest that it would help to give venues.

Sorry D-Type! All the BARC Hillclimb Championship events were either at Harewood or Gurston Down. The dates I gave were for Harewood only.

[humphries]

Luca

1968 BARC Hillclimbs at Gurston Down

26 May
1 Jeff Goodliff (Mini Cooper S 1.3) 43.9
2 Howard Bennett (Brabham BT21A-Ford 1.6) 44.2
3 Clive Oakley (Lotus 31-Ford Cosworth 1.0) 44.4

28 July
1 Jonty Williamson (Felday 6-Ford 4.7) 38.0
2 Spencer Elton (Lotus 22-Ford 1.6) 38.5
3 Patsy Burt (McLaren M3A-Oldsmobile 4.5) ??.?

1 September
1 Peter Voigt (DRW 6-Imp 1.0) 39.7
2 Jeff Goodliff (Mini Cooper S 1.3) 39.9
3 Don Harris (DMF 2-Ford 1.5) 40.3

30 September
1 Nicolas Williamson (Brabham BT21C-Ford 1.6) 37.6
2 Mike McDowell (Chevron B10-Ford Cosworth 1.6) 38.0
3 Jim Beach (Lotus 22-Climax s/c) 38.1

Hope this is of use.

John

[RAP]

Round 1 of the 11 event series was 7th April Harewood. Round 3 was 12th May Pontypool. I cannot find a reference to which event was round 2 but on 28th April BARC had hillclimbs at Harewood and Brunton so it seems likely it was one of these. Harewood was a National so seems to be the most likely candidate. However Autosport carried a "Club News" item on it in the 15th March issue but does not mention any championship status so maybe not!
RAP

[Milan Fistonic]

I've been through the 'Forthcoming Events' in the 1968 Motoring News papers and found the following BARC hillclimbs listed.

April 7 - Harewood
April 28 - Harewood
May 26 - Gurston Down
June 9 - Brunton
June 16 - Harewood
June 23 - Pontypool
July 21 - Harewood (novices & vintage)
July 28 - Gurston Down
September 1 - Pontypool
September 1 - Gurston Down
September 15 - Harewood
September 29 - Pontypool
October 6 - Olivers Mount
October 6 - Gurston Down

I have no way of knowing which events qualified for the championship though I would think the novices and vintage one on July 21 would not qualify.

The strange thing is that the Motoring News report of the Brunton round on June 9 refers to it being "the sixth round of the current BARC Hill Climb Championship."

[luca]

Thanks everyone for all the information, it is all going to building a web site www.mountgreen.co.uk much appreciated Luca.

[Stephen W]

Originally posted by luca
Thanks everyone for all the information, it is all going to building a web site www.mountgreen.co.uk much appreciated Luca.

Who was driving the Mini in the BARC Championship?

[luca]

The info was regarding Jeff Goodliff who won the 68 championship in his class. Thanks Luca

[RAP]

That probably answers which was round 2. Goodliffe was 2nd in class behind Peter Kaye at Harewood 28th April 68.

RAP