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British Hillclimb 75th Anniversary


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The first ever round of the British Hillclimb Championship that was held at Bo’ness, Grangemouth was celebrated yesterday, exactly 75 years to the day of the original event. Historic race cars gathered at Kinneil House, the venue of the Bo’ness Hillclimb, to mark the occasion. Among the classic race cars there were a Riley MPH that competed at Bo’ness Hillclimb in period and in the Monte Carlo Rally, as well as a Cooper MG and a Terrier Mk2 that raced at the famous track. Other famous racing cars that will be there included a Jaguar C-Type, Morgan 4/4, and the Fisher Spyder that was built in Edinburgh and competed at Bo’ness as the Fisher GT. There were several Austin 7 racers, the Fisher Alfa, Hotchkiss, and Jaguar E-type. Bo’ness is Scotland’s first purpose-built motorsport venue. Hillclimbing started there in 1932 and the British Hillclimb Championship selected it as the first ever venue for the newly formed series in 1947. That event was won by George Abecassis. Bo’ness was also host to a ‘Scotland versus England’ race in 1953. The final event held at Bo’ness was in 1966, and a classic Revival was introduced in 2007 using the same track layout.

In recent years the Bo'ness Revival hosted the TR Register Scottish Weekend , with the Register being being a major supporter of the event. Unfortunately Covid put paid to the event in 2020 and 2021, but even sadder is the fact that the 2022 event has also been cancelled due to the spiraling costs of turning a public park into an MSUK approved Hillclimb track. Despite the best efforts of the organising team, sufficient sponsorship has not been gained, but hopefully the 2023 event can go ahead if sponsorship can be found.

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