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

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 to host a round (latterly two rounds) of the British Hill Climb Championship

British Hill Climb Championship

The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British...

, which started in 1947.

The current course is 1,460 yards (1335 metres) in length, and unlike hillclimbs in Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 is laid out on closed public roads. Sections of the course are named for past winners, in order of ascent: Howe

Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe

Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, CBE, PC, VD was a British naval officer, Member of Parliament, motor racing driver and promotor. In the 1918 UK General Election he won the Battersea South seat as the candidate of the Conservative Party, which he held until 1929...

, Hall, Hadley, Mays Cross

Raymond Mays

Thomas Raymond Mays CBE was an auto racing driver and entrepreneur from Bourne, Lincolnshire, England.He attended Oundle School, where he met Amherst Villiers, leaving at the end of 1917. After army service in the Grenadier Guards in France, he attended Christ's College, Cambridge...

, Allard

Sydney Allard

Sydney Herbert Allard was the founder of the Allard car company and a successful racing motorist. He was remarkable in that he achieved sporting success in cars of his own manufacture....

, Wharton Straight

Ken Wharton

Kenneth Wharton was a British racing driver from England. He began competing in the new National 500cc Formula in his own special, later acquiring a Cooper. Ken participated in 15 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 May 1952 and scored a total of 3 championship points...

, Pringle.

Tragedy struck at Craigantlet in 1995 when Mark Colton

Mark Colton

Mark Colton was a British racing driver and software author.He was killed in practice for Craigantlet hillclimb in Northern Ireland after his Pilbeam's front wing failed and he hit a telegraph pole....

 was killed in practice for the event. The meeting was abandoned.

The hill record currently stands at 39.63 seconds, set by Scott Moran

Scott Moran

Scott Moran is a British hillclimb driver, based in Ludlow, Shropshire,. He is the reigning British Hill Climb Champion. Scott has won the British Hill Climb Championship three times driving the Gould GR61X he shares with his father, 1997 British Champion Roger Moran...

 on August 2, 2008, driving a Gould

Gould Racing

Gould Racing is a British motorsport company, specialising in racing car manufacture and engineering. The company is run by David Gould, and is based in Newbury, Berkshire, England....

 GR61.

Craigantlet Hillclimb past winners

Year	Driver	Vehicle	Time	Notes
1913	Harry Ferguson Harry Ferguson Henry George "Harry" Ferguson was an Irish engineer and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor, for becoming the first Irishman to build and fly his own aeroplane, and for developing the first four-wheel drive Formula One car, the Ferguson P99...	Vauxhall 25 h.p.	103 sec	1⅛ mile course.
1930	Earl Howe Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, CBE, PC, VD was a British naval officer, Member of Parliament, motor racing driver and promotor. In the 1918 UK General Election he won the Battersea South seat as the candidate of the Conservative Party, which he held until 1929...	Mercedes	98.4 sec	1⅛ mile course.
1931	R.G.J. Nash	Frazer Nash 1½ litre s/c	89.2 sec R
1932	W. Sullivan	Lea-Francis	95.8 sec
1933	E.D. Hall	M.G. Magnette 1,086 c.c. s/c	86.6 sec R	Aug 26.
1934	Eddie Hall	M.G. K3	87.4 sec
1935	Eddie Hall	M.G. Magnette	83.2 sec	Aug 31.
1936	H.L. Hadley	Austin 747 c.c. sidevalve	82.2 sec
1937	H.L. Hadley	Austin Seven	82.4 sec
1938	Bert Hadley	Austin Seven	83.0 sec	Aug 27.
1939	Cancelled.
1946	K.W. Bear	Bugatti 3-litre	85.6 sec	Aug 31; Wet.
1947	Sydney Allard Sydney Allard Sydney Herbert Allard was the founder of the Allard car company and a successful racing motorist. He was remarkable in that he achieved sporting success in cars of his own manufacture....	Steyr-Allard	87.0 sec	Aug 30; Hot.
1948	Raymond Mays Raymond Mays Thomas Raymond Mays CBE was an auto racing driver and entrepreneur from Bourne, Lincolnshire, England.He attended Oundle School, where he met Amherst Villiers, leaving at the end of 1917. After army service in the Grenadier Guards in France, he attended Christ's College, Cambridge...	E.R.A.	75.8 sec	Aug 28; Course shortened 50 yards.
1949	Sydney Allard	Steyr-Allard	73.4 sec
1950	Sydney Allard	Steyr-Allard	75.0 sec
1951	Sydney Allard	Steyr-Allard	73.0 sec R	Aug 11; 1,833 yards.
1952	Ken Wharton Ken Wharton Kenneth Wharton was a British racing driver from England. He began competing in the new National 500cc Formula in his own special, later acquiring a Cooper. Ken participated in 15 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 May 1952 and scored a total of 3 championship points...	Cooper 1,000 s/c	80.2 sec
1953	Ken Wharton	Cooper s/c	70.6 sec R	Aug 8; 1,833 yards; Sunny.
1954	Ken Wharton	E.R.A R4D	70.11 sec R
1955	Ken Wharton	E.R.A. s/c	70.3 sec	Aug 6.
1956	Malcolm Templeton	Lotus-Climax 1,098 c.c.	87.13 sec	Aug 18; 1,833 yards.
1957	Dick Henderson	Cooper-J.A.P.	69.26 sec
1958	David Boshier-Jones David Boshier-Jones David Boshier-Jones is a British racing driver, whose career ran from 1952 until his retirement in 1961. He competed both in circuit racing and in hillclimbs, achieving success in both disciplines but particularly on the hills, where he claimed three successive British Hill Climb Championships, in...	Cooper-J.A.P.	69.99 sec
1959	David Boshier-Jones	Cooper-J.A.P.	68.74 sec
1960	Arthur Owen Arthur Owen Arthur Owen was a British racing driver from England. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, the 1960 Italian Grand Prix, driving a privately-entered 2.2 litre Cooper. He crashed on the first lap of the race at the South Corner, due to brake failure...	Cooper	72.41 sec	Aug 13.
1961	John Pringle	Cooper-Climax 2,495 c.c.	67.24 sec R	Aug 19, dull but dry.
1962	John Pringle	Cooper-Climax	65.97 sec R	Aug 18.
1963	Peter Westbury Peter Westbury Peter Westbury is a British former racing driver from England. He participated in two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, scoring no championship points. In 1969 he raced a Formula 2 Brabham-Cosworth, driving in his first Grand Prix in the 1969 German Grand Prix. He finished ninth on the...	Felday-Daimler s/c
1964	Peter Westbury	Ferguson P99 4-W-D	61.70 sec	Aug 15.
1965	Peter Meldrum	Lotus 20-Allard s/c	62.52 sec	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	Aug 9.
1970	Brian Nelson	Crosslé F2-FVA	R
1971	Brian Nelson			Aug 15.
1972	Brian Nelson	Crosslé 22F-Hart	55.72 sec R
1973	Nelson Todd	Crosslé 22F-Hart	57.50 sec
1974	Tommy Reid	Brabham BT38
1975	Patsy McGarrity	Chevron
1976	Patsy McGarrity	Chevron B29 (Formula Atlantic)	55.34 sec R
1977	Alister Douglas-Osborn	Pilbeam P2 DFV	51.64 sec R
1978	Alister Douglas-Osborn	Pilbeam MP31/002 3-litre	54.62 sec
1979				Aug 3/4.
1980	Round 11 British Hill Climb Championship The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British...  : Chris Cramer	March 782 2.5-litre	51.03 sec R	Aug 2.
1981	Round 11 British Hill Climb Championship The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British...  : James Thomson	Pilbeam MP40K	50.39 sec R	Aug 2.
1986	Round 11 British Hill Climb Championship The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British...  : Martyn Griffiths	Pilbeam MP53/04-Hart 2.8-litre	50.14 sec	Aug 2.
1988	Round 13 British Hill Climb Championship The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British...  : Martyn Griffiths	Pilbeam MP53 2.8-litre	49.65 sec R	Aug 6.
1989	Round 12 British Hill Climb Championship The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British...  : Ray Rowan	Roman-Hart 2.8-litre	50.58 sec	Aug 5.
2005	Round 25 British Hill Climb Championship The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British...  : Willem Toet	Pilbeam MP88 Judd 4.0-litre	40.36 sec FTD	Aug 6.
	Round 26 British Hill Climb Championship The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British...  : Roger Moran	Gould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre	41.14 sec
2008 2008 British Hill Climb Championship season The 2008 Nicholson McLaren Engines British Hill Climb Championship season was the 62nd British Hill Climb Championship season. It was the last year in which Nicholson McLaren sponsored the championship, as MCL Motorhomes took over the championship sponsorship for 2009. The series was contested...	Round 23 British Hill Climb Championship The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British...  : Scott Moran	Gould GR61	40.57 sec	Aug 2.
	Round 24 British Hill Climb Championship The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British...  : Scott Moran	Gould GR61	39.63 sec R
2009	Round 25 British Hill Climb Championship The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British...  : Scott Moran	Gould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre	40.95 sec	Aug 1.
	Round 26 British Hill Climb Championship The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history and this event has been held every year since 1947.All British Champions have been British... : Trevor Willis	OMS CF06 Powertec 2.8-litre	40.99 sec
2010				Aug 7.

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

External links

• Ulster Automobile Club
• Top 12 Run Off http://www.top12runoff.co.uk/