July British Hillclimb Championship. Saturday.

British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) Yorkshire Centre organised a weekend of track action for the second and final visit for the British Hillclimb Championship (BHC) in the 2026 season and the first visit for competitors from the BHC Tin Top Challenge for rounds three and four of this championship.

Saturday would be practice runs for both these championships, while Sunday’s event would have a practice run then a timed run followed by a top twelve run-off for Round 13 this would then be repeated for Round 14 of the BHC, it is the run-offs were the competitors would be awarded championship points.

A number of regular competitors from Harewood Speed Hillclimb would also join in for both days along with a number of competitors from the Porsche Club GB, taking part in the 2026 Porsche Club Speed Championship. Both of these sets of competitors would form the Inter-club classes.

For competitors taking part in the BHC Tin Top Challenge this was the first and only visit in 2026 to Harewood Hill.

Saturdays Results for the Inter-club Results Class 14

Inter-club Class 14 Results

Saturdays Results for the Inter-club Results Class 42

Inter-club Class 42 Results

Saturdays Results for the Inter-club Results Class 26

Inter-club Class 26 Results

British Hillclimb Championship. Sunday.

All competitors no matter what championship got one practice run, then the event was into the timed runs.

After all competitors completed the timed runs the Inter-club classes had another timed run before the fastest top ten competitors in the Tin Top Challenge had a run-off for championship points. Then it was the turn of the fastest twelve in the BHC that had a run-off for Championship points. The timed runs were then repeated before another run-offs for both the Tin Top Challenge and BHC competitors.

Wallace Menzies set FTD in the first run-off, round 13 but during his second timed run his car had technical issues and came to a stop coming into farmhouse so missed out on a chance to score any points in round 14. This was after he had gone off into the gravel trap at Farmhouse on Saturday afternoon, during one of his practice runs.

So after these two rounds at Harewood Hill, this weekend, Will Hall and Matthew Ryder are joint leaders of the championship with 124 points, with Wallace Menzies in third on 110 points and fourth is Trevor Willis on 83 points.

Another competitor who ended up been towed up the hill during the second run-off for the Tin Top Challenge, was Damian Bradley in his Subaru Legacy, which came to a halt at Orchard.

Though leaving Harewood, Damien is joint championship leader with Roger Moran driving his Ford Fiesta ST hillclimb special (both 4 wheel drive) and the very quick two wheel drive Peugeot 205 of Stuart Reid is in third place. Simon Bainbridge won both of the run-offs in the Tin Top Challenge to take him up to fourth place. Simon driving his SBR Crono V8.

It was Mark Hemingway driving his Force TA, who set the quickest time by any of the Harewood Hill regulars and set a time of 50.83 during round 14 of the BHC run-off to claim one championship point.

Tin Top Challenge Run-off 1 Round 3.

Tin Top Challenge Round 3

Tin Top Challenge Run-off 2 Round 4.

Tin Top Challenge Round 4

Run-off 1 Round 13 of the BHC.

Round 13 of the BHC

Run-off Round 14 of the BHC

Round 14 of the BHC

FTD and Top four in Class.

FTD and Top 4 in Class

Sunday British Hillclimb Championship Full Results:

Full Drivers British Hillclimb Championship

Many thanks to BARC Yorkshire centre for the opportunity to be track side. Also not forgetting all the volunteer Marshals, Medical and the Darlington & District Rescue Team, along with all the back office staff without which, the events at Harewood Hill could not take place.

British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) Yorkshire Centre organised another weekend of action for the BARC Harewood Speed Hillclimb Championship and BARC Harewood Speed Hillclimb Fastest Time of the Day Award Series (FTD) over the weekend of 6^th and 7^th June.

Joining the Harewood Championship regulars were competitors from the following car clubs and Championships Austin Healey Club, Aston Martin Owners Club and the Classic Marques Speed Challenge, making a full entry list of 150 competitors.

Only two Practice runs were completed before a late lunch break due to several competitors needing to be recovered and a couple of timing issues. With rain on and off throughout the day, making it difficult for the competitors to find the right balance between staying on the track or having a moment, though the track did finally dry out.

Fastest Time of the Day (FTD) went to John Prickett driving his Radical PR6.

Full Results for Summer Championship Hillclimb Timed Runs:

Summer Championship Event results

Results for FTD and Top four in Class:

Results for FTD & Top 4 in Class

Sunday. Jim Thomson Hillclimb.

The Morgan Sports Car Club Competitors joined the Classic Marques Speed Challenge and Austin Healey Club competitors. With another full entry list of 150 competitors, taking to the track with much better conditions than Saturday.

Again only the two Practice runs were completed before the lunch break in much better conditions than yesterday, though we had a brief shower mid afternoon and the organisers managed to get a third time run.

Mark Teale driving his Modified Suzuki Swift GTi, still leads the Harewood Championship with Gordon Riley now in second place driving his Suzuki Swift and James Hudson in his Subaru Impreza in third place.

It was Glyn Maignard driving his OMS 2000M, who set the FTD. This was quiet an achievement as it was Glyn’s first time at Harewood Hill. Robin Wood driving his Force PT took second and John Prickett driving his Radical PR6 was third.

Full Results for the Jim Thomson Hillclimb Timed Runs:

Full results for Jim Thomson

Harewood Speed Hillclimb Championship standings after Jim Thomson Hillclimb:

Harewood Championship Standings

Harewood Fastest Time of the Day Awards Series after Jim Thomson Hillclimb:

Harewood FTC Awards Series

Many thanks to BARC Yorkshire centre for the opportunity to be track side again in 2026. Also not forgetting all the volunteer Marshals, Medical and the Darlington & District Rescue Team, along with all the back office staff without which, the events at Harewood Hill could not take place.

The British Hillclimb Championship returns for it’s second visit to Harewood Hill on 4th and 5th July, while the next Championship event for the Harewood Speed Hillclimb Championship takes place over the weekend of the 1st and 2nd August.

British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) Yorkshire Centre organised its second event for the BARC Harewood Speed Hillclimb Championship and BARC Harewood Speed Hillclimb Fastest Time of the Day Award Series (FTD) on Saturday 9^th May. Sunday’s meeting was part of the British Hillclimb Championship, though a number of competitors from that Championship also joined the Harewood regulars along with a number of competitors from the Ferrari Owners Club, who were competing for the Superformance Ferrari Hillclimb Championship and at Harewood Hill for both days.

Wallace Menzies having taken the Fastest Time of the Day Award, also now leads the Harewood Speed Hillclimb Championship driving his Gould GR59. Wallace along with a number of his fellow competitors were taking part on the Saturday to get some extra practice before the full British championship meeting on the Sunday.

Richard Andrews driving a Porsche GT4 RS is now in second place with another Porsche, this time a Porsche 718 Cayman GTS with David Taylor at the wheel who is in third place.

Fastest Time of the Day (FTD) went to Wallace Menzies driving his Gould GR59. In fact it was three drivers from the British Hillclimb Championship who set the FTD’s top three times, Will Hall driving Judd engined Gould GR59, with Alex Coles driving a Force TA who took third place.

Both Will Hall and Matt Ryder qualified with a 47.61 seconds but Matt had issues with the car again and finished in twelve place and no championship points. Harewood regular Dave Tatham driving his DJ Firehawk managed to take a point in Run-off 1 and then scored two points in Run-off 2, with fellow Harewood regular Stephen Owen driving the works OMS 28 RPE, also claiming a BHC point.

Leaving Harewood Hill, Will Hall now takes a six point Championship lead over Matt Ryder and Wallace Menzies who are in joint second place.

The BHC return to the Yorkshire hill over the weekend of 4th and 5th July, when competitors taking part in the BHC Tin Top Challenge also visit Harewood Hill.

The next meeting for the Harewood Speed Hillclimb Championship is over the weekend of 6th & 7th June for the Summer Championship and Jim Thomson Hillclimb.

Many thanks to BARC Yorkshire centre for the opportunity to be track side again. Also not forgetting all the volunteer Marshals, Medical and the Darlington & District Rescue Team, along with all the back office staff without which, the events at Harewood Hill could not take place.

JCB Photography was at Cadwell Park Circuit for the Alan Healy Memorial Rally on Sunday 26th April 2026. The rally was round 9 of the Protyre Circuit Rally Championship. The rally was also part of the following 2026 Rally Championships. The Alpha Concrete & 3D Plant and Construction Stage Rally, The Clubman Motorsport EMAMC Stage Rally, The New Hope Rentals AEMC/ASEMC Stage Rally and the Proflex Shock Absorbers ANCC Stage Rally. Organised by the Border Motor Club of Lincolnshire.

Offering competitors a friendly, clubman rally, in a single venue, stage rally using sections of the main circuit with a mixture of off-road areas not normally used for competition. Some of the stages would also be run in the reverse direction to the normal circuit use.

The competitive mileage was just over 44 stage miles, over the nine special stages. The crews would have to follow a road book using parts of the track with added chicanes and the stages would also include a number of merges and split points though the special stage, this could result in several rally cars been on the same part of the track at the same time, which is quite unusual for rally crews in the open forestry commission stages.

The winners of the 2026 Alan Healy Memorial Rally were Michael Igoe and co-driver Will Atkins in the Citroen C3 Rally 2, taking second were John Griffiths and co-driver Emma Morrison in the Skoda Fabia R5 and Chris West, with co-driver Keith Hounslow along side in the Peugeot 306 Maxi Kit Car.

Out of the 100 competitors only 73 cars were classified as finishers.

Full Results from the event can be found here:

Alan Healy Memorial Rally Full Results 2026

British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) Yorkshire Centre organised its first Championship event for the 2026 season on Sunday 12^th April. The event was part of the BARC Harewood Speed Hillclimb Championship and BARC Harewood Speed Hillclimb Fastest Time of the Day Award Series (FTD).

The two practice runs and a timed run would be completed before the lunch break. During the third timed run the rain returned and when the organisers went for a fourth timed run not many competitors started, most electing to call it a day as the track was wet and any likelihood of anyone setting a time anywhere near the leading classes times was gone.

Harewood Speed Hillclimb Championship.

Mark Teale driving his Suzuki Swift GTi takes an early lead in the Harewood Championship with Dave Banner in second place driving his Westfield Megabusa and Wallace Menzies in third driving his Gould GR59. Mark was third in the 2025 championship.

Fastest Time of the Day Awards Series.

Fastest Time of the Day (FTD) went to Wallace Menzies driving his Gould GR59, who set a time of 49.55 seconds. In fact it was the three drivers from the BHC who set the FTD’s top three times. Wallace was the only competitor who set a time under the 50 seconds in the ever changing track conditions. Will Hall also driving a Gould GR59 set the second quickest, just 0.61 seconds behind Wallace, while Harry Pick picked up third place and was 3.89 seconds off the time set by Will Hall.

It was David Tatham driving his DJ Firehawk, who set the quickest time by any of the Harewood Hill regulars just 0.39seconds behind Harry Pick.

Spring Championship Hillclimb Run Times can be found here:

Spring Championship Full Results

Harewood Speed Hillclimb Championship after Round one:

Harewood Speed Hillclimb Results after Round One

Fastest Time of the Day Awards Series:

FTD Awards Series

Many thanks to BARC Yorkshire Centre for the opportunity to be track side again in 2026. Also not forgetting all the volunteer Marshals, Medical and the Darlington & District Rescue Team, along with all the back-office staff without which, the events at Harewood Hill could not take place.

Next meeting at Harewood Hill is on 9th May for the Harewood Open Hillclimb and on 10th May the first visit from the British Hillclimb Championship for the 2026 season.

JCB Photography was at Cadwell Park Circuit on Saturday 28^th March 2026 for the BARC Midlands Centre Cadwell Sprint. The event was part of the following Championships:

British Sprint Championship

HSA Speed Championship

HSA Sprint leaders Championship

Bert Hadley Memorial Championship

Classic Marques Speed Challenge

Healeysport Speed Championship

Lotus Cup UK Speed Championship

Morgan Sports Car Club Speed Championships

Porsche Club Speed Championship

Ferrari Hillclimb Championship

MG Car Club Speed Championship

Triumph Speed Championship

The event was organised by the BARC Midlands Centre with a very cold wind blowing, keeping the track temperatures down, though the sun did come out from time to time.

Results for the BARC Midlands Centre, Cadwell Park Sprint:

British Sprint Championship:

BARC Midlands Centre Cadwell Sprint

Cadwell Park Sprint Interclub:

BARC Midlands Centre Cadwell Park Sprint Interclub

British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) Yorkshire Centre organised a non-Championship event on Sunday 22^nd March for its Yorkshire members and invited motor clubs to the famous Harewood Hill. This the longest speed hillclimb track in the UK, with a truly spectacular setting looking over the valley of the Wharfedale valley.

Practice Day event is used by some competitors as a chance to check out the cars and dust off the winter cobwebs before the Championship season gets underway next month.

Two big names from the British Hillclimb Championship (BHC) Will Hall and Wallace Menzies also joined in, getting a little practice on the hill. As the BHC visits Harewood Hill twice in 2026 (May and July), along with Harry Pick and other competitors from the BHC.

Damien Bradley driving his Subaru Legacy from the British Hillclimb Championship Tin Top challenge. Damien also competed last year in the Pikes Peak Hillclimb in the same car.

A number of Ferrari and Porsche owners also got in some extra practice and track time before their respective clubs visited the hill later on in the season.

Fastest Time of the Day went to Wallace Menzies driving his Gould GR59, who set a time of 49.87 seconds on his sixth and final run of the day.

Many thanks to BARC Yorkshire Centre for the opportunity to be track side again in 2026. Also not forgetting all the volunteer Marshals, Medical and the Darlington & District Rescue Team, along with all the back-office staff without which the events at Harewood Hill could not take place.

The first competitive event for the Harewood Speed Hillclimb Championship and Fastest Time of the Day (FTD) Award Series starts on Sunday 12^th April 2026.

Practice Day Run Times can be found here:

Practice Day Reports

JCB Photography was in Beverley for the East Riding Stages Rally on Saturday night for Special Stages 1 and 2, then on Sunday for Stages 9 and 10.

The rally is part of the Protyre autocare Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship, North of England Tarmacdam Championship and Roger Albert Clark Historic Rally Championship 2026.

The event is now in its 5th year and was again run by Beverley and District Motor Club with an increase in overall stage miles and for the first time stages run in the dark on Saturday evening.

Then on Sunday morning competitors would set off from Beverley and tackle six more stages before returning to the Westwood Spectator Super Special for SS 9 and 10 with the 2 stages again interposed on 30 second intervals.

Rally HQ was at Beverley Racecourse while the central Service area was at Bishop Burton College.

With up to 160 competitors taking part, the event was the UK’s largest closed road rally.

The competitive mileage was 72 miles with a total of 14 Special Stages.

The event was won by Sam Touzel, co-driven by Max Freeman driving a Ford Fiesta Rally2. Second was James Ford and co-driver Neil Shanks in a Citroen C3 Rally2 and third was Matthew Hurst and co-driver Declan Dear in a Skoda Fabia Rally2.

Full Results from the event can be found here:

East Riding Stages Rally 26 Rallies Info

BARC Yorkshire Centre organised a brand new event on Saturday 13th December 2025.

This was a hillclimb but a hillclimb with a difference. A rally style hillclimb running through daylight and into the darkness. The event was a non_Harewood Hillclimb Championship event.

This meant that most cars would be fitted with extra Cibie’s or similar or indeed the large light pods, though a couple had moved over to the modern LED’s.

The event offered the starting 77 competitors a chance to tackle the famous Yorkshire hill with practice and competitive runs in daylight and darkness. A number of Harewood regulars would also be taken part in the event.

With each competitive run been treated as a Special Stage with cumulative times used to determine the winners in each of the different classes, ranging from modified road and stage rally cars, right up to the more powerful specialist R5 and Rally2 rally cars. If any driver failed to finish a run, say due to a mechanical issue or not having all four wheels within the track limits at the finish a nominal time of 90.00 seconds would be awarded.

Fastest Time of the Day was taken by Jonathan Mounsey driving a Ford Fiesta R5, while Joe Cummingham won the overall event, also driving a Ford Fiesta.

JCB Photography was at Cadwell Park Circuit, for the single venue stage rally, the NHMC Cadwell Stages Rally and Fireworks display on Sunday 16th November 2025.

The event is organised by the North Humberside Motor Club, with assistance from members of the Trackrod Motor Club. This was the second round of the 2025/26 Protyre Circuit Rally Championship, the first round having taken place at Oulton Park Circuit for the Neil Howard stages on 1st November.

The event was also part of a several other Rally Championships including the 2025 Clubman Motorsport and 2025 EMAMC Stage Rally Championship.

Using the Cadwell Park Circuit and some of the access and service roads, with around 43 stages miles over eight Special Stages, all of which were sealed surface and all within the confines of the circuit but also using some of the access roads around the track. Half of these special stages were run in reverse direction to a normal race day on the track. With the last two special stages run partly in the dark.

With a real mix bag of competing clubman rally cars such as the Ford Fiesta, Ford Escort MkII’s, Nissan Micra, Mazda MX5, Mitsubishi Evo’s, Subaru Impreza’s and a variety of BMW's, and Peugeot's. With 95 entries, car number one driven by John Griffiths and co-driver Emma Morrison in the Skoda Fabia R5. The crew won this event last year and took to the first special stage at 9 o’clock.

For the first four special stages the track was run in reverse and the final four was run in the normal direction. The crews would complete a couple of laps, or part laps of the track, with added chicanes and would also include a number of merges and split points in the special stage. This could result in several rally cars been on the same part of the track at the same time, which is quite unusual for rally crews in the open forestry commission stages.

Out of the 95 entries only 62 cars were classified as finishers, almost a third of the field did not see the finish.

The winners of the 2025 NHMC Cadwell Stages Rally were Michael Igoe and co-driver Will Atkins in a Citroen C3 Rally 2.

John Griffiths and co-driver Emma Morrison driving a Skoda Fabia R5, were 2nd, with John Stone driving a VW Polo R5 GTi with co-driver Rhys Stoneman.

Full Results and stage times for the NHMC Cadwell Stages Rally can be found here:

NHMC Cadwell Stages Rally 2025

Massive congratulations to Adam Riley on making it five consecutive Harewood Speed Hillclimb Championships. Adam having lead from the first event of the season (Spring National meeting), back in April and also setting new class records at the following meetings, Spring National, Harewood Open (May) and Yorkshire Speed (August) during the 2025 season for Class 1A, Road Cars series Production up to and including 1400cc in the front wheel drive VW UP.

Adam has now won the Harewood Speed Hillclimb Championship, in three different cars. He first took to the Yorkshire Hill driving his own rear wheel Honda S2000, then he shared Karl Jackson’s Honda S2000 before switching to the front wheeled drive VW UP that he shares with his father-in-law Doug Mitchell.

Henry Moorhouse driving his Westfield finished in second place. Having set a new class record in 2A for Road Cars, Specialist Production Kit up to and including 1700cc, during the Yorkshire Speed Hillclimb meeting.

Henry then moved up a class, to Class 2B for Road Cars, Specialist Production Kit over 1700cc at the Summer Championship meeting. Having replaced his Honda powered Westfield with a two litre Duratec engined Westfield. Other than the Greenwood Cup meeting Henry has won both classes in which he has competed in, this season.

Mark Teale driving his highly modified Suzuki Swift, in Class 3A for Modified Series Production cars up to and including 1400cc finished in third place. Having won the class six times.

Fast Time of the Day Award Series (FTD Award Series)

2024 FTD Award Series winner David Tatham driving his DJ Firehawk first track appearance was at the July British Hillclimb Championship, though this was not a Harewood Championship meeting. His first Harewood Championship event was at the Yorkshire Speed Hillclimb meeting.

John Prickett driving his Radical PR6 wins the 2025 Harewood FTD Award Series. David Tatham driving his DJ Firehawk takes second place. This was quite an achievement as he has only competed in four of the eight events, though only the six best scores count for the FTD Award Series.

Mark Hemingway driving the Force TA finishes in joint third place, with Stephen Owen driving a Westfield and Anthony Middleton also driving a Westfield. Mark was not competing this weekend, but his car was being driven by his son Fraser.

Final Harewood Championship Standings 2025 Results:

Harewood Championship Final Standings 2025

Final Harewood FTD Award Series 2025 Results:

FTD Award Series 2025 Results

Many thanks to BARC Yorkshire Centre for the opportunity to be track side in 2025. Also not forgetting all the volunteer Marshals, Medical and the Extractor Rescue team (the Darlington & District Rescue Team who though had not been at Harewood this weekend but have been on post a number of times during the 2025 season), along with all the back-office staff without which the events at Harewood Hill could not take place.

The organisers of the Malton Forest Rally have had to cancel this year's rally due to the ongoing wildfires in Langdale Forest in the North Yorkshire Moors. The forest tracks in the complex have been damaged and will not be repaired in time for this year's event. The Malton Motor Club have released the date for the 2026 event which is on Sunday 1st November.