British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) Yorkshire Centre organised an hillclimb event, on Sunday 23rd August for the following clubs, Vintage and Classic Sports Car Club (VSCC), Lotus Hillclimb Championship, Pre-War Austin Seven Club and The Triumph Register Car Club, who had a hand full of competitors. As well as four wheels the event had two and three wheels with members from the National Hillclimb Association taking part on motorbikes and sidecar units. The event was not part of the Harewood Championship or the Harewood Fastest Time of the Day Award Series.
Fastest Time of the Day (FTD), overall was set by Dave Tatham driving his McLaren M12C, while the FTD in the Vintage class was set by James Baxter driving his Riley ERA.
While the fastest time on two wheels was set by Tommy Hodges riding the Team GV KTM motorbike.
The fastest time on three wheels was set by Simon Foster and Jayne Foster on the Honda CBR-RR F2 sidecar unit.
FTD and Top 4 in Class results:
FTD and Top 4 in Class results
Full Results for the Vintage and Classic Hillclimb meeting:
Full Results for the Vintage and Classic Hillclimb
Many thanks to BARC Yorkshire Centre for the opportunity to be track side in 2026. Also not forgetting all the volunteer Marshals, Medical and the Extractor Rescue Ambulance Team, along with all the back office staff without which, the events at Harewood Hill could not take place.
The final two events for the 2026 Harewood Speed Hillclimb Championship and the Award Series Fastest Time of the Day will be over the weekend of 26th and 27th September.
Rallye Harewood takes place on Saturday 12th December with timed runs in the daylight and early evening so as its in December we will have timed runs with just the cars headlights darting along the hillclimb track. JCB Photography are planning to be at the three remaining events on the famous Yorkshire hill.