Junior Euan Bruce, 14 years old, takes to the longest Hillclimb in the UK. Euan was competing in a MG ZR over the weekend of 6th and 7th July at Harewood Hill, along with the cream of the British Hillclimb Championship contenders.
The junior series has been set-up to encourage new young blood to get involved in Motorsport at Sprints and Hillclimb level. Juniors have to first complete three Sprint events before they can move onto the hillclimb's. The junior competitor must be on track by him or herself.
The car has to be a standard production car with a maximum of 110bhp, Post 2000 year, with a minimum of 5000 cars produced in standard spec and on road tyres. Only safety modifications i.e. roll cage, harness and seat.
He shares the car with his dad John, who is an ex-Scottish Hillclimb Road car Champion. John had competed at Harewood 30 or so years ago. Euan and John along with his mum Julia form the Bruce Racing Team. Euan had been involved with servicing and maintenance of the car including rebuilding of the 1400cc engine after a failure at Kames earlier in the 2024 season.
For 2024 he is competing in the Scottish Sprint and Hillclimb Championship. Euan Bruce was the first junior and youngest ever driver at a British Hillclimb Championship event in England. Both he and his dad John are looking forward to coming back again next year to Harewood Speed Hillclimb.
To find out more information about becoming a young racer in UK motorsport head over to the Motorsport UK website where all of the information you will need to start racing can be found.
To see my photo report on the PistonClick website:
https://www.pistonclick.com/euan-bruce
Many thanks to Julia Bruce for all the background information.