Westbrook Hay Hill Climb
Herts County Automobile & Aero Club held the first Westbrook Hay speed hillclimb in 1953, and organised all events there until the course closed in 1962. Between 1959 and 1962 the track hosted four rounds of the British Hill Climb Championship.
"The course is situated in the Westbrook Hay estate near Hemel Hempstead on the main Hemel to Berkhamsted road (A41). The timed length will be 500 yards and the road surface is tarmac. From the start on a gradient of 1 in 3 the road takes a fast left-hand sweep to come to a right-angled bend also to the left. From there the road sweeps to the right to the finishing line. The overall gradient is 1 in 11."[1]
Westbrook Hay Hill Climb events and past winners
| Year | Driver | Vehicle | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | M.A.H. Christie | Cooper 1,100 c.c. | 20.76 sec | [2] 3 October. |
| 1954 | Tony Marsh | Cooper S/C | 25.59 sec | [3] 650 yard course. |
| 1955 | A.E. Marsh | Cooper | 26.01 sec | [4] 21 May. |
| 1956 | Tony Marsh | Cooper | 25.05 sec R | [5] 21 July. |
| 1957 | David Good | Cooper 1,000 c.c. | [6] 13 July. | |
| 1958 | D. Boshier-Jones | Cooper 1,100 c.c. | 25.09 sec | [7] 12 July. |
| 1959 | D. Boshier-Jones | Cooper-JAP | 25.46 sec | [8] 11 July. R.A.C. Championship Round. |
| 1960 | D. Boshier-Jones | Cooper-JAP 1,100 c.c. | 24.06 sec R | [9] 9 July. |
| 1961 | David Good | Cooper-JAP | 24.18 sec | [10] 8 July. |
| 1962 | Arthur Owen | Cooper-Climax | 22.85 sec R | 7 July. |
| 1963 | Event cancelled. [11] | |||
Key: R = Course Record.
Footnotes
- ↑ Motor Sport, September 1953, Page 462.
- ↑ Motor Sport, November 1953, Page 591; C. A. N. May, Speed Hill-Climb, G.T. Foulis & Co LTD, 1962, Page 51.
- ↑ C. A. N. May, Speed Hill-Climb, G.T. Foulis & Co LTD, 1962, Page 54.
- ↑ Motor Sport, July 1955, Page 384.
- ↑ The Motor Year Book 1957, Temple Press, Page 205.
- ↑ C. A. N. May, Speed Hill-Climb, G.T. Foulis & Co LTD, 1962, Page 100.
- ↑ C. A. N. May, Speed Hill-Climb, G.T. Foulis & Co LTD, 1962, Page 114.
- ↑ Autocar, 14 August 1959, Page 30.
- ↑ Motor Sport, August 1960, Page 622.
- ↑ Motor Sport, August 1961, Page 646; C. A. N. May, Speed Hill-Climb, G.T. Foulis & Co LTD, 1962, Pages 173-174.
- ↑ Motor Sport, September 1963, Page 678.