Firle Hill Climb
Firle Hill Climb events and past winners
Key: R = Course Record; S/C = Supercharged.

Firle Hill Climb

Section Title: Firle Hill Climb events and past winners
Table Section Text: Key: R = Course Record; S/C = Supercharged.

Year	Driver	Vehicle	Time	Club	Notes

1949	F.H. Howorth	Lagonda 4½-litre #57	31.40 sec R	Bentley D.C.	25 September.

1950	G.D. Parker	Jaguette 2½-litre S/C	31.40 sec	Bentley D.C.	24 September; equalled course record.

1951	Gerry Crozier	Barnato-Hassan 8-litre	30.2 sec R	Bentley D.C.	30 September.

1952	Gerry Crozier	Bentley 8-litre	30.8 sec	Bentley D.C.	28 September. Joint fastest.

D. Hely	Frazer-Nash LMR

1953	Ben Wyatt	Frazer-Nash 2-litre	30.91 sec	Bentley D.C.	27 September. Mist affected second runs.

1954	G. Parker	Jaguara S/C	28.46 sec	Bentley D.C.	5 September.

1955	G. Parker	Jaguara 3½-litre S/C	26.98 sec R	Bentley D.C.	4 September.

1956	J. Rudd	Frazer-Nash LMR	29.63 sec	BARC	25 May.

Max Trimble	Jaguar C-Type	28.67 sec	Bentley D.C.	2 September.

1957	G. Parker	Jaguara	26.73 sec R	BARC East Sussex/Bentley D.C.	2 June.

M. Salmon	Jaguar C-Type	28.38 sec	Bentley D.C.	8 September.

1958	W.D.J. Roscoe	Cooper-JAP S/C	26.71 sec R	BARC	1 June.

P.M. Salmon	Jaguar C-Type	27.48 sec	Bentley D.C.	7 September.

BARC S.E.	5 Oct.

1959	Patsy Burt	Cooper	26.57 sec R	BARC	31 May.

M.H. Barker	Alton-Jaguar	28.39 sec	Bentley D.C.	6 September.

Patsy Burt	Cooper-Climax	25.40 sec R	BARC South Eastern	4 October.

1960	BARC South Eastern	29 May.

M.G. Car Club (S.E.)	10 July.

A.G. Mann	H.W.M.-Jaguar	27.36 sec	Bentley D.C.	4 September.

M. Anthony	Lister-Corvette 5,555 c.c.	26.08 sec	BARC	2 October.

1961	Arthur Owen	Cooper	25.94 sec	BARC South Eastern	28 May.

W.G. Heathcote	Lotus 18-Ford 1.0-litre	26.55 sec	M.G. Car Club (S.E.)	9 July.

Bentley D.C.	3 September.

A. Owen	Cooper	25.21 sec R	BARC S.E./M.G. Car Club (S.E.)	1 October.

1962	A. Owen	Cooper	24.83 sec R	BARC	27 May. Wet morning, dry afternoon.

W.G. Heathcote	Lotus 18-Ford 1.0-litre	25.40 sec	M.G. Car Club (S.E.)	8 July.

C.R.C. Aston	Aston Martin DB3S 2,992 c.c.	26.09 sec	Bentley D.C./M.G. Car Club	16 September.

D. Good	Cooper-Climax	27.68 sec	BARC S.E./M.G. Car Club (S.E.)	30 September. Wet and slippery.

1963	Patsy Burt	Cooper T59-Climax 2.0	24.45 sec R	BARC South Eastern	26 May.

Gordon Parker	Cooper-Climax	25.06 sec	BARC S.E./M.G. Car Club (S.E.)	14 July.

D.R. Good	Cooper-Daimler	24.53 sec	BARC S.E./M.G. Car Club (S.E.)	1 September.

Peter Farquharson	Allard J2-Chrysler 5.4-litre	26.23 sec	Bentley D.C.	15 September.

1964	Gordon Parker	Cooper T43-Climax 1.5 S/C	23.87 sec R	BARC South Eastern	31 May.

David Beckett	Lister-Jaguar 3.8-litre	27.89 sec	M.G. Car Club (S.E.)	12 July.

David Beckett	Lister-Jaguar	25.45 sec	Bentley D.C.	13 September.

J.F. Barnes	Elva Mk 7-Ford 1,500 c.c. S/C	24.41 sec	BARC South Eastern	4 October.

1965	Patsy Burt	Cooper T59-Climax 2.0	24.22 sec	BARC South Eastern	30 May.

BARC South Eastern, 20 June, practice day.

Gordon Parker	Cooper-Climax	26.87 sec	M.G. Car Club (S.E.)	11 July, wet.

Gordon Parker	Cooper Climax	23.09 sec	BARC S.E./M.G. Car Club (S.E.)	29 August.

R. Tindell	Lister-Jaguar	25.88 sec	Bentley D.C.	12 September.

1966	John Barnes	Elva Mk 7-Ford 1,650 c.c. S/C	24.09 sec	BARC South Eastern	29 May.

D. Harris	D.M.F. 3-Ford 1.6-litre	24.02 sec	M.G. Car Club (S.E.)/BARC	19 June.

1967	David Good	BRM P67 4wd 2.0-litre #170	22.78 sec R	BARC South Eastern	28 May.

M.G. Car Club (S.E.), 25 June, rained off.

John Fenwick	Brabham BT18 Ford 1.6-litre	24.52 sec	BARC South Eastern	27 August.

Mike Barker	Alton-Jaguar	25.71 sec	Bentley D.C.	17 September.

Sentence(s)

On 28 May 1967, David Good set the course record of 22.78 sec with BRM.

final_sentence: On 28 May 1967, David Good set the course record of 22.78 sec with BRM.