# Craigantlet Hillclimb

54°36′58″N 5°47′17″W﻿ / ﻿54.616°N 5.788°W﻿ / 54.616; -5.788
Craigantlet Hillclimb, a speed event organised by the Ulster Automobile Club, was first held in 1913. It is the only such venue in Northern Ireland to host a round (latterly two rounds) of the British Hill Climb Championship, which started in 1947.
The current course is 1,460 yards (1335 metres) in length, and unlike hillclimbs in the rest of the UK is laid out on closed public roads. Sections of the course are named for past winners, in order of ascent: Howe, Hall, Hadley, Mays Cross, Allard, Wharton Straight, Pringle.
Tragedy struck at Craigantlet in 1995 when Mark Colton was killed in practice for the event. The meeting was abandoned.
The hill record currently stands at 39.63 seconds, set by Scott Moran on 2 August 2008, driving a Gould GR61.

## Craigantlet Hillclimb past winners

| Year | Driver | Vehicle | Time | Notes |
| 1913 | Harry Ferguson | Vauxhall 25 h.p. | 103 sec | 1+1⁄8 miles (1.8 km) course. |
| 1930 | Earl Howe | Mercedes | 98.4 sec | 1+1⁄8 miles (1.8 km) course. |
| 1931 | R.G.J. Nash | Frazer Nash 1+1⁄2 litre s/c | 89.2 sec R | |
| 1932 | W. Sullivan | Lea-Francis | 95.8 sec | |
| 1933 | E.D. Hall | M.G. Magnette 1,086 c.c. s/c | 86.6 sec R | 26 Aug. |
| 1934 | Eddie Hall | M.G. K3 | 87.4 sec | |
| 1935 | Eddie Hall | M.G. Magnette | 83.2 sec | 31 Aug. |
| 1936 | H.L. Hadley | Austin 747 c.c. sidevalve | 82.2 sec | |
| 1937 | H.L. Hadley | Austin Seven | 82.4 sec | |
| 1938 | Bert Hadley | Austin Seven | 83.0 sec | 27 Aug. |
| 1939 | Cancelled. | Cancelled. | Cancelled. | Cancelled. |
| 1946 | K.W. Bear | Bugatti 3-litre | 85.6 sec | 31 Aug; Wet. |
| 1947 | Sydney Allard | Steyr-Allard | 87.0 sec | 30 Aug; Hot. |
| 1948 | Raymond Mays | E.R.A. | 75.8 sec | 28 Aug; Course shortened 50 yards. |
| 1949 | Sydney Allard | Steyr-Allard | 73.4 sec | |
| 1950 | Sydney Allard | Steyr-Allard | 75.0 sec | |
| 1951 | Sydney Allard | Steyr-Allard | 73.0 sec R | 11 Aug; 1,833 yards. |
| 1952 | Ken Wharton | Cooper 1,000 s/c | 80.2 sec | |
| 1953 | Ken Wharton | Cooper s/c | 70.6 sec R | 8 Aug; 1,833 yards; Sunny. |
| 1954 | Ken Wharton | E.R.A R4D | 70.11 sec R | |
| 1955 | Ken Wharton | E.R.A. s/c | 70.3 sec | 6 Aug. |
| 1956 | Malcolm Templeton | Lotus-Climax 1,098 c.c. | 87.13 sec | 18 Aug; 1,833 yards. |
| 1957 | Dick Henderson | Cooper-J.A.P. | 69.26 sec | |
| 1958 | David Boshier-Jones | Cooper-J.A.P. | 69.99 sec | |
| 1959 | David Boshier-Jones | Cooper-J.A.P. | 68.74 sec | |
| 1960 | Arthur Owen | Cooper | 72.41 sec | 13 Aug. |
| 1961 | John Pringle | Cooper-Climax 2,495 c.c. | 67.24 sec R | 19 Aug, dull but dry. |
| 1962 | John Pringle | Cooper-Climax | 65.97 sec R | 18 Aug. |
| 1963 | Peter Westbury | Felday-Daimler s/c | | |
| 1964 | Peter Westbury | Ferguson P99 4-W-D | 61.70 sec | 15 Aug. |
| 1965 | Peter Meldrum | Lotus 20-Allard s/c | 62.52 sec | 14 Aug. |
| 1966 | | | | 13 Aug. |
| 1967 | Bryan Eccles | Brabham-Oldsmobile | | 12 Aug. |
| 1968 | Peter Lawson | | 57.98 sec | 10 Aug. |
| 1969 | Martin Brain | Cooper T86B-BRM 3-litre | 60.78 sec | 9 Aug. |
| 1970 | Brian Nelson | Crosslé F2-FVA | R | |
| 1971 | Brian Nelson | | | 15 Aug. |
| 1972 | Brian Nelson | Crosslé 22F-Hart | 55.72 sec R | |
| 1973 | Nelson Todd | Crosslé 22F-Hart | 57.50 sec | |
| 1974 | Tommy Reid | Brabham BT38 | | |
| 1975 | Patsy McGarrity | Chevron | | |
| 1976 | Patsy McGarrity | Chevron B29 (Formula Atlantic) | 55.34 sec R | |
| 1977 | Alister Douglas-Osborn | Pilbeam P2 DFV | 51.64 sec R | |
| 1978 | Alister Douglas-Osborn | Pilbeam MP31/002 3-litre | 54.62 sec | |
| 1979 | | | | 3-4 Aug. |
| 1980 | Round 11 : Chris Cramer | March 782 2.5-litre | 51.03 sec R | 2 Aug. |
| 1981 | Round 11 : James Thomson | Pilbeam MP40K | 50.39 sec R | 2 Aug. |
| 1986 | Round 11 : Martyn Griffiths | Pilbeam MP53/04-Hart 2.8-litre | 50.14 sec | 2 Aug. |
| 1988 | Round 13 : Martyn Griffiths | Pilbeam MP53 2.8-litre | 49.65 sec R | 6 Aug. |
| 1989 | Round 12 : Ray Rowan | Roman-Hart 2.8-litre | 50.58 sec | 5 Aug. |
| 2005 | Round 25 : Willem Toet | Pilbeam MP88 Judd 4.0-litre | 40.36 sec FTD | 6 Aug. |
| 2005 | Round 26 : Roger Moran | Gould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre | 41.14 sec | 6 Aug. |
| 2008 | Round 23 : Scott Moran | Gould GR61 | 40.57 sec | 2 Aug. |
| 2008 | Round 24 : Scott Moran | Gould GR61 | 39.63 sec R | 2 Aug. |
| 2009 | Round 25 : Scott Moran | Gould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre | 40.95 sec | 1 Aug. |
| 2009 | Round 26 : Trevor Willis | OMS CF06 Powertec 2.8-litre | 40.99 sec | 1 Aug. |
| 2010 | | | | 7 Aug. |
Key: R = Course Record; FTD = Fastest Time of the Day.