Chateau Impney Hill Climb 2017

Last weekend (8th/9th July) saw the return of the Hill Climb in the beautiful surroundings of the Chateau Impney…

The event was first held on the 29th September 1957 when the Hagley and District Light Car Club ran a sprint event in the grounds and this annual meeting continued through to 1967. Revived in 2015 and renamed the Chateau Impney Hill Climb the events first running attracted 200 plus competitors tackling a revised longer and more challenging course that the original. This event continues to grow and develop with thousands of spectators visiting the hillclimb every year.

In the paddock and vast array of machinery could be found, clearly favoured by the vintage racing community, there were Bugattis and allsorts of fire breathing vintage racers that clearly need some serious skill and a splash of bravery to handle. Also tackling the course a Blancpain Nissan GTR, Ferraris, Mini Coopers, Elvas, Lotuses and more.

With the good old British weather at its finest competitors were given the chance to push their cars to their limits and there was some fine competition right across all the groups.

If this event is not on your calendar for 2018 make sure you make space for it, this a great meeting with a fantastic atmosphere.

Full results and times can be found here.