CHATEAU IMPNEY HILL CLIMB 2018

The Chateau Impney opened its gates for the forth running of the Chateau Impney Hill Climb over this weekend (7th/8th July). As the baking sunshine beat down on a massive crowd sun cream was a must…

Brought back in 2015 the inaugural ‘Hill Climb’ was a great success and is now a much anticipated annual event at the Chateau.

Off circuit there was a whole host of exhibits and trade stands plus a huge selection of stunning machines to be viewed in the paddock area. This included the a replica of the BLOODHOUND rocket car. The Bloodhound project is a global Engineering Adventure trying to inspire the next generation to get involved in science, technology and engineering with the hope of reaching the 1,000mph world land speed record.

With no less than 200 competitors sprinting up the hill all trying to beat the clock on this 1,000 yard course and with 18 race classes the competition was alway going to be fierce.

A record for the course of 39.33 seconds was set in 2017 by Jack Woodhouse in his Lotus 20/22 but Malcolm Thorne sliced a half second from Jacks record and came in with a very impressive 38.86s in his 1965 F2 Lotus 35.

Malcolm Thorne wasn’t the only record breaker over the weekend, Stunt Drive UK’s Alistair Moffatt set a new Guinness World Record for completing 5 figures of 8 in an amazing 48 seconds. Congratulations to Alistair!