Harewood Hillclimb this weekend

Might pop across and bring the family as atm I seem to be off on my own to events and not getting them involved.

Yep agree on all points. Also viewing available at orchard if you go through far corner of top car park where all motorhomes are. Dank start today but improved and good track conditions by the end. A lot of very nice kit there today so should be good tomorrow. Jos Goodyears Raptor looked ballistic even on a cold track and in practice, ( 400bhp + in circa 300kgs ..! ).

Quite. I was surprised to see how many people on the yorkshire section were getting giddy about cars in the park at Newby Hall today which is nearby and choosing to go there instead of Harewood? Sure there may have been a few nice motors there but ultimately it's a static display and looking at the entry had its usual number of ford probes and rovers etc no doubt complete with very proud owners?! Each to their own I guess but as you say seems strange for a pistonheads community ?

By contrast Harewood saw a great mix of cars inc a 4wd mitsubishi powered mini, a ginetta g15, mod prod 205s, ferrari class, cater fields, a rage buggy, loti, blown 911s and 30 odd single seaters ranging from 600cc OMS to blown bussa engined Raptors to full fat Goulds, all of whom giving it everything and seeing class records tumble and culminating in Scott Moran setting a new hill record of 48.8 something!

As you say great Motorsport , very friendly paddock and great value..but perhaps just not pistonheads enough..

Yep fair point but British Champ round only visits twice and the machinery involved really is something to behold vs more regular clubbie level. Not knocking it and looking at some pics it looks like there was some nice cars there and Newby is a lovely spot but I was merely questioning whether some of the petrol heads on here that we're going to CITP had even considered Harewood or are aware of the event/sport and how close you can get to some properly quick stuff? FYI next event is 6th ( classic and vintage ) and seventh , ( Jim Thompson trophy ) and BHC comes to town again in July.

Driving down the old A1 in my Seven to Harewood I saw hordes of cars going up to Newby. Including a huge crocodile of MR2s. Each to their own but having attended a couple of that type of event I wouldn't rush back. Standing in a field talking to people with interesting cars is pleasant enough for an hour but really doesn't compare- for me- to watching a single seat racer pull 140 + up a farm track .

Yes he seems to have a superbly clean style and I think probably the best traction control, mapping etc in the field as even when he's setting hill records the car looks really together and planted vs some of the others. On an earlier run he hit 148mph which seemed to be at least 15 mph quicker than the rest and just shows how well he's getting the power down out of farmhouse.

Next event is 7th June which should be good but next British Champ round featuring the best of the really quick stuff is 5th July.

It is extraordinary that BARC , which manages both Croft and Harewood , offer utterly dire catering at Croft(usually luke warm, mainly dogburgers) but the fare at Harewood is just superb . The other meeting which is a must is 6 June- the VSCC round. Not often you get a chance to see - and hear - an ERA or a 24litre Bentley .Bonkers owners, bonkers cars - and they thrash the arse off them too.

I rarely miss a meeting at Croft - God knows why given the size of recent grids- but although the catering is better than the ghastly stuff the Scottish lot were providing in 2012ish it is still mediocre at best. Luke warm chips, very little choice apart from various iterations of dogburger etc.

Coppice, how dare you! Call yourself a Pistonhead? crocodile consisted of MX5's !!