Bouley Bay Hill Climb Explained

Bouley Bay
Time:GMT
Location:Trinity, Jersey
Opened:1921
Events:British Hill Climb Championship
Length Yds:1011
Record Time:37.60
Record Driver:Wallace Menzies
Record Year:2013
Record Class:British Hill Climb Championship

Bouley Bay Hill Climb is a hillclimbing event held in Trinity, Jersey, and organised by The Jersey Motor Cycle and Light Car Club.[1] The course on Les Charrières du Boulay was "first used for competition in 1921"[2] and since 1947 has hosted a round (latterly two rounds) of the British Hill Climb Championship. Bouley Bay and Val des Terres hill climb in Guernsey are normally held in July and provide a two-stop tour for UK drivers contesting the series.

Of the 1947 event Raymond Mays said: "My E.R.A.'s time counted as a record because, although it was slower than the figure set the previous year by Bainbridge's 1½-litre E.R.A., the 1947 climb was run for the first time from a standing start."[3]

The 2008 meeting included rounds 17 and 18 of the British Hill Climb Championship, both being won by Scott Moran.[4]

Bouley Bay Hill Climb past winners

YearDriverVehicleTimeNotes
1946G. BainbridgeE.R.A.55.9 sec[5]
1947Raymond MaysE.R.A.59.8 sec R[6] 24 July.
1948 Joe FryFreikaiserwagen59.2 sec[7] 15 July, joint fastest.
Dennis PooreAlfa Romeo
1949Sydney AllardSteyr-Allard55.6 sec[8] 21 July. Course reduced 50 yards.
1950Ken WhartonCooper 998 c.c.55.4 sec[9]
1951Ken WhartonCooper 998 c.c. s/c54.2 sec R[10] 26 July.
1952Ken WhartonCooper 998 c.c. s/c55.4 sec[11]
1953Ken WhartonCooper-J.A.P.52.8 sec R[12] 23 July.
1954Ken WhartonCooper 996 s/c53.6 sec[13] Thurs 22 July.
1955Ken WhartonCooper 996 s/c53.0 sec[14] 21 July; 1,011 yards.
1956Ken WhartonCooper 1,100 c.c.52.6 sec R[15]
1957Tony MarshCooper-J.A.P. 1,098 c.c.53.3 sec[16]
1958David Boshier-JonesCooper-J.A.P.53.82 sec[17]
1959David Boshier-JonesCooper-J.A.P.51.00 sec[18]
1960David Boshier-JonesCooper 1,098 c.c.50.84 sec R[19] Rain led to abandonment.
1961Mac DaghornCooper-J.A.P.51.75 sec[20] Oil on course led to abandonment.
1962Tico MartiniMartini-Special 650 c.c.50.63 sec R[21] 26 July.
196325 July.
196423 July.
1965Tony MarshMarsh-SpecialR[22] 22 July.
1966Tony MarshMarsh-GM50.21 sec[23]
1967Round 7 :Tony MarshMarsh Special45.26 sec[24]
1968
1969Mike MacDowelBrabham BT30X-Climax V845.61 sec[25]
1970David HepworthHepworth FFFTD[26] Oct. Postponed due to dock strike.
1971
1972Sir N. WilliamsonMarch 712S-Hart 2.0-litre43.15 sec R[27]
1973Mike MacDowelBrabham BT36X-Repco 5-litre43.09 sec R[28]
1974Chris Cramer
1975Roy Lane
1976Sir Nicholas Williamson March 741 DFV 3.0-litre42.12 sec R[29]
1977Alister Douglas-OsbornPilbeam R22 3.0-litre42.48 sec[30]
1987Round 9 : Martyn GriffithsPilbeam MP53-Hart 2.8-litre40.30 sec[31] 23 July.
1995Round 10 : Andy PriaulxPilbeam MP58/03-Ford DFL 4-litre38.65 sec R
1996Round 10 : Roger MoranPilbeam MP72/3-Judd EV 3.5-litre39.64 sec18 July.
2008Round 17 : Scott MoranGould-GR6138.82 sec17 July.
Round 18 : Scott MoranGould-GR6138.77 sec
2009 Round 19 : Roger MoranGould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre38.37 sec[32] 16 July.
Round 20 : Scott MoranGould-NME GR61X 3.5-litre39.44 sec

Key: R = Course Record; FTD = Fastest Time of the Day.

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. The Motor Year Book 1957, Temple Press, Page 202.
  2. The Autocar, 29 July 1955, Page 171.
  3. Split Seconds: My Racing Years by Raymond Mays "ghosted" by Dennis May, G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd. 1952, Page 284.
  4. Jersey Evening Post, 19 July 2008.
  5. Motor Sport, December 1946, Page 284.
  6. Motor Sport, September 1947, Page 263.
  7. Motor Sport, August 1948, Page 259.
  8. Motor Sport, August 1949, Page 333; The Manchester Guardian, 12 September 1949, Page 7.
  9. Motor Sport, September 1950, Page 428.
  10. Motor Sport, September 1951, Page 432; The Motor Year Book 1952, Temple Press, Page 192.
  11. Motor Sport, September 1952, Page 396.
  12. Motor, 1 July 1953, Page 755; C. A. N. May, Speed Hill-Climb, G.T. Foulis & Co LTD, 1962, Page 46.
  13. The Autocar, 30 July 1954, Page 168.
  14. Motor, 27 July 1955, Page 989; The Autocar, 29 July 1955, Page 171;
  15. Motor Sport, January 1957, Page 15; The Motor Year Book 1957, Temple Press, Page 202.
  16. Motor, 24 July 1957, Page 868; Motor Sport, January 1958, Page 22.
  17. Motor Sport, January 1959, Page 31.
  18. Motor Sport, January 1960, Page 20.
  19. The Autocar, 29 July 1960, Page 172; Motor Racing, September 1960, Page 313.
  20. The Autocar, 4 August 1961, Page 177; Motor Sport, September 1961, Page 736.
  21. Autosport, 3 August 1962, Page 171; Motor Sport, September 1962, Page 680.
  22. Motor Sport, September 1965, Page 745.
  23. The Autocar, 5 August 1966, Page 331; Motor, 6 August 1966, Page 51.
  24. Motor, 5 August 1967, Page 48; Autosport, 20 April 2006, Page 92.
  25. Motoring News, 31 July 1969, Page 24.
  26. Autocar, 29 October 1970, Page 27. Sir Nicholas Williamson won the R.A.C. Championship class.
  27. Autosport, 3 August 1972, Page 39.
  28. Autosport, 2 August 1973, Page 40.
  29. Autosport, 29 July 1976, Page 45.
  30. Autosport, 28 July 1977, Pages 48–49.
  31. Autosport, 6 August 1987, Pages 67–68.
  32. Autosport.com, 23 July 2009.

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