Programme 1968 28Th April Spring National
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MIIVI ALUMINIUM ALLOY * 6" RIM WIDTH. * WEIGHT 7 LB. * DESIGNED FOR MAXIMUM BRAKE COOLING. * SUITABLE FOR RADIAL PLY OR RACING TYRES. * £8-5-6 PAINTED MATT BLACK WITH POLISHED RIM. * £7-9-6 NATURAL ALUMNIUM FINISH. * CAN BE SEEN ON MAMBAS AND TERRAPINS. MAMBA developments 10 VICTORIA STREET, LEEDS 7. Telephone; 689445 For HILL-CLIMBING Cars MOTORWAY-CRUISING Cars BY-ROAD-EXPLORING Cars See the Distributors for AUSTIN Cars Lookers OF LEEDS LTD BURLEY ROAD, LEEDS 3. Tel. 39291 THE YORKSHIRE CENTRE OF Tho British Automobile Raein^ Club Ltd. WELCOME YOU TO THE HAREWOOD SPRING NATIONAL HILL CLIMB R.A.C. PERMIT No. RS/4003. SUNDAY, 28th APRIL, 1968 COM M ENCE 1-00 P.M. HELD AT STOCKTON FARM, HAREWOOD, LEEDS by kind permission of Arnold Burton, Esq. WARNING TO THE PUBLIC Motor racing is dangerous and persons attending this meeting do so entirely at their own risk. it is a condition of admission that all persons having< any connection with the promotion and/or organisation and/or conduct of the meeting, including the owners of the land and the drivers and owners of the vehicles, are absolved from all liability arising out of accidents, howsover caused, resulting in damage and/or personal injury. DOGS ARE NOT ALLOWED AT THE HILL CLIMB. c l*hone : llorsforth 3079 K o L ★ DUNLOP WHEELS ‘ONE PIECE’ FOR FORD S^J — MINI 4JJ ★ I. A ★ ASTRALI 13" & 15" Wood or Leather STEERING WHEELS ★ o X It ★ CORBEAU G.T.2. BUCKET SEATS (To fit most cars) ★ O T * COMP PANCAKE TYPE AIR FILTERS (CHRO M E) * IT ★ FIAMM A N D STEBEL AIR HORNS (M etal or Plastic) ★ s N E * SMITHS 2" INSTRUMENT HOODS IN BLACK ★ Yorkshires Leading Accessory Centre ” 72-74 NEW ICOAD SIDE, llORSFORTH, Nr. LEEDS u i s e l e y FOR BM .C. SERVICE TO SUIT THE ENTHUSIAST A R A C E S L f i . Gfor EARLY DELIVERY of your NEW Contact . FORD cind TRIUMPH Swires of Otley Ltd. including the New ESCORT Automobile Engineers Sales and Service Cross lireeii = DTLE¥ Telephones : OTLEY 3387 & 3388. A fte r Hours Enquiries : OTLEY 3604 or 2501. Directors : Chippy Stross, Richard Stress. The small car that isn^t General Manager : Johnny Waterhouse. SEE OUR LARGE SELECTION OF GOOD USED CARS NEV/ AUSTIN and MORRIS CARS and FROM £10 to £1,000 COMMERCIALS Self Drive Hire Cars A Large Selection of Good Quality USED CARS OTLEY ROAD, GUISELEY. always available Telephone 2244 RAMBLINGS Those of you who were present during the run-off various money raising projects. It should be well worth for the R.A.C. British Hill Climb Championship at our while however as when the new surface is laid, speeds meeting last September will remember the high pitch should go up and times come down w ith a real bang. o f excitement which developed when Tony Marsh and Bryan Eccles were battling for the top honours whilst Peter Lawson in his newly acquired B.R.M. was splitting Now to an entirely different aspect. Near the the pair, indeed leading Marsh right to the very last entrance gate to the paddock alongside the main pro run of the afternoon when Marsh by a supreme effort gramme sales tent you w ill find the usual Rally and took f.t.d., set a new hill record and clinched the Speed Equipment Shop and a new innovation possible Championship. at this tim e of the year, a flower shop. These trade stalls are part of another of our ideas to brighten up Harewood and to provide a little more attraction than The 1968 Hill Climb Championship has its first just straightforward motoring. At our next meeting round at Prescott next week-end so Harewood today we hope to have a Boutique complete w ith Fashion can be considered to be taking up the story where it Show and sundry other stalls. If you have a business ended last September w ith the Dress Rehearsal fo r which might benefit by a display at Harewood, we will this year. As Ken Hammerton reports in his preview be very pleased indeed to hear from you. neither Tony Marsh nor Bryan Eccles w ill be seen as much this season so that almost all the likely top competitors in this year’s R.A.C. Championship are here today. Whilst on the sordid commercial aspect, these pro grammes have a large circulation and we like to think, are taken home and read after the event. Advertising Another feature of this event is that, for the second space in these pages is reasonably priced and the circu year, the National Sprint Association are sending along lation is almost 100% amongst car owning enthusiasts. a selected group of m otor cycles and combinations If you have a product or service which sells amongst who will do their best to show how the hill should people of this sort, an advertisement in our remaining be climbed on tw o wheels and three. One aspect which programmes could well help to spread your message. will probably go against any spectacular times being Enquiries for either Trade Stall Tents or Advertising recorded by the M.C. brigade is that the present road should be referred to M. S. Wilson c/o B.A.R.C., surface can be very slippery indeed. Yorkshire Office, 6 Sidney Street, Vicar Lane, Leeds 2. When we originally laid this road surface, it was done as a semi-voluntary effort where we bought the The B.A.R.C. is, of course, a non profit making club materials, hired a road laying machine and a few skilled where all surplus funds are used for the benefit of the men, but volunteer members laboured hard and long members. In running these Harewood events we under on the more menial tasks connected with the surfacing. take a lot of expense, but the proceeds clear these The material we used was tarmac graded down to fines expenses and through the yars we have been ploughing which is primarily intended to form a foundation the surplus into improvements which benefit both com coat for a final running surface, but which at the time petitors and spectators. At present, with all the absorbed every b it of our spare cash. W e knew it expense we are facing on the road surface we are would serve as a running surface for some years, but looking for ways in which we can increase the attraction the time is fast approaching when the final coat will of Harewood so that spectators will come along, enjoy have to be applied. themselves and come again. The tarmac has a limestone aggregate and where the One other alteration to the Harewood scene. For tar coating has worn thin and the limestone prrotrudes, many years Monkmans have provided excellent nosh this has polished as only limestone can so if you see facilities but now, fo r reason o f changes in their anyone coming up sliding about as though he were business policy, they are not able to continue. W e driving on ice, be sympathetic, w ith the power he has thank Monkmans for their excellent service in the available it probably feels as if he were driving on ice. past and welcome our new caterers Goodfare Catering of York who, whilst they have a difficult firm to follow, we feel confident will quickly win new friends and Naturally, to lay a proper road surface Is going to be maintain the tradition of Harewood as a place where a very costly matter so in addition to putting by every not only top class m otor sport, but also to p class bit we can from normal club funds, we are running catering, are provided. Two litres, Black Bonnet, o.h.c. special Viva Gran Turismo Four shiny exhausts show you’ve got Gran Turismo power. Under the matt black bonnet there’s two litres of twin carb overhead camshaft engine. Sporting 112 b.h.p. Go see the G.T. a t. VAUXHALL BEDFORD wailaceAnraid Main Dealers. J _ H J 1 ^ 3 L _ E - p RQAD ■ LEEDS 10 ' TEL: 3 9 9 1 1 T e l.: SHIPLEY 51519 David James AUTO•EXTRAS 73 O tle y K d., Sh tp le y, Y o r k s . ROAD • RALLY and RACE EQUIPMENT «puAtiTv pmftv Did you know that we sold and fitted FREE m m m s last year — OVER 200 LEATHER STEERING WHEELS A N D OVER 100 RALLY SEATS. WE ARE ALSO THE LARGEST STOCKISTS OF DRIVING GLOVES IN YORKSHIRE. IN FACT WE STOCK MOST OF EVERY THING FOR THE MOTORING ENTHUSIAST. ItfO L S E L E Y WHY NOT CONTACT JIM BUNNEY AT THIS MEETING — LOOK OUT FOR THE WHITE AND RED MINI MARCOS. & MORRIS COMMERCIAL A N D REMEMBER, W E GIVE CONCESSIONS TO ALL Sales and Service Specialists MOTOR CLUB MEMBERS AT . Telephone 68-4381 navid James of Shipley OFF! E MEETING STEWARDS Start Area Marshals : Appointed by the R.A.C................................... Ed. Harris B. Bettridge, P. G. Holiday, R. G. Hooper, P. W heeler, J. Prosser. Appointed by the B.A.R.C...... E. D. Clark, W . W . Paul, W . Lister, H. M. Sinclair Paddock Marshals : Miss S. D. Ellerby, Mrs. J. Bentley, D. Garnett, OFFICIALS Mrs. D. G arnett, M. S. L. Bradley, R. A. Bateson, Clerk of the Course ....................... ... M. S. W ilson J. G. Moizer, R. H. Hirst, J. Major. Deputy Clerk of the Course .......... .. J.