Burton's Hillclimb 1960

[mk1]

This would have been a "grand day out"

Before BARC Yorks had a track of their own, they regularly held a hillclimb up the drive of the Burton's Clothing Facorty in Leeds.

Here is a small extract from the Club archives regarding the BARC Yorks Spring Sprint – Sunday 1st May 1960:

Class 1, Touring Cars up to 950cc, had 17 entries, including a certain B.H.T. Redman; yes, it was that Redman, driving a Mini in what must have been one of his very early events on his way up to F1, CanAm and several other categories of motor racing. He finished 13th in class. One of the men with a van in the Autumn 1958 Sprint, Tony Lanfranchi, had gone up market by graduating to a Morris Minor Traveller and came in 15th in class.

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1960 Spring Sprint Peter Kaye Austin Seven Mini (photo by John Holroyd)

The class winner was Peter Kaye in an Austin Seven. Peter’s driving of these amazing cars was always a joy to watch, so much so that it was not long before he became known as “Mini Kaye”. Ken Lee was second in his Speedwell tuned Mini, with Alan Staniforth, also driving a Mini in third place. In his early motorsport days, Barry “Whizzo” Williams finished 7th out of 18 in a Morris Minor 1000.

Class 2, Touring Cars 951 to 1300cc was won by Harry Ratcliffe, the pipe-smoking, tuning wizard from Lancashire in a Morris Minor 1000, with an 1100cc engine. He saw off the Elva Anglia 100E of F.W. Stembridge and the 105E model of P.A. Richardson.

[Pete]

Interesting! Brian also started in a Morris 1000 Woody! A trip over the border for the Red Rose team.

[olddave]

Here's one from their Autotest in1963.

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[mk1]

Great Pic!