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The headquarters of the British Automobile Racing Club Ltd. (BARC) is at Thruxton Circuit, near Andover in Hampshire, England. From the Club's HQ, race meetings at many different circuits and venues are organised and administered.
B.A.R.C. HQ
The renowned Thruxton MotorSport Centre (formerly called the Ian Taylor Motor Racing School) is based at Thruxton. The centre is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BARC, and offers a fantastic range of cars for circuit driving, including Ferrari 355, Ferrari 360, Porsch Boxter's, Mercedes Benz Kompressor's, Lotus Elise Sportscars, MG ZS Saloon's, Formula Renault single seaters and an ex-Le Man SR2 Sports Car.
In addition the Centre offers a challenging 4x4 course using Land Rover Discovery vehicles, a superb 1100 metre outdoor Karting Track, and offers ARDS courses to new racing drivers..
In addition to Gurston Down, the BARC also organise hillclimb's at Harewood, near Leeds in Yorkshire.
Harewood Hillclimb
Publicity regarding Gurston is handled by Simon McBeath, who also acts as one of the Gurston Down Driving School Instructors.
Simon is a freelance motorsport technology writer, working predominantly for
Racecar Engineering magazine. He has also written several technical motorsport
books for Haynes Publishing. Simon prepares most of the Gurston "Latest
News" page, and maintains the photographs on the web site (most of which
he has taken himself, and many more can be seen at www.maximage.co.uk),
as well as undertaking much additional work for the hillclimb.
Simon McBeath
Twice a year, motorcycles from the National Hill Climb Association come to Gurston, and join us during ordinary Competition days. The format for the bikes is the same as for cars; two practice runs and two competition runs. The bikes cover a wide range of ages and types, and usually include several trikes and/or sidecar units.
The NHCA maintain a website dedicated to racing these magnificent machines, which given the severity of Gurston's bends etc. test the riders skill and daring.
National Hill Climb Association
The Controlling Body for Motor Sport in the United Kingdom is the MSA, based at Colnbrook near London. The MSA's powers and responsibilities are contingent upon appointment by the F.I.A. in Geneve, Switzerland as the appropriate authority in Great Britain to control and develop Motor Sport.
The MSA's website contains much additional information of use to persons interested in starting hillclimbing or sprinting.
The MSA
The International Authority for the Control and Development of Motor Sport is the F.I.A.
Based in Geneve, Switzerland, the F.I.A. also conduct International Championships such as Formula 1 and the World Rally Championship etc.
F.I.A.
Prescott near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, organised by the Bugatti Owners Club.
Prescott
Loton Park near Shrewsbury, organised by the Hagley & District Light Car Club.
Loton Park
Shelsley Walsh; one of the oldest hillclimbs in the Country, organised by the Midland Automobile Club.
Shelsley Walsh
Wiscombe Park; a picturesque venue in Devon, near Honiton in Somerset, with some events organised by the Woolbridge Motor Club.
Woolbridge Motor Club
A Website specialising in the British Hillclimbing scene generally, and the British Top12 Run-Off's in particular (which take place at each of the National Championship rounds)
Top 12 Run-Off's
Smaller British Motor Clubs organise themselves into Regional Associations. BARC (South West) is a member of the Association of South Western Motor Clubs. The association provides a forum in which the member clubs can exchange information, provide representation to other official bodies, lobby for rule changes, support competitive events organised by its members, and publicise technical information.
A.S.W.M.C.
The FIA organise a European Hillclimbing Championship each year. Details of this years Championship rounds are detailed within the Hill Climb pages of the International Sporting Calendar on the FIA's Website.
FIA International Hillclimbing Calendar
The premier weekly magazine for British Motor Sport fans is Autosport. Containing all the news and developments concerning both British and International motor sport, the magazine has earned itself a formidable reputation for being first with Motor Sport News. The issue at the beginning of each January contains a copy of the AutoSport Directory, a supplement which includes a mass of detail about all things MotorSport. Buy it!
Click the AutoSport banner to visit this site, which contains a searchable database.
The Ten-Tenths.com website contains a wealth of information about all forms of UK Motorsport.
Click the Everything MotorSport banner to visit this site, which contains a searchable database.
Gurston Down lies approximately ten miles south-west of the City of Salisbury.
This medieval Cathedral City contains a host of tourist attractions, both in
the City and in the surrounding area, including the World Heritage Site at Stonehenge.
Tourism
and Accommodation etc. in and around the City of Salisbury
Sport4Salisbury provides an online all-inclusive sports news service 24 hours a day, seven days a week, exclusively for the Salisbury and surrounding area. Sport4Salisbury
Motopia - the local motoring portal for Salisbury and Amesbury motorists. Read the magazine online each month, news updated regularly.
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