Gurston Down is a speed hillclimb venue, and not a circuit. The BARC have staged events here since 1966, the course having been designed by ex-F1 driver and hillclimber Tony Marsh the year previously. The course initially drops 36 feet before rising 176 feet to the finish line - 140 feet above the start line and 1057 yards away. Hillclimb events run classes for every type of competition car new and old from Minis to Formula 1 powered racing cars, and including road cars, modified production cars, sports racing cars and single seaters in various engine capacity classes. Hillclimbing is also one of the few remaining unlimited regulation motorsports, which spectators can get up close to an eclectic mix of awesome and often ingenious machinery, thanks to the friendly and relaxed atmosphere that surrounds the paddock of any hillclimb event.
Lap Record : Hill Record: 25.42s - Martin Groves Gould GR55B 3.5 26Aug2007
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Gurston Down is located at Gurston Farm, 1 mile west of the village of Broadchalke, and approx 9 miles south west of Salisbury in Wiltshire, West England. The competition car paddock is in various parts of the farm yard, with the course in the valley beyond.
Access to the farm is made by turning off the A354 at Coombe Bissett, three miles south-west of Salisbury, and following the unclassified road through the villages of Stratford Tony and Bishopstone to the town of Broad Chalke.
The Gurston Down Events Calendar for 2010
(Please note - all references to times are only indicative)
Sunday 28th March 2010,
Test Day - Open to BARC SW Members only
Admission free, Car parking free.
Gates open at 0800; Testing will commence at 0900 hours.
Saturday 17th April 2010,
Speed Event, Nat B; a round of the 2010 SBD / BARC Speed Championship
Admission £10.00 per person, Car parking free, Children under 14 free.
Gates open 0800; practice from 0830; lunch; competitive runs starting around 1330.
Sunday 18th April 2010
Speed Event, Nat B; the inaugural round of the 2010 Gurston Championship and Top Ten Challenge
Admission £10.00 per person, Car parking free, Children under 14 free.
Gates open 0800; practice from 0830; lunch; competitive runs starting around 1330.
Monday 10th May 2010
Annual General Meeting, commencing at 1930 hours in the Gurston Down Restuarant.
To be followed by a "question and answer" session.
Tuesday 11th May 2010
Hillclimb School (closed to Spectators)
Saturday 29th May 2010
Practise for the first visit of contenders in the 2010 British Hillclimb and Leaders Championships, and practise by members of the National Hillclimb Association on their Motor-cycles.
Admission £10.00 per person, Car parking free, Children under 14 free.
Gates open 0800; practice from 0830; two practice sessions before lunch, one further practice session after lunch.
Sunday 30th May 2010
Speed Event, Nat A; the first visit of contenders in the 2010 British Hillclimb and Leaders Championships, and competition by members of the National Hillclimb Association on their Motor-cycles.
Admission £10.00 per person, Car parking free, Children under 14 free.
Gates open 0800; final practice from 0830; first class runs from about 1045; first top-twelve run-off at about 1300; lunch;
second class runs from about 1415; second top-twelve run-off at about 1600.
Tuesday 08th June 2010
Hillclimb School (closed to Spectators)
Saturday 19th June 2010
Speed Event, Nat B; a round of the 2010 ASWMC Championship.
Admission £10.00 per person, Car parking free, Children under 14 free.
Gates open 0800; practice from 0830; lunch; competitive runs starting around 1330.
Sunday 20th June 2010
Speed Event, Nat B; second round of the 2010 Gurston Championship and Top Ten Challenge.
Admission £10.00 per person, Car parking free, Children under 14 free.
Gates open 0800; practice from 0830; lunch; competitive runs starting around 1330.
Tuesday 13th July 2010
Hillclimb School (closed to Spectators)
Sunday 18th July 2010
Speed Event, Nat B; third round of the 2010 Gurston Championship and Top Ten Challenge, and competition by members of
the National Hillclimb Association on their Motor-cycles.
Admission £10.00 per person, Car parking free, Children under 14 free.
Gates open 0800; practice from 0830; lunch; competitive runs starting around 1330.
Saturday 28th August 2010
Practise for the second visit of contenders in the 2010 British Hillclimb and Leaders Championships.
Admission £10.00 per person, Car parking free, Children under 14 free.
Gates open 0800; practice from 0830; two practice sessions before lunch, one further practice session after lunch.
Sunday 29th August 2010
Speed Event, Nat A; the second visit of contenders in the 2010 British Hillclimb and Leaders Championships.
Admission £10.00 per person, Car parking free, Children under 14 free.
Gates open 0800; final practice from 0830; first class runs from about 1045; first top-twelve run-off at about 1300; lunch;
second class runs from about 1415; second top-twelve run-off at about 1600.
Sunday 12th September 2010
Speed Event, Nat B; the final round of the 2010 Gurston Championship and Top Ten Challenge.
Admission £10.00 per person, Car parking free, Children under 14 free.
Gates open 0800; practice from 0830; lunch; competitive runs starting around 1330.
