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The 2023 British Hillclimb Championship presented by Avon Tyres is the 76th running of the series, which began in 1947.

Format

According to the Championship regulations, points are awarded according to a driver's positions in each of two Run-Offs held at every event. The Run-Offs are contested by the registered drivers who achieve the twelve best times in the preliminary class runs. The scoring system is as follows:

Points
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0	0

In addition, an extra point is awarded to any driver whose time is under the outright course record at the start of the event. To clarify, the extra point is awarded if that record is beaten in the second Run-Off even if a new record has been set in the first Run-Off, or in any of the class runs. Assuming the planned 28 rounds are held, a driver's best 22 scores will count towards their total, though this number will be reduced if any rounds are cancelled.^[1]

The cancellation of Round 16 at Harewood due to adverse weather conditions reduced the number of rounds to 27 and the number of counting scores to 21 (see Round 15 below).

The Championship is open to drivers of many types of car, including completely unmodified production road vehicles.^[2] In practice, however, it is overwhelmingly likely that the Champion will drive a single-seat race car either designed and built specially for hillclimbing or converted from a design suitable for circuit racing.

Name

The terms 'hillclimb' and 'hill climb' are used interchangeably. 'Hillclimb' is used on this page because it is the form chosen by the Championship organisers, who also refer to the BHC (British Hillclimb Championship) rather than BHCC (British Hill Climb Championship).^[3]

Race calendar

Round	Circuit	Date
R1	Prescott Speed Hill Climb	22–23 April
R2	Prescott Speed Hill Climb	22–23 April
R3	Craigantlet Hillclimb	29 April
R4	Craigantlet Hillclimb	29 April
R5	Harewood speed Hillclimb	7 May
R6	Harewood speed Hillclimb	7 May
R7	Gurston Down Motorsport Hillclimb	27-28 May
R8
R9
R10
R11	Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb	3-4 June
R12	Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb	3-4 June
R13	Doune Hillclimb	17-18 June
R14	Doune Hillclimb	17-18 June
R15	Harewood speed Hillclimb	1-2 July
R16	Harewood speed Hillclimb	1-2 July
R17	Bouley Bay Hill Climb	19 July
R18	Bouley Bay Hill Climb	19 July
R19	Val des Terres Hill Climb	22 July
R20	Val des Terres Hill Climb	22 July
R21	Wiscombe Park	29-30 July
R22	Wiscombe Park	29-30 July
R23	Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb	12-13 August
R24	Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb	12-13 August
R25	Loton Park Hill Climb	26-27 August
R26	Loton Park Hill Climb	26-27 August
R27	Prescott Speed Hill Climb	2-3 September
R28	Prescott Speed Hill Climb	2-3 September
R29	Loton Park Hill Climb	23-24 September
R30	Loton Park Hill Climb	23-24 September

References

^ British Hillclimb Championship regulation 1.6
^ 2023 Motorsport UK Yearbook, p.355, regulation 10.1
^ British Hillclimb Championship website

Category:Sports car races Category:Hillclimbing series

[1] British Hillclimb Championship regulation 1.6

[2] 2023 Motorsport UK Yearbook, p.355, regulation 10.1

[3] British Hillclimb Championship website

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