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Hillclimbing

Index Hillclimbing

Hillclimbing (also known as hill climbing, speed hillclimbing or speed hill climbing) is a branch of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock to complete an uphill course. [1]

70 relations: Abrud, Alps, Anzère, Ari Vatanen, Australian Hillclimb Championship, Ayent, Berchtesgaden, Bobby Unser, Brașov, British Columbia, Cardrona River, Championnat de France de la Montagne, Christmas Hills, Victoria, Cluj-Napoca, Col des Rangiers, Collingrove Hillclimb, Continental Europe, European Hill Climb Championship, Falperra International Hill Climb, Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, Gaisberg, Grade (slope), Gurnigel Pass, Hans Stuck, Harewood speed Hillclimb, Kelowna, Kenya, Kiambu County, Knysna, La Turbie, Ludovico Scarfiotti, Maldon, Victoria, Malta, Mauro Nesti, Melbourne, Moisés Solana, Mont Ventoux Hill Climb, Mont-Dore, Monte Erice, Motorsport, Mount Cotton Hillclimb, New Zealand, Nice, Nobuhiro Tajima, Osella, Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Queenstown, New Zealand, Rachau, Râșnov, Reșița, ..., Rudolf Caracciola, Saint-Ursanne, Sébastien Loeb, Schauinsland, Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb, Silverstone Race to the Sky, Smiths Gully, Victoria, South Africa, Stig Blomqvist, Suzuki Vitara, Switzerland, Tōge, Templestowe, Victoria, Time attack, Trento-Bondone Hill Climb, Victoria (Australia), Villars-sur-Ollon, Walter Röhrl, 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Le Mans. Expand index (20 more) »

Abrud

Abrud (Abruttus;Ștefan Pascu: A History of Transylvania, Dorset Press, 1990,, Abrudbánya; Großschlatten) is a town in the north-western part of Alba County, Transylvania, Romania, located on the river Abrud.

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Alps

The Alps (Alpes; Alpen; Alpi; Alps; Alpe) are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe,The Caucasus Mountains are higher, and the Urals longer, but both lie partly in Asia.

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Anzère

Anzère is a small village in the canton of Valais, Switzerland, located in the municipality of Ayent and close to Sion and Crans.

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Ari Vatanen

Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen (born 27 April 1952) is a Finnish rally driver turned politician and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 to 2009.

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Australian Hillclimb Championship

The Australian Hillclimb Championship is a CAMS sanctioned motor sport competition which determines Australia's annual hillclimbing champion.

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Ayent

Ayent is a municipality in the district of Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

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Berchtesgaden

Berchtesgaden is a municipality in the Bavarian Alps of southeastern Germany.

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Bobby Unser

Robert William "Bobby" Unser (born February 20, 1934) is an American former automobile racer.

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Brașov

Brașov (Corona, Kronstadt, Transylvanian Saxon: Kruhnen, Brassó) is a city in Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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Cardrona River

The Cardrona River is found in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Championnat de France de la Montagne

The French hill climb championship, or Championnat de France de la Montagne started in 1967 and rapidly became one of the continent's most competitive national series.

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Christmas Hills, Victoria

Christmas Hills is a town in Victoria, Australia, 35 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District in the local government area of the Shire of Nillumbik.

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Cluj-Napoca

Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg; Kolozsvár,; Medieval Latin: Castrum Clus, Claudiopolis; and קלויזנבורג, Kloiznburg), commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania, and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country.

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Col des Rangiers

Col des Rangiers (el. 856 m.) is a mountain pass in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

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Collingrove Hillclimb

Collingrove Hillclimb is a motor sport facility located in South Australia's Barossa Valley.

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Continental Europe

Continental or mainland Europe is the continuous continent of Europe excluding its surrounding islands.

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European Hill Climb Championship

The European Hill Climb Championship is an FIA-run motorsport competition held across Europe on closed public road courses.

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Falperra International Hill Climb

The Falperra International Hill Climb, is an annual automobile hillclimb to the summit of Falperra in Braga, Portugal.

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Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA, English: International Automobile Federation) is an association established as the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR, English: 'International Association of Recognized Automobile Clubs') on 20 June 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users.

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Gaisberg

The Gaisberg is, at above sea level, a mountain to the east of Salzburg, Austria.

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Grade (slope)

The grade (also called slope, incline, gradient, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal.

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Gurnigel Pass

Gurnigel Pass (el. 1608 m.) is a high mountain pass in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Hans Stuck

Hans Stuck (sometimes called Hans Stuck von Villiez, last name pronounced shtook) (27 December 1900, in Warsaw – 9 February 1978, in Grainau) was a German motor racing driver.

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Harewood speed Hillclimb

Harewood speed Hillclimb (the form with italics and a lower-case s is used officially) is a hillclimb near the village of Harewood, West Yorkshire, England.

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Kelowna

Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi.

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Kiambu County

Kiambu County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya.

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Knysna

Knysna (probably from a Khoikhoi word meaning "ferns") is a town with 51,078 inhabitants in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and is part of the Garden Route.

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La Turbie

La Turbie (in Italian "Turbia" from tropea, Latin for trophy) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

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Ludovico Scarfiotti

Ludovico Scarfiotti (18 October 1933 – 8 June 1968) was a Formula One and sports car driver from Italy.

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Maldon, Victoria

Maldon is a town in Victoria, Australia, in the Shire of Mount Alexander local government area.

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Malta

Malta, officially known as the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta), is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Mauro Nesti

Mauro Nesti (12 August 1935 – 13 November 2013) was an Italian racecar driver, specializing in time trials on prototype sports cars.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Moisés Solana

Moisés Solana Arciniega (December 26, 1935 – July 27, 1969) was a racing driver from Mexico.

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Mont Ventoux Hill Climb

Mont Ventoux Hill Climb is a car and motorcycle hillclimbing race course near Avignon in France.

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Mont-Dore

Mont-Dore (Mont Dòr in Auvergnat, and Mont-Dore-les-Bains), in common usage Le Mont-Dore, is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.

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Monte Erice

Monte Erice, or ancient Greek Mount Eryx, is a mountain of Sicily, in the province of Trapani.

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Motorsport

Motorsport or motor sport is a global term used to encompass the group of competitive sporting events which primarily involve the use of motorised vehicles, whether for racing or non-racing competition.

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Mount Cotton Hillclimb

Mount Cotton Hillclimb is a permanent tarmac hillclimbing circuit at Mount Cotton, Queensland, Australia.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Nice

Nice (Niçard Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, nonstandard,; Nizza; Νίκαια; Nicaea) is the fifth most populous city in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes département.

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Nobuhiro Tajima

, nicknamed "Monster", is a hillclimb racer, tuning shop owner, rally team manager and former rally driver who is best known for his participation in Suzuki's rallying program as well as his triumphs at the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb.

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Osella

Osella is an Italian racing car manufacturer and former Formula One team.

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Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, USA.

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Queenstown, New Zealand

Queenstown (Tāhuna) is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island.

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Rachau

Rachau is a former municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria with 626 inhabitants.

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Râșnov

Râșnov (Rosenau; Barcarozsnyó; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: Ruusenåå; Latin: Rosnovia) is a town in Brașov County, Romania with a population of 15,466.

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Reșița

Reșița (Ričica; Rešice; Reschitz; Resicabánya; Решица/Rešica; Reşçe) is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraș-Severin County, in the Banat region.

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Rudolf Caracciola

Otto Wilhelm Rudolf CaracciolaBolsinger and Becker (2002), p. 63 (30 January 1901 – 28 September 1959) was a racing driver from Remagen, Germany.

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Saint-Ursanne

Saint-Ursanne is an old town and a former municipality of the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura, Switzerland which has preserved much of its medieval character.

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Sébastien Loeb

Sébastien Loeb (born 26 February 1974) is a French professional rally, racing, and rallycross driver.

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Schauinsland

The Schauinsland (literally "look-into-the-country"; near Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany), is a mountain in the Black Forest with an elevation of 1,284 m (4,213 ft) above sea level.

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Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb

The Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb is a hillclimb in Shelsley Walsh, Worcestershire, England, organised by the Midland Automobile Club (MAC).

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Silverstone Race to the Sky

The Race to the Sky is an annual automobile and motorcycle gravel hillclimb to the summit of a mountain in the Cardrona Valley of New Zealand.

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Smiths Gully, Victoria

Smiths Gully is a town in Victoria, Australia, 35 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Stig Blomqvist

Stig Lennart Blomqvist (born 29 July 1946) is a Swedish rally driver.

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Suzuki Vitara

The Suzuki Vitara is a compact SUV produced by Suzuki in four generations since 1988.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Tōge

is a Japanese word literally meaning "pass".

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Templestowe, Victoria

Templestowe is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District.

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Time attack

Time attack racing is a type of motorsport where the racers compete for the best lap time.

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Trento-Bondone Hill Climb

The Trento-Bondone Hill Climb is a hillclimbing competition starting in Trento and finishing on the Monte Bondone, organised by the Scuderia Trentina of the Automobile Club d'Italia.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Villars-sur-Ollon

Villars-sur-Ollon, commonly referred to as Villars, is a village in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, part of the municipality of Ollon.

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Walter Röhrl

Walter Röhrl (born 7 March 1947) is a German rally and auto racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford and BMW.

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1955 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 24 Heures du Mans was the 23rd 24 Hours of Le Mans, and took place on 11 and 12 June 1955 on Circuit de la Sarthe.

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24 Hours of Le Mans

The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is the world's oldest active sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since near the town of Le Mans, France.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillclimbing

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