Australian Hillclimb Championship

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

The championship has traditionally been awarded to the driver setting fastest time at a single meeting[1] however the 1958 title was awarded based on the combined results of two meetings[2] and a multi round pointscore series was employed from 1972 to 1975.

[1] The championship has been sanctioned by Motorsport Australia (formerly known as the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport) since 1954.

[3] Prior to this it was sanctioned by the Australian Automobile Association,[4] with two events having national championship status in 1949.

[6] In 2022, history was made when Dean Tighe won the championship, 58 years after his father Ivan, making them the first father and son duo to both win the championship.

John Barraclough won the 1949 title at Rob Roy driving an MG K3 Magnette
Peter Gumley has won ten Australian Hillclimb Championship titles. He is pictured in his SCV Volkswagen at Collingrove Hillclimb in 2011
Brett Hayward won his third title in 2017, driving this Hayward. The car is pictured at the 2017 Championship at Collingrove Hillclimb