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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. It is one of the oldest forms of motorsport, since the first known hillclimb at La Turbie near Nice , France, took place as long ago as 31 January 1897.
In numerical analysis, hill climbing is a mathematical optimization technique which belongs to the family of local search. It is an iterative algorithm that starts with an arbitrary solution to a problem, then attempts to find a better solution by making an incremental change to the solution.
In the United States, hill climbs have a long tradition stretching back to the early days of motoring competition. Some are in the European-style and take place on long mountain courses, and in many cases spectators are either banned or heavily restricted for safety or insurance reasons.
An Oxford University Cycling Club rider on his way to a hillclimbing victory. Hill climbing is a cycling event, as well as a basic skill of the sport. As events a hill climb may either be an individual time trial (which forbids cooperation, drafting, or team tactics) or make up part of a regular road race.
The FIA European Hill Climb Championship (FIA EHC) is an FIA-run motorsport competition held across Europe on closed public road courses. [1]Unlike circuit racing, each driver competes alone, starting from a point at the base of a mountain and reaching a finish point near the summit.
Pages in category "Hillclimbing" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Al Unser's 1961 car 1987 Audi Sport quattro E2 'Pikes Peak' Suzuki Escudo at the 2006 Race to the Clouds Randy Schranz rising above treeline at the 85th Race to the Clouds, 2007 Micky Dymond on his way to winning the 2007, 1200cc class, riding a BMW HP2 Marcus Grönholm drove an 800 BHP Ford Fiesta to 5th overall at the 2009 event.
The British National Hill Climb Championship is a hill climbing competition held annually by Cycling Time Trials with the location varying year on year. The first edition was in 1944 and it has been won by some of the best all-round British cyclists, such as Brian Robinson , Paul Curran , Malcolm Elliot , Chris Boardman and Jeff Williams .