The Racing of the

Here we get to the real fun! This is what it's all about, the racing.

The exilaration of throwing the bike into the corner, feeling it squirm and twitch as you push it just that little bit further...

Now if you listen down the pub to all the talk you'll hear all about "getting your knee down" Not in Hillclimbing. The syle is much different to the GP racing on the short circuits, or to road racing. Here the courses change very quickly from one direction to another and it's all about control of the bike. Here we have 355, Paul Jeffery on his way to securing the Fastest Time of Day and his championship leading position.

Hill Climbing is the oldest motorsport, but the style has a lot of its origins in grass track and "scrambles" or motocross. The sport of supermotards has a number of ex hillclimbers - owing its racers as well as some of its origins to Hill Climbing.

Now some of the tracks are not exactly smooth - but that's all the fun of the sport. Here's Pete Short demonstrating what happens when the track drops mid corner, and you are still cranked over! This man has great class!

Now just because it rains, we don't stop play! Times are slower obviously, but if the track is wet all day, then everybody has the same problems. Well so you'd think, in fact wet tracks tend to be a bonus for the less powerful bikes, the big bangers have trouble getting the power down.

As well as keeping both wheels on the ground

Sometimes it goes wrong...

How's about this, here's a man with a really determined style

This is Paul again - keeping the front wheel down can be a real challenge!

Here's Jon, showing the style needed on a 'Crosser - try leaving your foot on the peg, and it'll get crushed, so Kneedown is a no-no.

Just pottering along eh? Wrong! Rob is one of the fast boys, and is "on the rostrum" most years

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