- August 1, 2025
- Stevie Rial
2025 Luckendorf Road Race Hill Climb – Preview
The preparations are peaking; batches of safety bales are in place around the 2.212 miles (3560) metres long Zittau Eichgraben to Luckendorf hill climb race circuit, which celebrates this weekend…
Read More- July 11, 2025
- Stevie Rial
2025 France-Montagne Round 4, Panissieres Hill Climb Synopsis
The 1.087 miles (1750 metres) long, public roads, hill-climb circuit between Essertines En Donzy and Panissieres hosted last weekend, the fourth round of 2025 ‘Championnat de France de la Montagne’.…
Read More- May 23, 2025
- Stevie Rial
2025 France-Montagne Round 1, Bocognano Hill Climb
A lot of French road racers honed their real roads craft, from national hill-climb road races. This type of motor sport is very popular in France as is circuit racing,…
Read More- December 29, 2023
- Stevie Rial
Historic Roads Circuits: Targa Florio
Having watched the recently launched Ferrari film, it got me thinking about the great Italian pure road races of the 20th Century. One race particularly piqued my curiosity, the Targa…
Read More- September 17, 2022
- Stevie Rial
WCMCC Hill Climb Beckons
As the motorcycling season draws to a close and the evenings get shorter, the West Cork Motorcycle Club will host the last closed roads motorcycle event in the country this…
Read More- August 30, 2021
- Stevie Rial
Italian, Swiss Speed Merchants Seal European Hill Climb Titles
The third and final FIM European Hill Climb round of 2021, the only one held outside of Italy, saw competitors making the trip to Austria to tackle the high speed…
Read More- July 15, 2020
- Stevie Rial
Road Racing News Podcast Episode 15 – A Big Climb
Well folks this is the last episode of the opening Road Racing News podcast series. Series 1 concludes with us chatting about a form of closed roads based motorsport that…
Read More- July 8, 2020
- Stevie Rial
Mexico’s Pikes Peak, The San Pedro Martir Hill Climb
First ran in 2017, the Baja California based San Pedro Martir Hill Climb like the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, provides a unique challenge for two and four wheel competitors.…
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