Saturday 3rd July 1954

The same driver, with three different cars, at the Rest-and-be-Thankful meeting in Glen Croe, Argyll, Scotland, recorded the first three fastest climbs of the day. Michael Christie returned 63.87 seconds with a supercharged Cooper 1100, 65.67 seconds with an unsupercharged Cooper and 66.03 seconds with a 2-litre ERA. The first known use of the road for a hillclimb was in 1906. The event used to count towards the British Hill Climb Championship. In 1952 Motor Sport described the course: “The three danger spots on this course which is 1,425 yards long, and rises over 400 feet, are Stone Bridge, Cobblers Corner and the hairpin bend at the finish and of course there is always the occasional sheep that has to be driven off the road.”