---
title: "So the British Hill Climb Champion is Freakin’ Bonkers…"
description: "Seriously. Like doing 100 mph down your driveway."
date: "2015-11-20"
modified: "2015-11-20"
authors:
  - name: "Max Goldberg"
    job_title: "Associate Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/max-goldberg"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/959/so-the-british-hill-climb-champion-is-freakin-bonkers"
categories:
  - "News"
---

# So the British Hill Climb Champion is Freakin’ Bonkers…

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For the next 34 seconds, you will view the world through the eyes of the Alex Summers. Ripping down a course barely wider than his racecar, the man cheats death, turn after turn, chasing a perfect pass at the Doune Hillclimb in Doune Scotland. The speed is massively impressive. And freakin’ terrifying.

His chariot of choice? The Gould GR61X, and that beautiful 3.5-litre Nicholson-McLaren V8 that accompanies it. With globs of power and a fine tuned suspension, dude has no trouble getting this puppy moving. He covers 0.8 miles in 34.82 seconds, averaging a psychotic 85 mph en route to becoming the 2015 British Hill Climb Champion.

Godspeed, Summers. British Hill Climb is nuts. You’re a better man than I.

https://youtube.com/embed/afrQqFs-kRo

## Author
Before working at *The Drive*, Max Goldberg raced the streets of Westchester in an ambulance as a licensed Emergency Medical Technician. He has boundless enthusiasm.

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