About this event
Spend a weekend in Vermont piloting your car or motorcycle up the Ascutney Mountain Auto Road. This is probably one of the best opportunities you will have to drive or ride a closed back road as fast as you want to for an entire weekend!
The great thing about hillclimb is that it's just you, the empty road, and the clock. There's no traffic, no need to look in your rearview mirror for other competitors, no speed limits or law enforcement on this closed course. The Ascutney Toll Road rises 2,300 vertical feet on a twisty 3.7 mile paved surface that has an average grade of 12%, with some areas graded at 19%. It's a blast to drive and ride. Unlike other hillclimb events at Ascutney, we will be running the full hill.
Entry is by invitation only. By registering you accept that this hillclimb is a HIGH RISK event with serious potential consequences in the event of driver error.
We have reserved the entire Ascutney State Park Campground for this event and welcome participants, spectators and volunteers to come spend the weekend.
If you would like to camp at the Ascutney State Park there is a 3 night minimum. Contact them directly at 802 674 2060 to reserve a site.
Contact Max Stratton or with any questions.
Event requirements
Who can enter:
Participation in the 2023 hillclimb IS BY INVITATION ONLY.
Hillclimbers with previous experience or who are licensed with a sanctioning body can provide their membership number for immediate entry. (USCRA, AMA, SCCA, VSCCA or NEHA, NASA, AMA, Rally America, etc.)
If you have never competed in a hillclimb before or any type of competition event, you may be asked to submit a riding/driving resume (race school, track day, autocross, rally cross etc) prior to being granted entry.
All vehicles will need to complete a technical inspection the morning of the event and you will be required to sign liability waivers. As with all competitive motorsport events, you will be required to wear and/or carry specific safety devices. Competitors must produce a valid driver/rider license and medical insurance coverage card at sign up.
Format:
This event follows a typical Hillclimb time trial format. Competitors are released onto the closed auto road at regular intervals and are timed from bottom to top. At the top of your run, you wait until the other vehicles to finish and then all drive/ride down together in a line. We have volunteer checkpoints at multiple points on the hill to check progress and monitor the racing surface for safety. If all goes smoothly, you will get multiple runs in the morning and afternoon each day.