The Vallamont Hill Climbing Races

The first annual Williamsport Hill Climb was held at Vallamont Hill, July 13 1907.  

It was  held as a feature of the opening of the Williamsport Automobile clubs permanent club house at Vallamont.

The course was 1 1/3 miles in length, with a grade running from 5 to 20%, with five sharp curves.

The second annual Hill climb at Vallamont was held June 6, 1908.

I could find no record of a Hill Climb in Williamsport in 1909.  There was one held in Wilkes Barre that year.

A Model E Roadster set a new record for the Vallamont Mountain Climb, in 1908

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July 1907

The Philadelphia Inquirer

April 1908

Several articles about the hill climb mention this "hairpin curve"

At a practice run for the Hill Climb, held on June 4 1908, Harry Rantz went off the Vallamont Mountain Drive at the hairpin curve. Rantz, and his mechanic who was riding with him, were not reported as injured, but the car was damaged and they did not compete on June 6.

The car Rantz had been driving belonged to F.P. Brand, it was an Imperial, made in Williamsport Pa. The car was hastily repaired, and Harry Stevenson drove it in the climb.

June 1908

Motor World 1908