local and international hillclimb events is Jozef Béreš. Béreš is also very popular on social media networks thanks to the videos of him driving his legendary Audi Quattro S1 racecar. Switzerland Motor racing was banned in Switzerland in the aftermath of the fatal collision between cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1955. However, this prohibition does not extend to events where drivers compete only indirectly via the clock. Events such as rallies, hillclimbs and slaloms are very popular, including the FIA European Hill Climb Championship. The most known hillclimb races are the Gurnigelrennen, the course en côte Ayent - Anzère, the course en côte St. Ursanne - Les Rangiers, and the historic Klausen Hill Climb known as the Klausenpassrennen. Ludovico Scarfiotti clinched the European hillclimb championship at Ollon-Villars on August 30, 1965, driving a Dino Ferrari 2-litre. See also European Hill Climb Championship North America Canada Canada's best known hillclimb event is the Knox Mountain Hillclimb, held in Kelowna, British Columbia. It is a paved road, climbing . It has run annually since the 1950s, attracting drivers from the Pacific Northwest. United States The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is the world's premier hillclimb race. Winners include Indy 500 driver Bobby Unser and world rally champions Walter Röhrl, Stig Blomqvist, Ari Vatanen and Sébastien Loeb. Mexico Hillclimb races were held in México in the 1960s and 1970s in places like El Chico, Puebla and Lagunas de Zempoala. On July 27, 1969, a very talented Mexican driver, Moisés Solana, died in the "Hill Climb Valle de Bravo-Bosencheve". Since that time, hillclimbs had not been held in Mexico.until in September 30. 2017, Pedro Vargas, organized the first ever Hill Climb on tarmac in the Mexican state of Baja California. The temporary course was set on the road to the National Astronomical Observatory situated on the San Pedro Mártir mountain range, on a stretch from KM marker 50, to KM marker 80, making it the allegedly "The longest Hill Climb in the World". It has been held the following years of 2018 and 2019, and, is scheduled to be run for the 4th. time on October 2 and 3 of 2020. The overall ascent record was set by the late Carlin Dunne at 14'-58" piloting a Honda CRF 450 c.c. supermoto. Oceania Australia An Australian Hillclimb Championship was first staged in 1938 and has been contested annually since 1947.