The 2007 Season
NEXT MEETING AT SHELSLEY WALSH - JULY 14th & 15th
Speed Hill Climb action comes back to historic Shelsley Walsh in Worcestershire
for the second time in three weekends on July 14th and 15th. On Saturday the
course hosts a members event that includes a round of the MG Luffield Championship,
while on Sunday it is the inaugural Shelsley Walsh Classic Meeting.
The Shelsley Classic sees entries from the Edwardian era right up to the late
1970’s plus a round of the Ginetta Owners Club Championship which has
entries from 1970 up to 1996.
Cars taking to the hill include a Piccard-Pictet Aero-engined Special from
1918, a 1927 Delage with a 27 litre Hispano-Suiza engine and a 1970 7.6 litre
Can-Am Mclaren as well as a great many more wonderful classics.
Shelsley Walsh hill top resident Simon Durling, 4th in last years British
Hill Climb Championship and currently in exactly the same position in this
years title chase is entered in the historic Chevron B25 of Stockton-on-Teme’s
Keith ‘Bomber’ Harris who is 50 on Saturday. That is providing
that the car survives the Bomber’s low level attacks on the hill during
Saturday’s meeting.
The Midland Automobile Club have been fortunate to gain the support of Classic
and Sports Car Magazine who have put up a trophy for the most deserving car
and driver of the day as well as for an informal concours d’elegance
for visitors who arrive in pre-1980 classics. Spectators are encouraged to
turn up in their very own classic with the aim of making the car park as fascinating
as the Shelsley paddock. Tell the gate attendant that you want to enter the
concours and you will be given a special windscreen sticker and directed to
a special parking area.
Shelsley Walsh is AA signposted approximately 10 miles North West of Worcester.
Practise starts at 9:30 am and the event starts at 2:00 pm on both days. Admission
is £12 on both days and accompanied children under 16 get in free. This
includes parking, transfer to the paddock, and seated trackside enclosures.
Excellent catering and light refreshment facilites are available as are a
range of souvenirs and regalia.
Image of the exciting Jan Nycz, 1953 Staride-JAP Mark III, entered in Racing
Cars 1946-1960 class, courtesy of E V Walder on behalf of the Midland Automobile
Club