SHELSLEY WALSH HAS A NEW RECORD ON THE CARDS...
Shelsley Walsh hosts the first of its two National Championship meetings June 5th & 6th with the best of British, if not World, Speed Hill Climbing. 140mph+ racing cars, an Aston Martin DB9, the fastest accelerating road legal car in the UK a 680bhp Audi Quattro, classes of Ferraris and Lotus’, a celebrity driver are all part of Shelsley Walsh in it’s 99th year.
Reigning champion Adam Fleetwood has won nearly all the previous rounds by setting outright records, so there is an outright record at Shelsley Walsh on the cards, and that is what is exciting about this, the second meeting of the year at Shelsley.
This meeting last year saw Graeme Wight Jnr set 24.56 seconds to be the fastest ever driver up Shelsley, but he’s outgunned this year as Fleetwood gets into his stride with a car that was brand new to him last season, and then had an engine upgrade to 3.5 litres over the winter. That leaves two time champion Wight Jnr still with his 2.5 litre V6 Gould (similar chassis to Fleetwood) and a package that is having to be driven exceptionally hard to keep up with the extra power of the Fleetwood car. A conundrum. Wight Jnr managed to outgun Fleetwood at Prescott, and get under the record at Harewood, but Fleetwood went quicker. Wight Jnr is building his own V10 powered car in Scotland and expects it to be out sometime soon, but he’ll not have enough time to set it up against the sorted Gould GR55 of Fleetwood. Can that time of 24.56 seconds be reduced? If its dry, you’d better watch very closely...
Elsewhere in the Top 12 Run Off Martin Groves goes well at Shelsley in the older, heavier Gould GR37. The Pilbeam MP88 of Scott and Roger Moran has had a new V8 engine over the winter, plus aerodynamical additions, whilst the sister Pilbeam of Willem Toet is shared with Ben Butterfield who is will build his speed whilst learning the car.
We welcome an excellent entry elsewhere in the programme. The intra class Midland Hill Climb Championship levels the playing field between cars, the Ferrari Hill Climb Championship and the Lotus Championship host one make battles. However, our star class of the day is for Aston Martins featuring some very rare machinery including actor Rowan Atkinson’s V8 Zagato. Having driven in many high profile events all over the globe, we welcome yet another star driver to the slopes of Shelsley.
Elsewhere we have the brand new Aston Martin DB9 on show courtesy of Stratstone of Mayfair. This is a truly stunning motor car that will be seen by many for the very first time at Shelsley Walsh...unless you were in Monaco, Cannes or St Tropez recently...
Don’t forget we’ve got a lot on within the MAC at the moment. We are continuing to raise money to keep the hill climb going for us all to enjoy, Currently we are at £550k which considering 12 months ago we had next to nothing is a credit to all involved. We have launched Shelsley Walsh Ltd giving you the opportunity to purchase shares in this historic motor sport venue.
WHEN & HOW MUCH?Practice Saturday £6.Race Day Sunday £12. Action starts 10am.WHERE?Shelsley Walsh is 10 miles WEST of Worcester, just follow the yellow AA signs.Map also on the Internet.Web : <http://www.shelsley-walsh.co.uk/
Press ContactToby Moody+44 (0) 1905 391 347+44 (0) 7860 145 035
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SHELSLEY WALSH 2004
June 5th 6thRounds 11 & 12 of the British Hill Climb Championship. The fastest cars in the UK in Worcestershire.The outright hill record went at this meeting in 2003. Special Aston Martin road and racing car class.Practice Saturday, Racing Sunday 10.00
July 3rd 4thSaturday: Classes for road going and racing cars.Sunday: Pre-war and Vintage cars that made history at Shelsley Walsh return to the famous 1000 yards of tarmac.The pre-war record went to Mac Hulbert in ERA R4D at this meeting in 2003.Practice 09.30, racing 14.00 both days
August 14th 15thF1 powered Hill Climbing at its best. The biggest meeting of the year including a very special appearance by Classic Team Lotus F1 cars. Big Screen TV in the paddock once morePractice Saturday, Racing Sunday 10.00
September 11th 12thThe penultimate round of the Midland Hill Climb Championship.Practice Saturday, Racing Sunday 10.00
