2000 Photographs by Martin Depper One of the most successful meetings in recent times took place at Shelsley Walsh over the weekend of June 10th and 11th when the sun shone on the Teme valley all weekend, giving drivers near perfect conditions in which to drive the 1000 yard hill which looked as smart as it ever has done due to the huge amount of work put in by members of the club in the run-up to the meeting. David Grace was eventually victorious in both of the Auto Windscreens British Hill Climb run-offs, getting Best Time of the Day with 26.15 ahead of Graeme Wight Jnr who did a 26.26 second run in the afternoon class runs on his first visit to the hill with the magnificent Gould V6. Ben Butterfield scored his first British Championship points after having only ever been once up the hill before in a Formula Ford with a practice run. Simon Frost and Martin groves were the other 2 litre runners to get into the Run Offs. Everything can happen in a thousand yards - that particular thousand.
Shelsley climb is a little motoring life-time, standing in it own grounds.
Enjoy the history that we have with us at Shelsley. With the current 'autodromes' built from concrete and plastic, we need to treasure the history which we ourselves are making at Shelsley Walsh. We should all be proud to be involved.