Description

For a hundred years some of motorsport’s greatest drivers and cars have tested their power at Shelsley Walsh, the Midland Automobile Club’s famous speed hillclimb course in rural Worcestershire.

Here – packed with atmospheric details, archive photography and a directory of records – is the inspiring story of the oldest motor sporting venue in the world that is still operational. In this era of commercialism, Shelsley still stands for sportsmanship, hard-fought but friendly contests, and motor sport purely for fun.

Full of photos of great cars like ERA and BRM, Riley, Vauxhall Villiers, Cooper JAP, McLaren M10B and the more recent Gould and Pilbeam F1-engined single seaters as well as Personalities from Raymond Mays, Hans Stuck and Basil Davenport via Bira and Ken Wharton to Roy Lane, Martin Groves and Scott Moran.

Hardback as new.