A sensational line-up of more than 70 Vauxhall 30-98s overshadowed even the action on the hill at Shelsley Walsh last weekend (6-7 July).
The huge gathering took place to mark the 100th anniversary of Joseph Higginson smashing the course record by 7 secs in one of the pioneering sports cars.
It came on the second day of the meet – a joint venture between the Midland Automobile Club and Vintage Sports-Car Club – which attracted machines from the likes of Bentley, Maserati, Bugatti and Riley.
Trademark tyre-smoking starts were the order of the day from Chris Williams’ 1929 Napier-Bentley as its 24-litre engine spun up the vintage car’s rear wheels with ease.
On the Saturday, Stewart Arklay won the Road Class of the Bert Hadley Memorial Championship, for Austin Sevens, with a time of 46.13 secs in his Ulster.
Victory in the Track Class went to Nick Allen’s Shelsley Special with a best of 45.51 secs.
