Monday 26th August 2024
Entries for 2024 are now open! Click here to register.
Ever grateful to the Shenstone & District Car Club, we are thrilled to return to Curborough Sprint Course on Monday 26th August 2024, for the fifth consecutive year. Last year we raised almost £16,500 and we aim to raise even more valuable funding for the charity this year! Don’t miss out on this exciting event – save the date!
Among the 100 cars and motorcycles entered, we hope to welcome back many of last year’s favorites, including the 5700cc orange “Catering Meats Special” 1970s Jersey hill climber Ford Capri, James Ibbotson’s super quick Hillman Imp, and David Hands’ magnificent 1925 Type 39 GP Bugatti. And of course “Spider”, featured on this year’s flyer, arguably the most famous Shelsley hill climb special, built by Basil Davenport in 1923. We are indebted to all the entrants for bringing along their wonderful machines to put on such a superb display.
An extremely relaxed and highly enjoyable day, this is the perfect opportunity to see some amazing vehicles in action on the challenging figure-of-eight course, aka the “Cürburgring”. Not only is there great spectator viewing with knowledgeable and highly entertaining commentary throughout the day, visitors are also welcome to wander around the Paddock and chat with the owners. Here is a link to a video compilation of last year’s event to whet your appetite:
And here is another compilation, courtesy of first-time visitor, Allison Young, who clearly enjoyed herself!
Entries will open on Monday 1st April 2024, when a link to the online entry form will be available here. Static display vehicles are also encouraged to enter online using the same form, to ensure that a space is allocated in the Static Display area.
We could not put on the event without the support of our sponsors, to whom we are exceedingly grateful, especially during such challenging times. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, there are a number of options available which can be viewed here.
The sprint course at Curborough was formerly a small part of RAF Lichfield, the busiest airfield in Staffordshire during World War II. Construction of the airfield began in 1939. On completion, 51 Maintenance Unit took up residence on 1st August 1940. The largest inhabitants of RAF Lichfield were 27 Operational Training Unit whose task was to train aircrew on Wellington bombers. After the war effort, 51 MU continued to modify, store and break up aircraft, until the airfield’s closure on 15th April 1958. The Air Ministry eventually sold the entire site for the sum of £240,000 on 1st May 1962.
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