Shelsley Walsh 7th May 2023 Racing TR3a and a look at the paddock
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- čas přidán 13. 05. 2023
- This is another of my in ca racing videos from my 1959 Triumph TR3a. This time at the famous Shelsley walsh hill climb.
it includes a look around the paddock and the top class single seater hill climb championship cars and their starts.
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Great stuff Hamish, enjoyed that. Looks a very unforgiving track indeed, as the lost wheel suggest!
Always enjoy your videos, thanks. Looks to be a very well sorted car, something to strive for with my own TR. Cheers
You reckon YOOU could have had 40 winks? I reckon the marshals were having a good 80 by the time the green light as given, mate! Jeez! I'd have been a bit nervous about that first corner and all, after sitting that long. The first run up the hill you could definitely see where the water had been sitting on the track and eeking out from the clay banks on either side. There's a horrible change in camber on that last right hander before climbing the hill to the flag too - perfect place for clay-filled water to catch out the unwary and put them in a bank. Many years ago, I had a lovely 720 spin from clay water on one track myself. I was certainly sitting a lot higher in my seat when I finally got my little Alfa Sprint back on track, I tell you! Doing a tail-lead 720 at any speed is frightening, but it was on the first lap and I was third in the queue of seven and took a slightly different line to come out wide on the straight. Ended up a lot wider than I was expecting because she slid, so buttoned off a touch to bring the back around - and left the track backwards and waltzed in circles alongside it for 100 metres or so without hitting anyone fortunately.....or the tyre barriers. Just the mess in my overalls to sort out when I got back to the pits. Half-warm slicks and clay-infused water aren't the best of friends and certainly not at the best part of 60mph! There were some lovely cars at that meet of yours though. However, the Triumphs were my favourites....but I'm not biased in any way! I did like the look of the couple of Elans there though....
What did you do to the steering column to modernize it a bit?? I just inherited a 1960 TR3a and bringing the steering into the modern world is top of my list!