Like many organisations, The Midland Automobile Club (MAC) is following the advice given by the Government and Motorsport UK. In a statement issued by Motorsport UK yesterday, they advised they will be suspending all organising permits and Certificates of Exemption until at least 30th April 2020. Whilst this is clearly disappointing news for all our members, competitors and spectators, we think the situation is very likely to continue beyond this point and will not improve until the predicted peak of the COVID-19 infection has passed. This is in line with the recent advice given by the government’s Chief Scientific Advisor and the Chief Medical Officer. The MAC has therefore decided to put
Statement from the Midland Automobile Club 13 March 2020 Like many organisations that run live events, the Midland Automobile Club and Shelsley Walsh are in the process of looking at our event calendar and making contingency plans around the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. At the moment, it is very much business as usual at Shelsley Walsh – all previously planned events will be going ahead unless we receive further advice from the UK government. We will continue to follow guidelines as set down by the government and would encourage all attending our events to maintain good levels of hygiene. Should any events need to be postponed as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, further details will
We're calling on the motorsport community to help reunite the ‘Shelsley Specials’ – unique cars created specifically to earn the best time of day on the venue’s challenging hill – in time for our Reg Phillips meeting in July. The tradition of building Shelsley Specials began not long after the Midland Automobile Club (MAC) had moved to the Worcestershire hill climb course in 1905, with the most famous Special arguably being Spider I, created by Basil Davenport. Davenport’s mismatched car helped him become the first driver to break the 50-second mark in 1926, beating a field of the best drivers of the day, including the legendary Raymond Mays. In total, Spider I broke the hill record four tim
The Annual General Meeting of the Midland Automobile Club (Est. 1901) Limited will be held at Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb in the Stratstone Restaurant on Friday 17 April at 7:00pm. Nominations for Committee Notice is hereby given in accordance with paragraph 48 of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Midland Automobile Club (Est. 1901) Limited that the Chairman will receive nominations for members of the Committee for the coming year to replace those retiring. 1. Nominations of members for the Committee (including a brief CV) should be sent to Gary Hall at the address below so as to arrive no later than Friday 3 April 2020: The Midland Automobile Club, Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb, W
