We feel as though we need to start with an apology. How can we have shared so many outstanding videos celebrating the 2015 Festival of Speed theme ‘Flat-out and Fearless: Racing on the Edge‘ without yet featuring a hillclimb? Sorry about that. A hillclimb is, after all, at the heart of every FoS, so let us put that straight right away …
Shelsley Walsh is one of the oldest motorsport venues on the planet. Although the course itself is a mere 914 metres of tight, twisting Worcestershire countryside, the impression of speed as the likes of Graeme Wight, Martin Groves and Jos Goodyear go for a record time could make even the most hardened speed-freak wince on occasion.
This clip features the aforementioned Mr Goodyear making a run last year which was just fractions outside the record at 22.8 seconds. The car he used was a GWR Raptor, which resembles a contemporary single-seater car (think Formula Renault, but with much more wing) and runs a supercharged Suzuki Hayabusa motor. So, it’s very light, has a lot of downforce, super-short gearing and revs to the heavens!
While 22.8 seconds isn’t a long time for a clip, the level of entertainment provided in that short time compares to just about anything. But please, don’t take our word for it …
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