Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb 22nd August

ae86James · 23 Aug 2010, 11:32 (Ref:2748888)

I took the short drive over to the brilliant Shelsley Walsh in Worcester for the Nicholson McLaren MSA British Hillclimb Championship yesterday. Was a great day with some great weather aswell!
I have lot's of photos which i will be sifting through tonight and uploading. Unfortunatly i don't have too many action shots as i was only using my 50mm f/1.4 lens on the day, but have plenty of shots from around the paddock and also the alfa romeo stands in the parking area, so i will upload them tonight if people are interested.

Did anyone else go down there yesterday?

James.

**Woolley** · 23 Aug 2010, 12:31 (Ref:2748919)

I was in my usual spot at Bottom Ess, trying to work out how the heck to get Deryck Young's car from where he left it. Impressively managed to spin out of Top Ess without touching the banks with anything other than wings. Impressive since the car is long about the same amount that the track is wide!

Some excellent competition with three different winners of the two run-offs, Scott Moran and Chris Merrick setting identical times in the first run-off.

Weather was kind to us on Sunday with the forecast rain not arriving, Saturday was pretty grim on the whole. Despite difficult conditions the drivers did a very good job of staying on the road with just a very few minor incidents.

ae86James · 23 Aug 2010, 13:00 (Ref:2748934)

ah i probably saw you then as we were standing along the section with quick blast up to the bottom S. Unfortunatly i didn't make it to the saturday, but i should image the weather wasn't as nice as the Sunday!

I will upload all my photos and put some of them on here later on tonight

Lancsbreaker · 23 Aug 2010, 20:21 (Ref:2749170)

I made my first visit to Shelsley as I am a Section Secretary for AROC and it was our National weekend, although other business meant i could only attend on Sunday - and I was very impressed with the venue, its location, and its atmosphere. Because of involvement in the Alfa activities I didn't get to explore as much of the route as I would have liked, but I suspect I may well return...althouigh it is at least 2.5 hours drive for me....Don't think Scammonden dam or Baitings (if they still survive) compare well.....

ae86James · 23 Aug 2010, 20:32 (Ref:2749176)

Personally I think the atmosphere is the main thing that makes it such a good day and i'm sure a lot of other guys would agree with me on that. I was really impressed with the vibe around the pit area. The cars on display on the alfa stands were stunning aswell. I havn't been to an alfa show before and i really enjoyed looking round and shooting some photos of them.
I have just about finished uploading my photos from the day onto my Flickr account if you want to check them out.
Unfortunatly i didn't get too many photos of the sprint's as i only had my prime 50mm lens with me so i was restricted. But i made sure i made up for that with paddock photos!
Hope you like them...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesga...th/4921325020/

James.

**Woolley** · 24 Aug 2010, 12:17 (Ref:2749426)

Great pictures, much improved by me not appearing in any of them

I wish it was possible to photograph the noise made by the Alfa demonstrator. Made us all go weak at the knees.

ae86James · 25 Aug 2010, 11:36 (Ref:2749921)

Thanks, i was real happy with my paddock photos from the day, some stunning cars there.

I know, that thing was incredible. I was going to video it as my camera shoots full HD video aswell, but i was too busy watching it in awe!! what a sound

Tim the Grey · 27 Aug 2010, 08:25 (Ref:2750951)

I run the Shelsley Group on Flickr. I couldn't believe there wasn't one!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/885495@N22/

Tom Gay has his usual stunning action shots, so your paddock images are very, very welcome!

Go have a nose through the collection, some good stuff in there.

ae86James · 27 Aug 2010, 14:18 (Ref:2751074)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim the Grey

I run the Shelsley Group on Flickr. I couldn't believe there wasn't one!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/885495@N22/

Tom Gay has his usual stunning action shots, so your paddock images are very, very welcome!

Go have a nose through the collection, some good stuff in there.

Ah brilliant. Do i just join the group then add my photos to it?

I would have loved to get some proper action shots from the day but being stuck behind the spectator barriers was a bit awkward. Do you know how i would go about getting a media pass for the day so i can get some decent action shots?

just having a browse through it now, there are some brilliant photos. Thats for letting me know about it, gives me something to look through this quiet afternoon at work!haha

Tim the Grey · 28 Aug 2010, 21:09 (Ref:2751556)

I've never felt the need to get 'media' side at a sprint, or hillclimb? The fences don't stop you getting shots...

ae86James · 20 Sep 2010, 12:52 (Ref:2761900)

Perhaps it's just me, but I always feel that shots taken from behind the spectator fences always look a bit generic. The image could be cropped etc to improve that but it is nice to get some interesting/good angles instead of being behind the spectator fences.
I suppose it depends on the course/track though.

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