RACING zooms back into focus tomorrow with Shelsley Walsh hosting what promises to be another action packed meeting.

This weekend sees the third Speed Hill Climbing event at Shelsley Walsh this season with two separate meetings. Each meeting will see practice in the morning and racing in the afternoon.

Saturday sees a meeting for many road going cars and a few racing cars, while Sunday looks to be the highlight of the weekend with the annual VSCC day and another bumper entry.

Roy Standley (Evo 5) and Geoff Rollason (Ferrari 360 Modena) will be on show on Saturday while another draw will be Nic Mann's Mannic in class four.

Mann made the Ultra swift Morris Minor in the late 1980s which was reputed to be the fastest road going car -- a turbo charged V8 with nitros oxide.

Turbos

He has now built a clubmans car with a normal 1700 but with the added extra of turbo charge.

The difference is there is a helicopter starter engine that always keeps the turbo spinning at high revs, hence the power. It could be termed as another form of anti-lag, but with two turbos.

In his four runs on Saturday, the Mannic will leave the line and launch from 0-60mph in less than 2.5 seconds.

The single seaters see many of the usual class merged but the spread of cars is no less with six-time hill climb champion Tony Marsh in his ultra modern Gould 2.5 litre GR55.

Sunday promises to be quite a contrast with a look back into the past as many cars, that built the tremendous history at Shelsley, return.

Bugatti, ERA, Delage, Lagonda, Alvis, Invicta, Bentley Talbot Lago, and Aston Martin are all represented.

Charles Dean in his 2.3 Supercharged Bugatti Type 51 is one of the finest racing cars to come from the pen of Jean and Ettore Bugatti in pre-war days.

Their cars were ahead of their time and, in many respects, still offer ideas to the designers of today. A total of six Bugattis will be present on Sunday.

Mac Hulbert in ERA R4D (English Racing Automobiles) flew to the top of the hill to claim a new pre-war car record at this meeting last year when he clocked 34-05 seconds. It was a tremendous run that thrilled the crowds and drew applause as he returned down to the bottom of the hill afterwards.

The car is one of the most historic Shelsley cars, having first set the outright hill record in 1938, and last setting one in 1956, with regular re-appearances since then.

If you are interested in big machinery, then how about the Napier Bentley of Chris Williams with 24 litres, or if that's not enough, then go for Robin Baker's Hispano Delage with an incredible 27 litres!

The beauty of the VSCC Sunday meeting is that the cars, buildings around the startline and the hill are still the same as when the cars first drove the hill before the war.

Action gets underway on both days at 10am with racing at 2pm.