CARS of yesteryear take the spotlight as Shelsley Walsh stages a two-day hillclimb meeting this weekend.

Tomorrow sees the Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) bring hundreds of their pre-war cars to Shelsley for their annual one-day event.

Then on Sunday the Midland Automobile Club stages a National B Hill Climb, with a massive array of road and racing cars as well as a selection of motorcycles.

Many of the cars at tomorrow's VSCC meeting will have competed on the hill before the war, and have continued to do so ever since.

Indeed, the smells and sounds of those old cars will be there too with ERAs taking centre stage as always.

ERAs (English Racing Automobiles) took the Best Time of the Day accolade no less than 20 times before and after the Second World War.

In later years, the marque has continued to take BTD at VSCC meetings, but it has never been an easy task when up against the Bugatti Type 51 of Charles Dean or the Type 35 of Julian Mazjub.

Last August saw the Pre-war car record fall to David Morris in his ERA with a time of 34.31 seconds.

This record is certainly on the cards for falling once more as in last month's meeting, a record crowd saw the overall hill record fall to Graeme Wight Junior with the first ever sub-25 second climb of Shelsley, watched by special guest Sir Stirling Moss.

However, with a brand new strip of tarmac on the startline giving extra grip for the tyres, it is fully expected that many of the class records should likewise fall this weekend.

Cars in Sunday's meeting will include brand new Honda S2000s, Westfield Megabusas, Ford Cosworths, Group B Audi Quattros, Ferraris, Mitsubishi Evos, Lotuses, Morgans and 28 classic cars including Mini Coopers and a Ford Mustang.

There will also be 25 motorcycles and sidecars in action.

The meeting is not to be missed by anyone interested in both historic and modern motorsport, with spectators welcome in the relaxed 'no passes needed' paddock area.

Practice starts at 9.30am on both days with timed runs in the afternoon. Tickets are £10 for each day.

The next meeting at the historic Teme Valley hill, first used in 1905, will be on August 17-18, when the British Championship visits for the second time this year.