Shelsley Walsh

[dunclentdr]

Great day today at Shelsley - lots of Lotus action and great to be at 'the world's oldest motorsport venue in continuous use' - hope this picture captures the essence of many years at Shelsley.

David

[englishmaninwales]

A fine historic venue indeed. But change is needed.

In my view the MSA and the MAC together need to take action to raise the left hand bank after crossing bend (more than the short distance raised a year or so ago), to contain cars on the track. Raised sleepers or Armco would do the job.
See:
Richard Price 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FE_N7oIPvc
Wallace Menzies 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPhpiNxI20c
There are others (eg Ian Keen 2011 - I can't find the link).

Until that happens cars will continue to be launched over the bank on the LHS. Sadly, I have stopped competing there.

Malcolm

[pharriso]

This is nuts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaPomrnhzHk

That's a lot of crashes... there's a lot of oil on that bend but you're correct about that bank... nuts!

[rgh0]

The track barriers may need improving but so does the driving
Pity about the nice looking Elan hitting the barrier

cheers
Rohan

[englishmaninwales]

Yes, some does look a bit suspect
However the two links in my post were, as I understand, due to mechanical failures.