CHAMPS REUNITED FOR PRESCOTT CELEBRATION
Big names return to gloucestershire venue for july special
Eighty years of the Prescott hillclimb course will be celebrated with a special event on Saturday (July 14) featuring a reunion of former hill record holders.
As well as a full day of competitive action for 150 cars, a raft of former record holders will gather at the hill, which was first used on May 15, 1938.
The day’s sport will take in a round of the Aldon Pre-’72 Championship and will feature a class of Bugattis. The hill has been owned and operated since the start by the Bugatti Owners’ Club, which will mark its 90th anniversary next season.
Stuart Webster, general manager at Prescott, said: “It will be an event to celebrate the 80-year history of Prescott involving as many hill record holders as possible. We’ve got more than 20 planning to come.”
When an extended version of the hill was opened in 1960, lengthening it from the original 880 yards to 1128 yards, David Boshier-jones was the first record holder and he is planning to attend along with his brother Peter. Also expected are hillclimb grandees like David Franklin, Martin Bolsover, Martyn Griffiths, David Grace and Alister Douglas-osborn, while Chris Cramer plans to compete in the Gould 84 and multiple British hillclimb champion Scott Moran will be there with his later Gould.
Some significant cars will be on static display including the Marsh 4WD and some recordholding Bugattis, while all the record holders will climb into suitable cars for a parade.