Curborough Sprint Course

01/06/2026

Some incredible views of Curborough from Staffordshire Bird's eye view 😍

26/05/2026

The first SDCC round of the season attracted an original entry of 71, but there were unfortunately around 10 late cancellations. Weather was mixed, to say the least!
Class Sa saw a second win for the Smart roadster of Will Horton, with the MGZR’s of Jack Twomey, Richard Banks and John Denman 2nd , 3rd and 4th respectively. Jessica Harris finished in 5th.
Class Sb saw a win for Glynn Butlin in the Citroen C2VTS, again usurping co driver Jenson.
Steve Barrow won the Fiesta eco-boost scrap in 1A from venerable Octogenarian, Martin Domleo, with the Mini of Julian Fishwick in third in his first outing of the year.
For the second event in a row, Mike Gardiner in his Clio Sport broke the class record in 1B, taking the win from Matt Dooners MX5 .
Largest Class of the day saw Ant Ashcroft’s Mini taking the win from the ever improving Yaris GR of Ivor Williams. Sibling rivals Liam and Paul Meredith were 3rd and 4th respectively in their Z4 and 323i’s. 5th was the Audi A3 of Richard Collins, and 6th, our only Diesel competitor, Mike Perkins in his Focus St.
Inr Class 2b the Westfields of Justin Rancins and Simon Price took first and second, with Simon’s co driver Paul Evans third, and the Caterham of John Caldicott fourth.
Championship interloper Ian Carvell in the Scirocco just held off Adrian Crawley’s 205GTI in the 2.0L Mod Prod Class, with Adrian’s co driver, Dad David in 3rd .
3C saw Charlotte Ward taking the win from Dad Andrew in the family MX5 Turbo.
Chris Horton won a 3 car FF1600 class, and Championship sponsor, Mike White took the FTD in his new Empire with a 52.72sec run.
The next round is the Owen MC Graham Hill sprint on June 14th. The Owen event could still do with some more entries to make it really viable, but the Club has agreed to run it to support the Championship, so please get your entries in.
event, on June 14th , Steve Wood

26/05/2026

Some photos by Stephen Adams of NHCA MeetingI have just uploaded to Flickr my photos from NHCA on Sunday 24-05-2026 - first time out with the Pentax K5ii at Curborough.

First sprint we have been to since 2014! Took 2 lenses, also took Z1-P Pentax but only two shots.

24/05/2026

Show you support for the 5th round of the Curborough Championship sponsored by Optimal Graphics and Paul Green Jewelers, by getting your entries in. Owen motor club have confirmed that they will run the event, but entry numbers are still low . With 70 competitors in the championship, surely we can fill this event 😃. Entry details are on the Curborough Championship website.

20/05/2026

New Gallery added to our Flickr Page, 266 photos from the SDCC 2 Lapper of 17th May 2026

2 Lapper Event. Photos taken by Steve Udall using Nikon D7100, Sony RX10, Sony RV100

18/05/2026

Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th May 2026 the NHCA (National Hillclimb Association) will be running ACU Permit Sprint Meetings for Solo Motorcycles, Sidecar Outfits and 3 Wheelers on the 900 yard (Saturday) and 1096 yard Course (Sunday).
Practice (from around 9am) is followed by Competitive runs.

PLEASE NOTE:
Whilst Spectator Entry and Parking is FREE- The Sprinters Rest Cafe will be CLOSED.

18/05/2026

Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th the NHCA National Hillclimb Association) will be organising an ACU Permit Sprint for Solo Motorcycles, Sidecar Outfits and 3 Wheelers.
Saturday is on the 900 yard Course, Sunday on the 1094 yard Course.

Practice (from around 9am) is followed by Competitive runs.

PLEASE NOTE:
Whilst Spectator Entry and Parking is FREE- The Sprinters Rest Cafe will be CLOSED.

18/05/2026

Results for SDCC 2 Lapper of 17th May now on website

Shenstone and District Car Club May Sprint at Curborough Sprint Course on the 2 Lap Course configuration. Spectator entry is FREE

17/05/2026

Round 4 of the Curborough Championship sponsored by Optimal Graphics and Paul Green Jewelers is ready to go! Cars are out on track for the double lap. Come down and marvel at the last of the late brakers into flagpole. The Sprinters Rest cafe is open and waiting for your order. Entry to spectators is free, we'll see you trackside.

16/05/2026

Round 3 results

The BMMC April Figure of Eight event attracted an entry of 51, and again some great weather.
Class Sa got the meeting underway with the closest result of the day, a win for William Horton in the Smart Roadster, from Jack Twomey in his MGZR by 0.01sec!. Richard Banks was 3rd and John Denman 4th in their MGZR’s, with newcomer Andrew Jones 5th in his Vauxhall Adam Slam ( his wife’s shopping car he says!).
Steve Barrow snatched the win in Class 1A in his Eco Boost Fiesta on the final run, from the Mini of Graham Harvey in second, by 0.06secs, both of them just under the old Class Record!
Another Class record was “smashed” in 1b by the Clio Sport of Mike Gardiner, taking nearly 1.5 seconds off the old Honda S2000 record! Second was the MX5 of Matt Dooner.
Lee Bradford took the win in 1C in the Porsche Cayman with Andrew Webb’s MX5 second, and Lee’s co driver in the Porsche, Ian Poole, third. Fourth was the Yaris GR of Ivor Williams.
Simon Price claimed first in 2B, from co driver Paul Evans, with Justin Rancins 3rd, all in Westfields.
David Whiteley won the Elise scrap in 2L from Mark Sturman in 2nd.
A close, 3 car, MX5 turbo Class 1C, went to Charlotte Ward, from Stuart Hadley, with Andrew Ward third.
John Bradburn took the win from co driver Colin Quigley in the Radical in the Libre Class. Chris Horton won his family FF1600 scrap again from Ewan in the Van Diemen RF88. FTD went to the Empire of Mike White with a time of 52.49.

Sadly as this bulletin goes out we have to report that the S&HMC event on May 31st has had to be cancelled as it was well down on entry numbers at only 22, which with all the costs involved would probably have been about a £2500 loss for the club.

The Championship will, as in the regulations still be best 7 to count, but now from the 10 events, not the original 11.
Just to remind all entrants that getting entry forms in early, even if payment is delayed.
Hope to see as many of you as possible at Round 4, the SDCC event, on May 17th, which does have a very good entry,
Steve Wood
*Full official results are available on Curborough.co.uk