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Loton Park Hill Climb

Loton Park Hill Climb

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Loton Park Hill Climb is a hillclimb held in part of the Loton Park deer park just outside the village of Alberbury in Shropshire, England. The track was originally constructed by the members of The Severn Valley Motor Club based in Shrewsbury, in the mid-1950s. The first ever winner was Peter Foulkes in a Cooper Climax. The track was threatened with closure in 1969 [1] and since then events have been organised by the Hagley & District Light Car Club, who obtained the lease on the land from owner Sir Michael Leighton in 1970, in which year the first National A hillclimb was staged.

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The course is 1475 yards (1349 metres) in length, making it the third longest course used in the British Hill Climb Championship. It contains an unusual downhill section fairly early in its layout. The hill record of 41.76 seconds was set by Wallace Menzies on 26 September 2021.[2]

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Key: R = Course Record; FTD = Fastest Time of the Day; S/C = Supercharged.

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    Motor, May 24, 1969, Page 68.
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    2021 British Hillclimb Championship Round 27 results
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    Autosport, May 19, 1961, Page 659; C.A.N. May, Speed Hill-Climb, G.T. Foulis & Co LTD, 1962, Page 166.
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    C.A.N. May, Speed Hill-Climb, G.T. Foulis & Co LTD, 1962, Page 176.
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    For a description of the Marsh-Climax see Autosport, March 29, 1963, Page 423.
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    Autosport, May 3, 1963, Page 617; Motor Sport, June 1963, Page 397.
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    Autosport, May 1, 1964, Page 619; Motor Sport, June 1964, Page 476.
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    Motor Sport, September 1965, Page 745.
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    Motor Sport, August 1967, Page 702.
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    Motor, May 10, 1969.
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    Motor, August 18, 1973, Pages 24-25.
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    Autosport, Aug 16, 1973, Page 54.
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    Autosport, July 12, 1979, Page 42.
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    Autosport, April 20, 2006, Page 101.
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    Autosport, June 15, 2006, Page 105.
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    Autosport, June 18, 2009, Page 117.
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    Autosport, June 17, 2010, Page 81.
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    Speedscene, Issue 161, December 2010, Pages 17-19.

52°43′23.71″N 2°57′0.11″W
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