THIS weekend sees an action-packed programme of speed hill climbing at the Wiscombe Park track in South Devon.

The main focus of attention is the annual Vintage Sports Car Club meeting on Sunday.

Always a first-class event for enthusiasts of historic and pre-war cars, this weekend’s meeting has amassed an entry of over 110 vintage and historic cars spanning six decades.

A typical entry is that of Dorchester’s Terry Crabb, who has campaigned his ex-works R12C in recent seasons both at speed hill climbs, such as Wiscombe Park, and at race circuits to good effect.

Last month saw the combination in action at Silverstone in the VSCC meeting where Crabb claimed a fourth place in the Scratch Pre-War Sports Car race.

But this weekend the battle will be against the clock rather than other racers.

Tomorrow will see the 500 Owners Club making their annual visit to Wiscombe.

There will be great variety on the hill with motorcycles, a number of cars powered by motorcycle engines and a selection of more contemporary saloons and sports cars, both road-going and modified in addition to single-seater racing cars.

The entry does include Frampton’s Rod Thorne, who took his Pilbeam MP58 single-seater to overall victory at Wiscombe a fortnight ago.

Sharing the drive will be Andrew Forsyth from Shillingstone, who having campaigned his father’s MP58 in recent seasons will be familiar with the machine which was designed especially for hill climbing.

Forsyth will definitely have expectations of an overall victory if he can defeat the car’s owner.

The motorcycle entry includes the spectacular Martyn Robbins, the current national champion, on his rapid KTM KBR and Portland duo Sara and Kevin Dewell, who have forsaken competing individually with KTM and Husqvarna machines to unite as a team on the Windle Suzuki sidecar outfit.

For more information, visit wiscombepark.co.uk