{"id":460519,"date":"2005-08-01T03:09:11","date_gmt":"2005-08-01T10:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=83009"},"modified":"2024-09-06T23:06:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T23:06:16","slug":"auto-union-returns-to-shelsley-walsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/auto-union-returns-to-shelsley-walsh\/","title":{"rendered":"Auto Union Returns to Shelsley Walsh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An original 1939 Auto Union V-12 D-Type Grand Prix racecar will appear at Shelsley Walsh on Sunday, August 21st as the famous hillclimb celebrates its 100th anniversary. Shelsley Walsh and Auto Union are inextricably linked after Hans St\u00fcck raced up the hill in June 1936 as part of the prestigious European Hill Climb Championship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tens of thousands of spectators filled the hillsides around Shelsley that weekend nearly 70 years ago, but a similar crowd is expected to flock in on August 21 to see the paddock full of cars from the very first meeting of Shelsley Walsh in August 1905, all the way through to today\u2019s modern 680-bhp F1-powered single-seaters that embody the current British hill climb scene.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Auto Union coming to Shelsley is the very car that Tazio Nuvolari drove to victory in the 1938 Italian GP and the famous British Grand Prix at Donington Park that same year. It was raced the year after at N\u00fcrburgring, Spa, Reims, Bern and Belgrade. For more information, visit www.shelsley-walsh.co.uk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An original 1939 Auto Union V-12 D-Type Grand Prix racecar will appear at Shelsley Walsh on Sunday, August 21st as the famous hillclimb celebrates its 100th anniversary. Shelsley Walsh and Auto Union are inextricably linked after Hans St\u00fcck raced up the hill in June 1936 as part of the prestigious European Hill Climb Championship. Tens of thousands of spectators filled the hillsides around Shelsley that weekend nearly 70 years ago, but a similar crowd is expected to flock in on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":701440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1708,260,255,13063],"tags":[11468,1769,429,432,17768,15234,17774,17686],"class_list":["post-460519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auto-union","category-car-events","category-news","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-vscc","tag-auto-union","tag-news","tag-events","tag-event-shelsley-walsh-classic-nostalgia","tag-events-vintage-racing","tag-racetrack-shelsley-walsh","tag-vintage-race-vscc-shelsley-walsh-hill-climb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Auto Union Returns to Shelsley Walsh<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Auto Union Returns to Shelsley Walsh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/auto-union-returns-to-shelsley-walsh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Auto Union Returns to Shelsley Walsh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Auto Union Returns to Shelsley Walsh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/auto-union-returns-to-shelsley-walsh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2005-08-01T10:09:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-06T23:06:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/n9-200508-p1-293x203-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"293\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"203\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SportsCarDigest Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SportsCarDigest Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/auto-union-returns-to-shelsley-walsh\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/auto-union-returns-to-shelsley-walsh\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SportsCarDigest Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51d193ee53f997a3f6d82ce34de31baa\"},\"headline\":\"Auto Union Returns to Shelsley Walsh\",\"datePublished\":\"2005-08-01T10:09:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-06T23:06:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/auto-union-returns-to-shelsley-walsh\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":176,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/auto-union-returns-to-shelsley-walsh\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2005\\\/08\\\/n9-200508-p1-293x203-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"(VSCC) Vintage Sports Car Club\",\"Auto Union\",\"Car News\",\"Event (Car Events &amp; 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