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Hillclimb: British championship boss racks up 50 years in motorsport

Tony Fletcher will reach an impressive milestone this year when he celebrates his 50th year in domestic motorsport.

The British Hillclimb Championship co-ordinator, who also runs the Midland Hillclimb Championship, began his motorsport career back in 1959 as timekeeper for Hagley and District Motor Club.

A spell as Loton Park’s Clerk of the Course followed before taking over the running of the national Hillclimb scene in 1990.

“Each year my wife Maureen and I cover around 12,000 miles in our camper van travelling from Scotland to Northern Ireland to the Channel Islands following the championship,” the 65 year-old said.

I did try competitive driving once, but I didn’t prove very good at it. someone pointed out to me that drivers should drive and organisers should organise, and so that’s what I did.”

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Tom Hornsby

Published 26/03/2009 12:28

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