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The first Shelsley Walsh speed hillclimb event in Worcestershire was won by British driver Ernest Instone, who established the hill record by posting a time of 77.6 seconds for an average speed of 26.15 mph in his 35-bhp Daimler. The course was 992 yards in length, but in 1907 it was standardised at 1,000 yards, the length it remains today.
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