Much of the information here was researched and written by Shirley Dalley, daughter to one of our first members. Her website - www.jalopydays.com  is packed full of memories and well worth a visit.

Severn Valley formed in 1964, with committee meetings held at the Prince of Wales, Staunton in Gloucestershire. Mr Bernard Newman was the landlord at that time and he was very active with the club. Membership for the first year was 15 shillings, and in the early years Severn Valley Jalopy Club raced with the Welsh League. Our first Chairman was Mr Ted Blackmore, and we still present the Blackmore Trophy to the hardest working driving member, in his honour, annually.

Social events were mainly held at Corse Village Hall, and tracks were usually in the local vicinity, always with kind permission from the landowner.

Eventually SVJC decided to join with Radford and Hereford, which was the West Midland League, and many other local Jalopy clubs had been in existence for some time before the Western Grass Track Car Racing Association was founded in 1966. In the late 1960s, the West Midland League joined with the Welsh League and so the BJRA - British Jalopy Racing Association - was born. In 1969 the BJRA consisted of 4 leagues: West Midland; Welsh; West Wales and West of England.

The last National BJRA Championship was held at Hampton Bishop in 1973 (hosted by Cwmdu Jalopy Club). The British Jalopy League was formed in 1974, around the time when 'Jalopy' became 'Autograss' and soon after that was the birth of the National Autograss Sport Association (NASA).

Racing club colours have always been (and still are) blue and white, but in about 2000, members voted to allow “free” colours too. We still have members who prefer to race the blue and white colours, but most choose not too.