This Sunday, the Lake District Classic Rally, sponsored by Lake District Hotels Ltd., will see over 40 historic and classic cars grace this 25th running of the event. You should expect to see vehicles like MG, Mini Cooper, Triumph, Lancia, Saab, and Imp, racing with Ford Escorts, Cortinas, Anglia’s, Volvos, and Vauxhall Vivas. With some crews traveling 300 kilometers to attend the event, the event has received entries from all over the country.
The rally is based a the Penrith Truckstop near Junction 40 of the M6 and features a 70 mile route taking in some twenty special tests and two regularities on private land. Running alongside the Classic is a Targa Rally for modern cars. Targa events are a new type of event introduced this year.
As the event is taking place in National Motorsport Week, the organising Wigton Motor Club have given three free entries to crews who are taking part in their first ever event.
As ever events like this need the enthusiastic support of volunteer marshals and WMC are thanking them with the chance to become a millionaire by giving them a National Lottery ticket in their goody bag as well as a free rally dinner at the end of the event. The rally counts for the Gates Tyres Historic Rally Awards.
