This year’s Cumbria Classic and Motorsport Show is set to take place later this month.
The biggest motoring event in the region, it will be held at Dalemain, near Penrith on August 17.
The first show was in 1989 and the enthusiastic organising team from Wigton Motor Club now limits the number of entries to 800. It was full by June this year.
This year, the guest of honour is Malcolm Wilson OBE, who will be reunited with his first rally car, a Ford Escort RS, which has been restored by Neil Kirkham.
There will also be on of M-Sport’s current rally cars on show.
The featured classes this year are for rally cars and Italian cars, both of which will be presented in the arena during the afternoon.
Around 35 cars clubs will be having displays and a similar number of trade stands.
Renown rallying journalist, John Fife, will be selling his series of books on the history of rallying in Scotland.
As part of Motor Sport UK’s Street Car initiative, to get more people involved in club motorsport, there will be demonstration autotests and a change to have a go yourself if you are displaying a car.
Wigton Motor Club is supporting two charities this year, Hospice at Home, Carlisle and North Lakeland and Every Life Matters.
The show opens to the public at 11am and closes at 4pm. Admission is £20 for adults, children are free and dogs are welcome.
Wigton Motor Club also has an exclusive membership offer. Anyone joining at the show will get membership until December 2026. There will be WMC clothing and models on sale as well.
