Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Perthshire to host car event
PERTHSHIRE is to host one of Scotland’s most prestigious classic car gatherings which has its roots in the very earliest days of motoring.
Blairgowrie Rotary Club is taking over the annual Drive It Day which has been organised for the past 10 years by Strathendrick Rotarians.
Drive It Day dates back to 1900 when 64 cars left London for a 1,000-mile return run to northern Scotland to prove the reliability of the then “new” motor car.
Next year’s 120-mile fundraising event on April 23 will attract dozens of classic cars from throughout Scotland and further afield — and raise thousands of pounds for charities.
Entry numbers for next year’s event will be set provisionally at 65 cars.
Successful applicants will receive a sponsorship form, while firms have been approached to fund aspects of the Drive It Day.
The event star ts at Blairgowrie Golf Club before heading to Fonab Castle Hotel at Pitlochry.
It also takes i n Glen Quaich and ends with a high tea and prize-giving at Crieff Hydro. The money raised will go to Cancer Research and CHAS.
Colin Stewar t, who heads the organising committee, said:“We have high hopes we will continue the fine tradition established by Strathendrick.
“The event will bring some of the UK’s finest classic cars to Blairgowrie and the route means many local people will see the rare and historic cars taking part.”