Entries Soar for Veteran Car Run

This years Veteran car run from London to Brighton is set to be he largets for 5 years.

Entries stand at 450 with vehicles coming from not only the UK but also Europe and the Channel Islands. Some will also be coming from Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Norway, South Africa and the Unites States.

The entry list wll see 23 countries represented including 34 new participants.

All will leave Hyde Park as dawn breaks on Sunday 5th November and hope to make it to Brighton’s Madeira Drive before 4.30pm to gain a finisher’s medal. Not all will make it, though, with mechanical breakdowns being part and parcel of the epic trip.

As dawn breaks, a red flag will be ceremoniously ripped up and the 450+ entries will start their journey from capital to coast: The Run celebrates the passing into law of the Locomotives on the Highway Act in November 1896, also known as the Red Flag Act, and refers to a time when these new-fangled machines had to follow a man holding a red flag.

For more details of the event and access to registration forms visit www.veterancarrun.com