2025 Dates are ready! Easter weekend sees us at Neston Park between Bath and Corsham, to bring Lombard Rally Bath in line with our other single venue events over the season. A specially constructed mixed surface stage awaits the drivers, with the action kicking off on Saturday afternoon. In the evening the drivers will be entertained by our Hero Drivers telling tales of their past exploits. If you would like to join the drivers, with a light meal, get in touch. The entertainment starts again on Sunday morning, all day, with more rally cars in action, plus a classic car display. What a way to start the year! June 14th and 15th sees us move to Lombard Rally Festival Farborough, run at Rushmoor Arena, on two all tarmac stages. Drivers can enter for one of the days or both, with a different stage used each day. On August 23rd and 24th we move to our fantastic Scottish events, run at Craufurdland Castle, Kilmarnock. In 2024 the fantastic mixed forestry and tarmac stage produced great entertainment and with new attractions for 2025, it promises to be even better. We will again be joined by Ayrshire Classic Car Club to run our display, plus some top drivers from Finland. We conclude the year with Lombard Rally Festival St. Giles, in Dorset, another all tarmac event, on October 18th.
No other series of historic rally car demonstration events offers such venues for the drivers, combined with such a spectacle for the spectator. Each event will offer a special hospitality zone for spectators, the chance to interact with the drivers and the cars, with other displays and attractions for the family.
We are proud to have organised the UK's first historic rally tour with untimed special stages in 2018 in Bath and started bringing the concept to other parts of the UK in 2019. The process continues with our Rally Festivals around the country. We hope that you can join us, whether as an entrant or as a spectator.
Back in the 1970s and 1980s the competitive sections of the Lombard RAC Rally took place largely in forests which were not easy for spectators to visit. In 1977 the concept of the first day visiting spectator stages at stately homes and other more accessible venues. Our events are designed to recreate that, to allow you to get up close to cars from that period.
If you fancy having a go, we can organise a hire car for you from a number of independent suppliers - you don't have to be as sideways as this! Some tuition in the car before the event will also be available.
On our events at more than one venue there will be some navigation involved which is deliberately designed to be as easy as possible. Once again, it is possible to organise tuition for this as well. So taking part in one of our events can be a truly family affair!
Other events have followed our lead, as they say, imitation is the sincerest type of flattery!
Join us on the original and the best historic rally car demonstration events in the UK.
We look forward to seeing you soon on a Lombard Rally Bath or Lombard Rally Festival event.
Organised by Rally Enthusiasts for Rally Enthusiasts and others who want to learn about a period frequently described as the 'Golden Years of Rallying'.
Whether amazing cars from the period, or amazing drivers from the period, they each have great tales to tell. We welcome the drivers who want to recreate what those lucky enough to have taken part, experienced at the time - make sure that you join us! Whether you join us to spectate, or whether you would like to hire a Ford Escort Mk2, a Subaru Impreza or MG - get in touch