Richard Hammond appears at Herefordshire classic car event
Five hundred classic cars came to Herefordshire as a popular annual event returned for the first time in three years after being canceled due to Covid.
The annual Bentley Owners’ Club summer competition was held at the Cubberley House estate in Hom Green, near Ross-on-Wye.
The house, owned by British industrialist Dean Kronsbein, is also the former home of singer-songwriter Roger Whittaker.
Bentley Owners’ Club Annual Summer Competition. Photo credit Dan Barker Studios on behalf of the Bentley Drivers Club
Herefordshire TV personality Richard Hammond, who lives in Weston-under-Penyard, was on hand on Saturday to promote his Hereford-based car restoration service, The Smallest Cog, which opened in Rotherwas last year.
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The event included a host of tours and excursions on Saturday and ended on Sunday with a 70th Anniversary Type R display and a WWII Spitfire flypast.
Bentley Concours show 2022 at Cubberley House near Ross-on-Wye. Photo credit Dan Barker Studios on behalf of the Bentley Drivers Club
Several prizes were handed out over the weekend, including the prestigious WO Bentley Memorial Trophy, awarded to Michael Dacre, whose 1936 drophead coupé was named overall winner of the competition at the event.
Bentley Owners’ Club Annual Summer Competition. Photo credit Dan Barker Studios on behalf of the Bentley Drivers Club
This award was presented by special guest HRH Prince Michael of Kent.
Along with the cars judged, the Bentley Motors Heritage Collection featured ten models from the first 90 years of the company’s history.