Drive It Day 2017: the British Sunday Scramble

What we drove on Drive It Day – and what we saw once we’d driven there

Every year, the Federation of Historic British Vehicle Clubs holds Drive It Day, to raise awareness of everything that’s wonderful about old British cars and the clubs that support them. This year, we took part in a special run from Towcester Racecourse to Bicester Heritage, to join in the increasingly popular Sunday Scramble. Here’s how we got on.

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Richard Aucock
Richard Aucockhttps://www.richardaucock.co.uk/
Richard is director at Motoring Research. He has been with us since 2001, and has been a motoring journalist even longer. He won the IMCO Motoring Writer of the Future Award in 1996 and the acclaimed Sir William Lyons Award in 1998. Both awards are run by the Guild of Motoring Writers and Richard is currently vice chair of the world's largest organisation for automotive media professionals. Richard is also a juror for World Car Awards and the UK juror for the AUTOBEST awards.

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