This Sunday sees Appleby's Dougi Hall in his Escort Mk 2 lead the 90 cars away from Penrith Truckstop for the Pendragon Stages Rally.

Behind Hall will be some of the cream of British rallying including last year's winner Mark Jasper.

Local crews include William Stobart, Nigel Clegg who drove Dougi's Escort to fourth place in last year's event, and Mark Shaw/Ken William, who have replaced the Sunbeam with a Toyota Celica GT4.