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Festival of speed prepares to roar off at Kincardine Castle

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The countdown has begun to Deeside’s first speed hillclimb course on Sunday, August 21, at Kincardine Castle, Kincardine O’Neil.

Four hundred cars are taking part, including 130 hillclimb cars and bikes, including the 1956 Ecurie Ecosse D-type Jaguar which has just won Car of the Day at the Ballater Week parade. Motorcycling legend and eight times Isle of Man TT winner Charlie Williams will also be there, on his 1974 Maxton Yamaha.

A broad cross-section of more than 60 static cars will be displayed, including a Bugatti Veyron, Ferrari F50 and AC Le Mans Coupe, Colin Macrae’s MKII Ford Escort rally car, and the Charlie Bang slingshot dragster.

Eighteen car clubs with 240 cars will be attending, representing Ferrari, Ford, MG, Aston Martin and Subaru, to name a few. Tesla will have a special display of their Model S electric luxury cars.

Passenger rides on our off-roading courses come highly recommended. The Landrover experience will offer a thrilling ride tackling the Rocky Road, the Toblerone and Willie’s Drop. A scenic off-road safari will be run by the Buchan Off-Road Drivers Club.

The Clan BMX Stunt Team will be there to take centre stage with their death-defying stunt shows throughout the day. And our festival marketplace in the walled garden will showcase food, drink, crafts, beauty products and local businesses.

There will be refreshments provided alongside the castle’s own pop-up cafe. For kids, there will be a climbing tower, carousels and bouncy castles. The finale will be the Westburn finance Soapbox Derby allowing gravity, along with a few twists and jumps, to prove that thrilling does not necessarily mean engine-powered.

The event supports the charities Children 1st, Help for Heroes and Mission Motorsport.