Sir Jackie Stewart Classic

18/02/2024

Head to the BVAC Classic at Thirlestane Castle - Festival of Motoring page 🤩

20/11/2023

Advanced Tickets Coming Soon 2024 BVAC Classic - Sunday 2nd June Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, Scottish Borders, TD2 6RU Join us for a fabulous family day out at Scotland’s premier classic car show! Over 1,000 classic cars Live motorsport action stage Breath-taking stunt displays Sporting Bears

30/10/2023

Save the date! 📅

We're very excited to announce next years BVAC Classic Festival of Motoring at Thirlestane Castle, will take place on Sunday 2nd June 2024 🙂

Tickets will go on sale next month and we will be releasing details on the theme and content over the coming weeks but once again you can expect amazing cars, live action, fun for all the family and great food & drink! 🚗🎢🍦

Updates coming soon! 👀

📷 Ridgeline Prints

26/10/2023

Highlights from the 2023 BVAC Classic, which took place on Sunday, 18th June 2023, at Thirlestane Castle. Credit: The Paddock Co

15/06/2023

3️⃣ days to go

BUY TICKETS ON THE GATE THIS SUNDAY OR ONLINE BEFORE MIDNIGHT TODAY (Thursday)

A reminder that our online ticket sales will close at midnight tonight.

You will be able to buy tickets on Sunday at the gate (£15) but this is your last chance to take advantage of the discounted ticket price, of just £12.50, and benefit from a faster entry at the ticket gates! 😀

➡️https://bvac.org.uk/bvac-classic/tickets/

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Under 16's accompanied by an adult benefit from free entry
🐶Well behaved dogs are welcome

29/05/2023

Advanced Ticket Discount Reminder📢

Remember this Wednesday 31st May is your last chance to take advantage of our advanced discounted ticket price, of just £10.

Don't miss out, head over to get yours now ⬇️ https://bvac.org.uk/bvac-classic/tickets/…

27/05/2023

Amazing opportunity to win a rally passenger ride at next months BVAC Classic at Thirlestane Castle - Festival of Motoring 🏁

🌟Rally Thrill Ride Competition🌟

We’re offering you and a friend the chance to win a high-speed passenger ride in the outrageous Defender Rally car from Bowler Motors on our live stage at the BVAC classic on Sunday the 18th of June.

This completely unique experience is not normally available to the public and will offer the lucky winners the chance to experience the performance of Bowlers production-based rally car, courtesy of their official motorsport team.

HOW TO ENTER❗
1️⃣ Like this post
2️⃣ Comment below & tag a mate who you would like to scare! 😬

We will select the winner at random and announce on Friday 2nd June 🗓
The prize will include 2 complimentary tickets to the BVAC Classic

Ts&Cs
🔹Both winners must be over 18
🔹Will need to obtain a free Motorsport UK RS Clubman licence (easy to obtain online but we will help with this)
🔹Be a good passenger 😉

Many thanks to The Scottish Hill Rally Club and Bowler Land Rover for bringing this fabulous prize to the BVAC Classic. 🙏

Good luck 🍀

For more info on the BVAC Classic and to buy tickets, visit ➡ https://bit.ly/BVACtickets

20/04/2023

This year’s BVAC Classic Festival of Motoring, at Thirlestane Castle on Father's Day - Sunday 18 June - will celebrate the centenary of the iconic British MG car, with a special display of over 100 pre-war, classic and modern MG’s! The MG was born in 1923, when its founder, Cecil Kimber designed

04/04/2023

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16/03/2023

Visitors will be treated to a wonderful display of veteran, vintage and classic cars of all types; from Rolls Royce Phantom’s to Ford Mustang’s and Austin 7’s. There are even vintage truck and military vehicle displays, as well as classic motorcycle displays for those

22/02/2023

The Sir Jackie Stewart Classic will not be taking place in 2023…

However (fear not motoring fans!), the BVAC Classic at Thirlestane Castle - Festival of Motoring will be returning to Thirlestane Castle on Father’s Day (18 June) and promises to be a great family day out ⬇️

The BVAC committee are delighted to announce plans for the 2023 BVAC Classic, at Thirlestane Castle, in the beautiful Scottish Borders. Following last year’s Sir Jackie Stewart Classic and 50-year BVAC anniversary celebrations, the show will return to the more traditional BVAC Classic format, on 1...

23/11/2022

We're very grateful and proud to have been nominated and shortlisted as finalists for the Motoring Spectacle category of the 2022 Royal Automobile Historic Awards

The Awards take place tomorrow - Thursday 24 November - at the Royal Automobile Club, in Pall Mall. Wish us luck!🤞

09/09/2022

We join the nation in mourning following yesterday’s deeply sad news.

We are deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. She was a remarkable Sovereign who was an inspiration to us all.
Our heartfelt thoughts are with King Charles III and the Royal Family.

01/09/2022

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28/08/2022

Congratulations to Sir Jackie & Lady Stewart celebrating their 60th Wedding Anniversary, we hope you’ve had the most wonderful special day 💙

We would like to wish Sir Jackie and Lady Stewart huge congratulations on their 60th wedding anniversary today 💎

(📸: www.grandprixphoto.com)

30/07/2022

Did you catch last weekend’s Border Life episode on Sir Jackie’s phenomenal record-breaking career and his Race Against Dementia? 💙

A wonderful heartfelt interview was held here at Thirlestane Castle with ITV Border in advance of the inaugural Sir Jackie Stewart Classic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

https://www.itv.com/news/border/2022-07-28/catch-up-on-border-life-24-july-2022

Sir Jackie Stewart on his record-breaking career in racing, coping with dyslexia, and campaigning for a cure for dementia. | ITV News Border

28/07/2022

💙 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏎 💨 🏆 💙 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏎 💨 🏆 💙

to the Sir Jackie Classic inaugural event last month with Sir Jackie, Lady Helen and family. We hope everyone's making lovely memories this summer too.

(📸: Sir Jackie Stewart Classic)

15/07/2022

🙌🏼 Absolutely Phenomenal, Thank You All So Much 💙

Race Against Dementia

08/07/2022

When you’ve one of Scotland’s most famous tastiest sponsors… 🤩

Did you visit the Tunnock's vintage van at the Sir Jackie Stewart Classic? 🍫

This fully loaded tunnock-tastic beauty was a treat for all to see & left Thirlestane Castle without even a crumb to spare 😋

06/07/2022

👀 Check out our friends at Tartan Tarmac’s NEW fine art print shop featuring some stunning pics from The Sir Jackie Stewart Classic 🏎💨

To celebrate their launch, they’re very kindly donating 25% of any profits made to Sir Jackie’s charity, Race Against Dementia 💙

A Race We Must Win 🙏🏼 Thank You!

06/07/2022

🏆 The Jim Clark Trust EV Motor Museum Trophy 🏆

We were delighted to welcome participating Scottish schools & colleges and their amazing EV kit cars to the Sir Jackie Stewart Classic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A fantastic experience for the teams & a wonderful addition to our event programme in support of the Greenpower Community 💚

Thank you to everyone involved & Well Done again to the Winners who were presented by Sir Jackie Stewart himself…

🏆 The Jim Clark Trust EV Trophy - “Beast from the East” driven by The Coasters Team from Eyemouth High School 🏆

🛞 The Tyre Time-Trial Challenge - Borders College 🛞

🏅”Spirit of the Meeting” Award - Kelso High School🏅

📸 Ridgeline Prints

04/07/2022

Great to welcome ScotlandShop.com to the inaugural Classic at Thirlestane Castle to celebrate the best in Scottish retail, food & drink... alongside our Festival of Motoring in aid of Race Against Dementia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

What better setting than the magnificent Thirlestane Castle for the Festival of Motoring, hosted by Scottish racing legend Sir Jackie Stewart. Sir Jackie Stewart Local car enthusiast group, the Border's Vintage Automobile Club , celebrated their 50th anniversary this year and decided to put on a…

02/07/2022

2 weeks on from the Sir Jackie Stewart Classic… and the team are still performing donuts! 🏎💨🍩

Good luck to our friends Oracle Red Bull Racing for tomorrow’s British Grand Prix 🇬🇧

01/07/2022

Another fantastic video from Sir Jackie’s Clay Pigeon Shoot in aid of Race Against Dementia at Thirlestane Castle featuring Eley Hawk & BERETTA by FieldsportsChannel.tv 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Legendary Formula One racing driver Sir Jackie Stewart OBE was a top international clay pigeon champion before he took up motor racing. So when he created the Sir Jackie Stewart Challenge, to celebrate his life and raise funds for the charity Race Against Dementia , he insisted on including a shooting competition. The event was held at Thirlestane Castle in the Scottish Borders on Friday 17 June 2022, with the motoring festival following on the Saturday and Sunday.

Watch now: https://youtu.be/VgTsk2aCtoI

30/06/2022

27/06/2022

WOW 😳… Just Wow… 🏁 🏆

26/06/2022

The final words from the legend himself, Sir Jackie Stewart, closing the show last Sunday at Thirlestane Castle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Remarkable words from the Flying Scot, “Scotland at it’s best”…. & it’s not every day you receive such a compliment in comparison to the Pebble Beach concours d’elegance - well done BVAC Classic Festival of Motoring❣️

26/06/2022

Last Sunday Sir Jackie Stewart Congratulated our friends at the BVAC & Edward Maitland Carew on their 50th BVAC Classic Festival of Motoring Anniversary at Thirlestane Castle 🎉

A very special day for all involved, an incredible milestone for the club & one of which we know Edward is very proud 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

25/06/2022

🙌🏼 Thank you to all of the amazing Scottish Motor Racing Club / Motorsport UK Marshals & Officials who played a huge part at the Sir Jackie Stewart Classic! What a team! 🏁

25/06/2022

WOW, who can believe 1 week ago today we had just finished our Driver’s Briefing with our fabulous first ever Thirlestane Sprint participants! 🤩

Held by the main man, Steve Burns, Competition’s Director on behalf of Scottish Motor Racing Club & Motorsport UK 🏁

Thank you again to all of our Sprinter’s & the Laser Tools Racing teams for being part of the Sir Jackie Stewart Classic in aid of Race Against Dementia 💙

📸 Ridgeline Prints & Tartan Tarmac 📸