OVER a hundred cars are set to descend on the NC500 in Northern Scotland this summer as part of a planned "super rally".
Austrian motor enthusiast Roman Eggers, who is from an organisation called the Back Road Club, announced the plans to councillors on Monday (December 16, 2024).
He said that around 240 people will attend the event with between 130 and 140 cars expected to take part.
Some concerns have been raised about the event with Durness-based councillor and businessman Hugh Morrison telling reporters that this would be "by far the largest rally ever held in the area," something he described as a "real concern".
He added that we cannot let the NC500 become a "theme park for a merry-go-round of car rallies of long convoys that cause all kinds of problems for local people and other visitors."
When will 140 cars come to the NC500 in Scotland?
Organiser Roman Eggers said he and his group intend to hold the rally on June 7 at Achmelvich, Scotland.
In an email to councillors, he said they had found the "perfect" place to hold the rally with the area boasting a carpark where rallygoers wish to leave their cars on the day of the visit.
There is also a nearby campsite where many participants will stay overnight.
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Taking place in Achmelvich on the western half of the NC500, rallygoers are expected to travel down from Achmelvich Beach Car Park towards Achmelvich Bay.
This won't be the only place visited by motorists in June with the group's Pothole Rodeo travelling the length and breadth of the UK over a 10-day period.
From June 3 to June 12, 2025, participants will start in the south of England before travelling through Wales and Northern England into the Lowlands and Scottish Highlands.
Before the rally in Sutherland, rallygoers will sample Scottish whisky in Edinburgh before heading to Loch Ness. After the rally, they will travel back south and ferry into Ireland.
