VIP guests, vehicle exhibitions and even a Go Karting competition with none other than The Stig featured at DriveTribe’s maiden car meet event, staged on Sunday 15 October, at the prestigious Haynes Motor Museum, Somerset.
DriveTribe Founder and Creative Director, Richard Hammond, was joined for a Q&A session by a star-studded line-up of special guests from the worlds of TV and YouTube, including racing driver Jimmy Broadbent, social media personalities Mat Armstrong and Alex Kersten, as well as Abigayle André, better known as ‘She Talks Cars’.
The event, which sold out in just 24 hours, was attended by over 1,500 automotive enthusiasts. Many of whom put forward their vehicles for a ‘show and shine competition’, which saw Hammond and the DriveTribe team hand pick a Ford Escort RS Turbo, as victor.
Attendees also vied amongst each other, and Ben Collins, who was The Stig in BBC’s Top Gear between 2003 and 2010, in a Go Kart time trial competition.
An eclectic exhibition of cars of today and yesteryear were also paraded at the event, including an Audi Quattro which took home the coveted ‘Car of the Show’ award.
The event comes in the wake of DriveTribe’s recent acquisition of specialist video production agency Centric Creative, as part of a rebrand as an automotive content production and distribution house.
Dave Murdoch, Managing Director at DriveTribe, commented: “The DriveTribe team is immensely proud to have launched our very first car meet event, which saw thousands of automotive buffs join us at Haynes Motor Museum for a motoring extravaganza.
“The event is yet another example of DriveTribe ushering in a new era and expanding our horizons, after our acquisition of Centric Creative. We are looking forward to leading the launch of many more events in the future.”
