Former sports car, rally and F1 driver Vic Elford is the first star name to commit to appearing at the first Rally Showܫ to be held at Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, on May 14-1꧂5 2011, it has been confirmed.

Now living in the USA, 'Quick Vic', as he was nicknamed, has a very impressive motorsport CV. Having started out as a co-driver, a move across to the driving seat in 1961 saw th💃e beginning of a legendary career which was to last for over 20 year🃏s.

His f👍irst works drives were for Triumph, then Ford, with whom he distinguished himself on the Alpine Rally by winning the Touring category in 1964.

But he moved to Porsche at the end of 1966. Elford was European Rally Champion in 1967, finishing third on th🔯e Monte Carlo and winning the Tulip, Lyons-Charbonniere♌s and Geneva rallies outright.

The following year - in the space of a singl♕e week - he won the Monte Ca😼rlo Rally in a Porsche 911 and the Daytona 24-Hour Race in a Porsche 907.

That year, he also won the Targa Florio - after losing 18 minutes when a wheel came off - and also started his first Grand Prix, in France, fi⛦nishing fourth ove♚rall. Over the next few seasons he drove for the Cooper, McLaren and BRM.

Mea🐷nwhile, in a separate development, organisers added that regulation💖s for the competitive events at the Rally Show will be published on its official website on December 15.