About a decade ago, a group of British sports car enthusiasts centered in the Detroit area decided to emulate (at least to a degree) their British cousins by starting America's British Reliability Run (ABRR) for classic British cars covering 600+ miles over back roads, run over the course of three days, while retaining its British counterparts' primary goal of raising money for a children's charity. At present, ABRRs are run in Pennsylvania, Colorado, New England and the Washington, DC area. All hew to the same basic theme: exercise old British cars over the course of three days in order to raise money for a children's charity.

THE DC RUN

In the prior three DC ABRR runs the teams raised over $125K for our children's charity. The 2020 version is limited to 50 teams driving cars that are at least 25 years old. The three day rally will be run rain or shine, covering around 650 miles of back roads through Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia. It is neither a race nor a TDS rally. It is a tour driven at each driver's own selected pace.

The DC event will be run "clover leaf" style, starting and finishing each day at a hotel in Winchester, VA. There will be a prearranged lunch stop on the road the first two days and group dinners Friday and Saturday night. The third day, Sunday, the route will be shorter, ending up around noon near Middleburg, VA for a celebratory brunch. Go to www.dcbritishreliability.org for further details, including photos of last year's cars.

THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY

The wining team in an ABRR is the one that raises the most money for the designated charity. Our charity for 2020 is Our Military Kids (OMK), which supports the needs of children of military families with a parent on deployment. Details of OMK's activities, its stellar Boards of Directors and Advisors, and it's outstanding ratings from the various charity watchdog organizations, can be found at www.ourmilitarykids.org. Our goal is for each team to raise at least $1K for OMK. Please join us.

DC BRR APPLICATION

Completing the following form is required for all paricipants. Please read carefully before completing you entry. The form must be completed and submitted when you arrive at the event. Please go to www.dcbritishreliability.org and click on Register to print out a copy of the form. Just fill out the form and bring it with you to the event!.