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The Classic Live festival at Mondello Park this Sunday the 19th will mark the 100th birthday of BMW in some pretty special style. On show, and taken from the collection of the race track's owner, Martin Birrane, will be a BMW M1 ProCar racing car and a BMW-engined Benetton B186 F1 car - a car which gave that team its first F1 victory in the hands of Gerhard Berger.
Those will be joined by some rare metal being brought along by BMW specialist (and one-time BMW importer) Frank Keane, including a road going M1, a rare BMW 320i Anniversary, a 1950s 503, a 328 Frazer Nash from the thirties, a 1980s 6 Series Alpina and a 2002.
There will be a mixture of demonstration and parade laps on track, and some proper racing too - demo races for Future Classics and Pre '55 cars. Classic Bike Racing will also be a major part of the show with three Championship Races set to be run by Classic Bike Racing Ireland and there will be more classic bikes on display in the paddock.
There will also be a showing of some rare video of the original opening of Mondello Park in 1968, as uncovered by Waterford-based historian John Fitzgerald. That will be showing all day in the BMW suite.
It's certainly a good value day out - adult admission if €12.50 and under-16s go free.