CLASSIC and supercar owners have just a few days left to help raise tens of thousands of pounds for global children’s charity UNICEF by signing up to an online concours.

Concours Virtual will be run across social media and the website www.concoursvirtual.com to give owners the chance to take part in a worldwide event during the coronavirus pandemic.

And it will allow enthusiasts around the world to see some of the best cars ever made while doing their bit to help kids in the COVID-19 crisis.

The final date for car entries is Monday and the concours will run from June 30 until August 9, when the Best of Show awards will be announced, with the cars judged by a group of motoring experts and celebrities.

The panel of more than 40 judges includes Goodwood Festival of Speed founder the Duke of Richmond, Pink Floyd drummer and Ferrari enthusiast Nick Mason and American telly automotive restoration expert Wayne Carini.

The concours has 17 classes, ranging from Cars of the Art Deco period to Concept Cars of the 1970s, and 70 years of Formula 1. There will also be a special tribute class to the late Sir Stirling Moss.

And the public will be able to vote for their favourite concours cars in each class as well as for their overall favourite for the People’s Choice Award. Concours Virtual entrants and visitors will be asked to donate to UNICEF, and each class is sponsored by leading companies involved in the classic car world.

The presenting sponsor is major classic car insurer Hagerty and boss McKeel Hagerty said: “The love of the automobile endures! Through pandemics, wars, recessions and uncertainty, people who love cars will carry on. The Concours Virtual is a celebration of that spirit.”

Concours Virtual donations to UNICEF can be made via www.justgiving.com/fundraising/concoursvirtual, with the aim of raising £100,000 for the charity.

Rock star Mason said: “Given the present circumstances, a virtual concours is far superior to no event at all. But, perhaps best of all, it’s an opportunity to raise much-needed funds for that most worthy of organisations – UNICEF.”