WANGARATTA is set to host its first ever Cancer Cruise this November, led by a local resident driving a beaten-up Ford Fairmont covered in chalkboard paint.

Simon Allen will take the reins of an initiative which raised $92,000 nationally in its inaugural meeting in March, and will look to place a regional spin on a day of significant importance to him personally.

Mr Allen, who tragically lost his 62 year old mother to cancer last year, said the newest iteration of the wildly popular cross-country 'Box Rallies' initiative had been a special opportun...