PH Sporting Tour North | Open for booking!
Fancy 170 miles of glorious road driving followed by auto tests at Oulton Park?
We're excited to announce that the PistonHeads Sporting Tour North is now open for booking. The event will take place across Derbyshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire on July 6th with timed tests at Oulton Park.
The one-day tour will take in 170 miles of beautiful country roads, with lunch and two timed tests at our chosen MSV circuit. Each competitor will have a start time, but as most of the driving takes place on public roads, there will be no other timing involved other than the tests. You'll make your way to check points, where marshals will stamp your route book before setting off on the next stage of the rally.
Your co-driver will need to brush up on their map reading skills, as you'll navigate the route in true rally team style using a Tulip Road Book with no sat nav in sight. The book plots out the distances, directions and junctions you need to navigate throughout the route, making for a refreshing change from staring at a screen. Seasoned motorsport competitors are welcome but this event is perfect for novices who want to take their first step onto the motorsport ladder.
Following feedback on our previous events, the road sections are longer with less minor highways, and we are laying on bigger auto tests at MSV circuits. The cost is £180 per car and we recommend a minimum of two people per team.
Our base for the start and finish will be the Ibis Chesterfield North with the auto tests using the tarmac rally stage at Oulton Park. The event is authorised and permitted by Motorsport UK.
Entries for PistonHeads Sporting Tour North are now open and are available on a first come first served basis here.
Once you've signed up, add yourself to the entrants Wiki here.
Then grab your Sporting Tour merchandise here. See you there!
Just £46 B&B for the hotel Fri night!
Can I take my missus and two young kids or is there an age/passenger min/max?
Do people find their insurance normally covers these events or is it the norm to have to take out the extra JELF cover?
It's highly unlikely your insurance will cover you for the timed tests but it's up to you how hard you drive. If you want cover for the tests, you could again speak to JELF or REIS as an alternative.
From experience of previous years what form do the autotests take? Is this literally just a timed run at the tarmac tally stage or handbrake turns around the cones and reversing into cone garages?
Brands Hatch had a simple slalom course through cones for the first test, followed by a full timed run on the rally stage for the second. So nothing overly technical
As Ben has mentioned they are not autotests/autosolos as you might know them, but rather a very straighforward (and non taxing) slalom and a drive around a single lane tarmac course. You can choose to take them as fast or as slow as you like.
This is the "rally course" at Brands Hatch:
And said gorgeous Aston Martin:
As Ben has mentioned they are not autotests/autosolos as you might know them, but rather a very straighforward (and non taxing) slalom and a drive around a single lane tarmac course. You can choose to take them as fast or as slow as you like.
This is the "rally course" at Brands Hatch:
And said gorgeous Aston Martin:
Tony
Clerk of the Course
From experience of previous years what form do the autotests take? Is this literally just a timed run at the tarmac tally stage or handbrake turns around the cones and reversing into cone garages?
Brands Hatch had a simple slalom course through cones for the first test, followed by a full timed run on the rally stage for the second. So nothing overly technical
As Ben has mentioned they are not autotests/autosolos as you might know them, but rather a very straighforward (and non taxing) slalom and a drive around a single lane tarmac course. You can choose to take them as fast or as slow as you like.
This is the "rally course" at Brands Hatch:
And said gorgeous Aston Martin:
Tony
Clerk of the Course
With much regret, we've had to take the decision to postpone Sporting Tour North due to lack of bookings. We're currently looking at alternative dates to move the event to later in the year but this will also have an impact on the running of Sporting Tour Midlands.
GT Motorsports Club will contact everyone who has already booked on and that has paid to see if they would like a refund or to defer their booking. Sincere apologies to any inconvenience caused by this, but it's simply not viable to run the event at this stage.
We'll provide another update on re-scheduling as soon as possible.
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