Autosolo, 30th Nov Johnston
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:46 am
It's a while since I have posted anything about autotests, but this is a bit different, so thought it might be worth sharing;
There is an Autosolo event being run by Scottish Sporting Car Club on the 30th Nov in Johnston (near Glasgow). An Autotsolo is similar to an autotest, but is more open, flowing, faster and with no reversing is much more suited to elises / exiges etc. Some have described it as half way between an autotest and a sprint, although, I would not say it would be quite as fast as that. It's a great chance to get out in your car and have some relatively slow speed hooning and drifting, in safe confines for not a lot of money. The cost will be £10, + membership to SSCC (Which is £10). I am planning to take part, as the surface at this time of year is usually damp and greasy so does virtually no harm to your tyres.
Here is the official blurb from SSCC:
Scottish Sporting Car Club’s 2013 season concludes on Saturday 30 November 2013 with our tarmac-based Winter Autotest 2, to be held at the premises of W H Malcolm in Johnstone. This event will consist of an AutoSOLO (a type of event new to SSCC) an All-Forwards Autotest and a Production Car Autotest.
The AutoSOLO (classes 1, 2 and 3) is for road-going cars (registered, taxed and – if appropriate – MoT’d) which are driven to the event. The course is like that for an autotest but more open and flowing, in that there is no reversing and no tight turns, so it is less damaging to the car. It really is an event at which you can just turn up and “run what you brung” and has proved extremely popular down in Englandshire. If you’ve always fancied having a whirl around an autotest but only have a normal road car now’s your opportunity.
Cars in the All-Forwards Autotest need not be taxed or MoT’d, so classes 4, 5 and 6 cater particularly for those vehicles kept specially for competition.
The Production Car Autotest – class 7 - will run in parallel with the main event, and is intended for the less experienced/younger competitors, using series production cars only.
Entries for the event close on Wednesday 27 November (but please note that the Entries Secretary is now Robert May, whose contact details are included in the Regs).
We look forward to welcoming you to Johnstone on 30 November.
It will be something along the lines of this, but less tight turns, and no reversing; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zraBWVZddHM
If you are interested, post up - or PM me, and I'll put you in touch with the club.
There is an Autosolo event being run by Scottish Sporting Car Club on the 30th Nov in Johnston (near Glasgow). An Autotsolo is similar to an autotest, but is more open, flowing, faster and with no reversing is much more suited to elises / exiges etc. Some have described it as half way between an autotest and a sprint, although, I would not say it would be quite as fast as that. It's a great chance to get out in your car and have some relatively slow speed hooning and drifting, in safe confines for not a lot of money. The cost will be £10, + membership to SSCC (Which is £10). I am planning to take part, as the surface at this time of year is usually damp and greasy so does virtually no harm to your tyres.
Here is the official blurb from SSCC:
Scottish Sporting Car Club’s 2013 season concludes on Saturday 30 November 2013 with our tarmac-based Winter Autotest 2, to be held at the premises of W H Malcolm in Johnstone. This event will consist of an AutoSOLO (a type of event new to SSCC) an All-Forwards Autotest and a Production Car Autotest.
The AutoSOLO (classes 1, 2 and 3) is for road-going cars (registered, taxed and – if appropriate – MoT’d) which are driven to the event. The course is like that for an autotest but more open and flowing, in that there is no reversing and no tight turns, so it is less damaging to the car. It really is an event at which you can just turn up and “run what you brung” and has proved extremely popular down in Englandshire. If you’ve always fancied having a whirl around an autotest but only have a normal road car now’s your opportunity.
Cars in the All-Forwards Autotest need not be taxed or MoT’d, so classes 4, 5 and 6 cater particularly for those vehicles kept specially for competition.
The Production Car Autotest – class 7 - will run in parallel with the main event, and is intended for the less experienced/younger competitors, using series production cars only.
Entries for the event close on Wednesday 27 November (but please note that the Entries Secretary is now Robert May, whose contact details are included in the Regs).
We look forward to welcoming you to Johnstone on 30 November.
It will be something along the lines of this, but less tight turns, and no reversing; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zraBWVZddHM
If you are interested, post up - or PM me, and I'll put you in touch with the club.
