What is an Autotest?

Autotests are held on private land either on tarmac or grass.

The objective of the event is to transverse a pre determined route around road cones, this may include manoeuvres in a forward or reverse directions. I.e. Handbrake turns, reverse spins, j – turns etc. It’s a bit of precision driving as every cone you clip or touch has a penalty applied to your time. 

Basically the person who completes the routes of 6 –10 in a day in the quickest time is the winner. You will have two runs at each test, the fastest time to count towards the results, basically you have 1 practice run each time. 

The routes can be complicated but as a grass routes motor club we try to keep them fairly simple and easy to remember. The normal test length is only 30 seconds up to approximately 2 minutes but this will depend on how you drive.

You can use your road car or bring an old banger up on a trailer if you like, there is a scriutneering process but as long as the car is safe it should pass.

You do net need to hold a full driving licences to have a go and even 14 year olds can complete under certain criteria’s.