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AUTOTEST
The sport of Autotesting is the art of
precision car control against the clock over a predetermined course.
The course is marked out with traffic cones, normally on disused
Airfields, each competitor is given a map of the route they must
take, this will show the direction of travel (forwards or reverse)
and various other manoeuvres such as 360º spin turns, reverse
flicks, stop astride lines or slalom through a line of cones.
Time penalties of
either 5 or 10 seconds for hitting cones or going too far over a
stop line are added to the final time for the test. A wrong test,
 taking
the wrong route through the cones will incur a more severe penalty
normally in the region of 30 seconds, this is added to the fastest
correct time in that class, this is also the maximum time that can
be given for that test, even if you drive it correctly without
penalties, so you can't go too slow. Each event will normally
consist of between 12 and 24 tests, each test being approximately 30
seconds to 60 seconds long.
Cars for Autotest vary from standard road going to chopped down
specials. The Mini is still one of the best autotest cars ever built
and today you will still find this 40 year old design at the front
end of the competition.
Events
are open to any Club Members (no MSA licence required).
For more info on Autotest Events, please contact
Chris House. |
