The Royal Automobile Club 1000 Mile Trial

The 2018 Royal Automobile Club 1000 Mile Trial returns with a format designed to allow competitors to have more time socialising and enjoying the outstanding hospitality the event gives. Sunday, 8th July will see crews assemble at Woodcote Park for scrutineering and documentation before a welcome lunch in the superb surroundings of Woodcote Park. First cars will leave at 15:00 and make their way up the Captains Drive in the first action of the event, a driving test. Following this, there will be a run to the Reading area via some of the very scenic lanes en route, this leg is intended as a prologue to ease you into the competition. We arrive in the Reading area for the first overnight halt on the event.

The route includes a two night stay in Mid Wales and will be planned to be as traffic free as possible with some of the finest driving roads in the UK being used. Throughout the week the event will keep away from major conurbations and city centre overnight venues, relying mainly on country hotels with the finish conveniently located north of London near Watford. With the first car due to finish between 17:00 and 17:30 each day, there is plenty of time for socialising and the traditional high-jinks that make the Royal Automobile Club 1000 Mile more than a motor sport event, it is an occasion.