Tour Britannia organisers put the finishing touches to the final route for the 2011 edition scheduled to run in Wales and the West Country from June 17th to the 19th. The cooperation and help for providing suitable venues that has been forthcoming, from South Wales in particular, has been exceptional and organizers hope that this year’s event could be the best ever Tour Britannia.
The Friday route will include two challenging tarmac stages at Epynt both wide and smooth, followed by a more challenging eleven-mile stage at Caerwent. On the same day, there are two other stages and a race at Pembrey. All stages are tackled twice so there is wonderful value here for those drivers who revel in the rally side of the event. On Saturday, there will be a chance to sample the legendary hillclimb at Porlock plus racing at Castle Combe as part of an existing race meeting. Then on Sunday morning, a return to Caerwent – this time run in the opposite direction – will precede a visit to Prescott Hill Climb, a venue that simply oozes motor sport nostalgia. The final race event will be at Silverstone where the cars will tackle the International circuit.
The seven hundred mile route for Tour Britannia 2011 will take the competitors through some of the most beautiful and scenic roads of South Wales, the West Country and Cotswolds, possibly even rivalling those in North Wales that were so much enjoyed by competitors last year.
Alec Poole, the Commercial Director of the event, commented, “In planning the route each year for Tour Britannia, our initial brief is to choose venues that even the most experienced competitor will find interesting and want to drive. We then go back over the route making sure nothing is missed and invariably find some gems that we can add, which move the event from being merely good to excellent. For example, the toll road that we have found in Weston-Super-Mare is a case in point. It’s things like that that make me wish I could enter the event myself.”
The full route will be unveiled on the Tour Britannia stand (Hall 2, Stand B36) at the Race Retro Show on February 25th. Competitors and potential competitors in both Competition and Regularity categories plus the new-for-2010 Targa category are welcome to visit and ask questions about the event.
For more information, visit www.tourbritannia.com.
[Source: Tour Britannia]
