Best of British Three Car Driving Experience
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Overview
Experience the best of British with three unforgettable drives.
Take to the track in some of the most iconic British cars in history, heading out on a three lap, three-mile ride with an expert instructor by your side. Choose from a classic Aston Martin Vantage, Aston Martin DB5, E-Type Jaguar, MK1 Escort, Mini Cooper and Lotus Cortina.
You’ll also switch over to the passenger side for an electrifying ride in a modern performance car, driven by your instructor. Whichever cars you go for on the day, you’re sure of a thrill, and after driving a piece of motoring history, it’s only right you take home a commemorative certificate, too.
- SKU
- PBMBOB SP1
- Locations
- 12 in the UK
- People
- For 1
- Validity
- 12 Months
- Rating
- 3.9 (44)
What's Included
- Drive three iconic British cars
- Choose from a classic Aston Martin Vantage, Aston Martin DB5, E-Type Jaguar, MK1 Escort, Mini and Lotus Cortina
- Three miles driving in each
- Full safety briefing and expert instruction
- Choice of locations
- High-speed passenger ride
- Commemorative certificate upon completion
- āExperience gift pack including personalised voucher and message card
What happens on the day?
On arrival at your chosen location, you’ll check in before taking part in a short safety briefing. Having run through all the details, it’ll be time to take to the track in your three chosen classic motors for a three lap, three-mile run in each.
After your drive you’ll take to the passenger seat of a modern performance vehicle for a flying lap with your instructor.
At the end of your experience you’ll be presented with a commemorative certificate.
Participant guidelines
- Minimum age: 17 (under 18s need parental/guardian consent)
- Guidelines are that you should be over 4ft 5in to be safe and comfortable to drive. Please check at the time of booking.
- All participants must hold a full UK driving licence and present the original on the day of the experience. International licences will be accepted.
- Please note: anyone deemed to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs will not be permitted to participate
- Family, friends and children are welcome to spectate. Viewing is available for spectators. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult
- The centres contracted with us hold public indemnity liability insurance. We also hold contingency liability cover.
- Some driving operators require customers to complete an Indemnity/Damage waiver form on the day of the experience. This may state that the driver will be liable for a fixed amount of costs should they damage the vehicle whilst driving. Most of these suppliers are able to provide Indemnity/Damage Waiver at a small additional fee (usually £20-£45) payable on site. The purchase of this is optional and is in addition to the Public Liability Insurance held by all venues. The full details of any indemnity or damage waiver will be provided by the activity operator. We are unable to advise or comment on the content or suitability of these products.
- Please ensure you are familiar with the terms and conditions of the experience.
- āThe experience content, equipment used and restrictions may vary according to location.
Availability
Please check the validity of your voucher as it is essential that you book and take your experience before the expiry date.
This experience is available on selected weekdays from February to November.
Please note:
Dates at Perranporth location: 15 and 16 April 2022, 19 to 21 August 2022
Sunderland location has limited availability
Weekend upgrades are subject to a £20 upgrade payable when booking and subject to availability.
We recommend you book at least 16 weeks in advance to make sure dates are available. If there are no dates available for the duration of your validity, we are happy to offer a free extension. All bookings are subject to availability.
Please allow up to 3 hours for the full experience. Exact duration will vary according to the number of participants on the day.
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Brian
05/12/2021
Great day!
Car Chase Heroes did a super job of managing this experience. So good in fact I'm tempted to do it again! Thanks to Brian, Tom & Paul who tolerated my driving of 3 classic cars. Well done CCH team š
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Simon
18/11/2021
A classic day out
Great cars, well organised by nice people!
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Chris
18/11/2021
Best of British 3 car driving experience
Unfortunately it was cancelled as the airfield in Abingdon was being used for filming something not associated with the driving. I had also booked a hotel nearby which I managed to cancel without any charge. I hope to do this driving sometime next year.
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John
18/11/2021
An exellant drive
All the staff were good at their given tasks and whole organisation was very efficient and made you feel important.
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Richard
18/10/2021
Driving Review.
A great day out.
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Alistair
04/10/2021
What a fantastic day!
I had the best day. I was scheduled to drive the Lotus Cortina, 1275 Mini Cooper S and the Aston Martin DB5. Unfortunately the Cooper S broke down and I was offered a Aston Martin DB9 instead! Well.. who was I to refuse? Very friendly and helpful staff. Wonderful experience. Thank you
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Steve Burgess
25/09/2021
Great day out,
This was a great experience, Will definitely have another go at it.
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Nick
25/09/2021
Collins
Very well organised chaos and great fun with friendly and encouraging people.
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Paul
20/09/2021
Classic Cars
Great day at Tockwith. Very well ran with plenty of staff. Driving the three cars with very polite informative and knowledgable instructors. Highly recommend.
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Gary Lock
30/08/2021
Brilliant experience
From start to finish very good well organised staff very helpful. Instructors on all the cars very good easy to talk too.
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Peter
16/05/2021
Well organised, great instructors and such fun!
Even though the weather wasn't great the whole day was fantastic and fulfilling a childhood dream taking an E Type out was very special
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Ian
10/05/2021
One day in your life you don't won't to miss.
Hi the day was great from arriving to leaving the staff on site were great helpful and quick with booking in etc. The instructors were on there A game to get the max enjoyment out of the cars. But also teach you how to drive the cars and what to expect etc. If poss do the sigh lap to show you the track before taking out your cars gives you a idea how the track is set up etc the 3 laps pass very quickly. I have done other track days but this one is in a diff league folks.
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Joshua
25/04/2021
Good
Good
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Glenn
19/04/2021
Great day
This was absolutely fantastic had a blast highly recommend the atom car...omg!!
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Peter
12/10/2020
Great my brother loved it
From arriving to leaving was great experience well organised and friendly stuff bought this for my brothers 50th birthday he had the pleasure of driving E type jag escort mk1 RS would have been lotus cortina but it had a problem on the day so he drove Dodge Charger instead but to see my brothers face after driving the E type knew he was a very happy person big thankyou to the driving instructors who come out with you in car will Defo be doing it again
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Neil from Leeds
27/09/2020
Three-car track day a winner
It was easy to book the event through the Virgin Experience instructions, and the provider was very thorough, efficient and helpful in making the arrangements and providing information in the lead-up to the day. Driving the three classic British sports cars (Jaguar E-Type and two Aston Martins) around a race track was exhilarating and great fun. Well organised on the day, given the Covid-19 safety measures. The marshals and instructors from Car Chase Heroes were always helpful and good humoured.
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Ian McNeil
27/09/2020
A brilliant experience
I chose the DB5, McLaren 570S, and the E-Type Jaguar. I also paid extra for the pre-ride as a passenger (to become familiar with the course), and I had a high speed lap, again as a passenger. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, but what would I change, well: 1. I wouldnāt have bothered with the high speed lap - over too quickly 2. I wish Iād had a choice as regards what Iād drive, when, in order to appreciate The evolution of such motors (choice: jag First, DB5, finish with the McLaren.
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Roger
07/09/2020
Great Day Driving
Well organised and a great selection of cars. Really enjoyed the Aston Martin DB5
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Tony Banks
04/12/2021
Car Heroes
Excellent day. Drove a Mini Cooper, an E Type Jaguar and an Aston Martin DB5. Great fun.
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Peter Burridge
27/09/2021
Best of British 3 car experience
Hi, I really enjoyed the old school driving experience, was just a shame the track was so small/short in distance.
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Dennis
26/09/2021
Great
Brilliant day out the Aston Martin broke down but I was offered another drive in one of the other cars the staff were great Iāll have to go again
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Tom andrews
20/09/2021
Good but some bad points
One of the cars that were booked were unavailable on the day. Which I understand carnt be helped. The only thing that should be changed is that the junior drivers were on the course too. So couldnt really drive the cars as we wanted to as they were driving slow
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Garry Coles
16/09/2021
Fantastic, but a little rushed and frantic
When booking noticed there were lot's of 'add ons' (premium track, insurance, sighter lap, extra laps etc - some were optional, some not). Track great, but many additional chicanes and sharp turns to keep speed down (understandable, but a shame). They had overbooked as only just fitted in my desired drives by end of day (with lots of running about) and they were asking people to change to different cars that they hadn't originally booked. Overall though, enjoyed immensely!
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Matthew Barnes
07/09/2021
A fun experience driving classic cars
The location was nice and the cars I got to drive where fun and enjoyable. I would definitely recommend this to someone who wants to know what its like to drive a classic sportscar.
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David
30/08/2021
Great venue
Having been gifted a driving experience before, some years ago at Tockwith which was pretty pathetic, I was pleasantly surprised by the whole experience at Blyton Park. The instructors were all very pleasant and confident enough to let "push on" within your ability. Only snag of the morning was I did'nt get called out for my last drive until 70 mins. after the previous one due to a technical error with the system, that said it was still a very enjoyable morning.
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Brian Hughes
28/08/2021
Driving Experience
Really enjoyed the experience, would like to repeat it in the future,
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Ian
28/08/2021
Best of British Three Car Driving Experience
I think that there are 2 main factors that are going to influence how good a day you have on this experience, firstly the weather, and secondly how busy the track is. On my date at Blyton Park Race Track on August 7th I was lucky with one and not so lucky with the other. The weather was dry and sunny, but the track was a bit busy to get the most out of the experience. Overall though I thoroughly enjoyed it, and would definitely recommend it to others.
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J. Barratt
26/04/2021
Great experience
Really enjoyed the day. Great experience driving the different cars. All staff very friendly and helpful. Just a small criticism, I didnāt think it was very clear where you had to go to book in when you arrive but other than that it was great .
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James Rabbetts
16/04/2021
really fun day with some nice friendly people
AWESOME!
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Jason
06/10/2020
Driving experience
Great opportunity to drive some old classics beware of further costs not included in the prize paid for the experience day I was also expecting laps around a track not up and down in a straight line on a air field.
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Car chase heroes
29/09/2020
I had a great time
The cars are not all pristine but go like they are supposed to. The sighter laps are a tenner but well worth while. It was cold so wrap up you have to wait a while between runs. The instructors are spot on no worries there. Not much to see for spectators in between runs, take a flask and a sandwich.
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David Hardy
25/10/2021
A little disappointed
The organisers on site were realy good but the cars that I drove it has to be said that there presentation could have been better. The E type stank of fuel the speedometer and rev counter didn't work. The Aston Martin vantage was a just poorly presented. After paying a total of Ā£149 i.e. Ā£79 for the initial cost Ā£45 admin and insurance Ā£25 for photos it could and should have been better. On a positive note the instructors that accompanied me were realy positive and took safety as a priority.
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Ellie
07/09/2021
Overall a good day
I had originally chosen to drive three classics but upon arrival two had broken down (love the unreliability of a classic) so I had to choose two alternatives, which I was disappointed by as the one I had chosen to go for was not there, whilst there another three cars had faults, again, nothing that can massively be helped. I had one great driver take me round (Barry Lee) but the others didnāt seem as enthusiastic which was a little disappointing Overall the day was good.
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Gary
04/09/2021
Great cars long queues
Arrived at 11.10 for an 11.30 start at top gear test track (12 to 1pm driving slot). Had to queue for a while until about 12.15, then checked in and down to waiting area. Called straight to an e type which was cracking. Next car not long after, but then problem with lotus cortina. Must have broke down so was running behind. Gave up waiting around 1.45pm and left. Classics are great but youāre on track with fast modern cars so youāre forever being told to slow down and move over. Go for moderns.
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Colin James
29/08/2021
Disappointing
Was really looking forward to this after waiting so long - arrived at 3 Sisters Circuit to find it very difficult to park as there was so many people- I know there was a backlog because of COVID but they accepted too many people on one day in my opinion which spoilt the experience. It was also a bit chaotic in the organising everyoneās turn with lots of wandering around where to go etc. And the track was quite small so didnāt get enough time to really get going in the amazing cars I chose
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Ross
15/04/2021
Erm, organizational shambles and tired cars!
Couldnāt wait! Classic racing cars. But on booking, I had to chase the company to get my booking confirmation after a few days. Arrive, all looks and sounds good. Then āyour name will get calledā, after an hour of waiting and seeing others arrive and finish before me, it became apparent the only way to get a ride was to hustle the āmarshalsā despite their notebooks. Cars were tired and obviously suffering mechanical issues, the Vantage had plumes under the bonnet at the finish.
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TreebD
04/09/2021
Chaotic and overcrowded
Far too many people booked onto this experience day, leading to long check-in queues, a long wait for the drives and chaos when the track curfew meant that people were more or less strongarmed into driving what was available rather than what they had booked. The whole process was rather dispiriting and impersonal. Driving the cars was quite fun but the older ones are really not well maintained and all looked quite shabby. Disappointing.
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Craig
31/08/2021
Disorganised let down
On a recent driving experience day, half the cars had broken down and subsequently the majority of the customers only got half of their rides. We left disappointed in not being able to drive the cars that were sold to us originally. Poor
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Yvette
29/08/2021
Chaotic and a bit of a zoo
Way too many people. Did not feel like a special experience as loud speakers shouted peopleās names out endlessly. Like being at a mass market āthe price is rightā. You were so relieved it was your turn. The instructors were all friendly and made your drive a good experience. But everything else felt low rent and most of the cars were in poor condition.
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Josh
27/08/2021
Great Concept, poor execution
Received as a birthday gift and chose to go to Castle Combe circuit in July. Booked in from 10:30 and was told I would be driving between 11 and 12:30. Completed first two drives by 12:30 and was then left in a hot garage without seating for 2 hours waiting for the third drive. Due to the setup where they called the name randomly whilst in the room did not feel comfortable to leave for a toilet break/drink for the entire experience (during 30+ degree heat). Would not do again!
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Sarah
13/09/2020
Mediocre
We booked this experience mainly for the classic mini. When we arrived at the Norfolk Gliding Club we were informed that the mini was unavailable due to a mechanical fault. No ones fault but if we had known we would have changed the day. The track itself was small and driving around parking cones was not the experience we had hoped for. The day was well organised though. I would recommend Virgin but do your homework first on venues and cars.
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David
07/09/2021
An underwhelming experience event.
Reasons: 1. Cars chosen not available on the day. 2 race circuit was far too small to allow enough time to enjoy the full experience. 3 Driver of high speed drive was told to not drive too fast because it would cause too much noise on the track as there were noise monitors all around the track. 4 Two of the cars chosen were in poor driving condition.
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Feel a bit ripped off
04/09/2021
Hmmm š¤
Charged a premium for going to our choice of tracks then more for an insurance waiver. Booked in for 3.30, told to allow 3+ hours for the event. After 2nd car which was rush rush rush told the the track closed at 5.00 pm and we'd have to rebook. Enjoyed the 2 cars we had, but , why were we charged a premium, and booked in at a time when they already knew the track was closing at 5.00??? Not playing fair at all. Plus different staff gave us 3 different excuses. š”
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Jillian
27/08/2021
Dreadful!
Awful! 2 cars I didnāt ask for! One broken! Ā£25 for a damage waver when the cars had duel control š No correspondence No signs to say where to go Organised chaos A lot of waiting around Soooo disappointing The main reason I was going was to drive the mini. It had broken down days before but I wasnāt informed.
Locations
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North West
- Wigan, Lancashire
South West
- Perranporth, Cornwall
Yorkshire and Humber
- York, North Yorkshire
South East
- Bicester, Oxfordshire
- Abingdon, Oxfordshire
- Aldershot, Hampshire
East Midlands
- Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
- Sywell, Northampton
East of England
- Norwich, Norfolk
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
North East
- Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
West Midlands
- Lichfield, Staffordshire