Heading into the final round of the Championship, the battle for 1st was between two drivers, Jacques Flanders and Matthew Baker. However Matthew Baker had to win every single race and set fastest Lap to take the championship, while Jacques only had to improve on his previous lowest score by 1 point. This was not…
4×4 Off Road Driving Experience for driver training or pure fun! Do you want the opportunity to understand how a 4 wheel drive system works? Would you like to experience off road driving in 4×4 vehicles, operating in true off road conditions, and have a great adventure at the same time? Whether you drive for…
As temperatures start to drop we will once again find frost and ice covering our cars in the morning so here are some winter driving techniques and tips from the driver training team here at Drive Tech. We would recommend all drivers to carry a few winter essentials for daily de-icing and a few robust…
You would have thought that Father Christmas would be used to handling a vehicle in winter conditions! It didn’t look like it when he first arrived in his sleigh at the Drive Tech Skid Pan. Thankfully our skid control experts were able to help him out with some valuable skid control lessons so we can…
Winter Driving Tips – Get a Grip While Driving… There have been some harsh winters in recent years that have made driving conditions on roads extremely challenging. If you lost control of your car would you know what to do? The cause of a skid is almost always the fault of the driver and not…
23 drivers turned out for the 8th round of the Autumn Junior Outdoor Karting Championship. It was the first fully wet round of the championship, starting off raining with rain continuing on and off throughout the day keep the track fully wet. Alex Acton was able to get the best possible results out of his…
Junior Go Karting and an Intensive Skid Course won in our October competitions so we have some Drive Tech competition winners to announce! Website winner receives a Junior Go Karting voucher… Our monthly website competition winner for October was Sukhwinder Uppal who won a Junior Go Karting Session! Well done Sukhwinder, we look forward to…
There are only two public Grand Prix Karting sessions left this year at Drive Tech. We have one on the 24th October and one on the 21st November, both at 1pm. These sessions are fantastic fun and provide a great competitive outdoor karting experience for all involved. There are limited spaces left on each session…
Hi everyone, We think this video of one of the rounds from the 2015 Castle Combe Karting Championship truly illustrates just how fast and exciting our outdoor go karting at Drive Tech actually is! Checkout the on board driver footage to get a feel for just how quickly these karts can travel! The footage is one of…
Realistic Skid Pan Whether you go for our standard or intensive realistic skid pan driving experience, you’ll experience driving in adverse weather conditions in real cars, with real tyres, in real conditions, with no cradles! Our wet skid pan courses make a unique, memorable gift for family, friends and loved ones or colleagues where they’ll have fun…
The July & August monthly competition winners were Brad Gibbs, who won a junior kart voucher and Jacquai Crowther who won an adult kart voucher. All subscribers to the competition will automatically be entered each month unless they tell us otherwise. There are still plenty of chances left to win this year!
Here’s a lovely write up from one of our satisfied customers who brought his family to Drive-Tech for one of our 4×4 driving courses: “Our instructor, Ray, introduced us to the Land Rover Discovery 4×4 and asked my wife Tez and I who would like to go first. It was obvious to see who was…
September 13th 2015 is the 10th anniversary of the Emergency Services Show at Hullavington, nr Chippenham, Wiltshire, and Drive-Tech will have a presence on the day. This is a great familly day out with lots of interesting and exciting activities to do and exhibitions to watch. Come and say hello to the Drive-Tech team at this…
We were incredibly honoured when top comparison site Confused.com came to film a video for their website. The focus of the film was how to drive in adverse weather and winter conditions. Check it out here: You can see the full article on the Confused website here: http://www.confused.com/car-insurance/articles/how-to-drive-in-snow-and-ice
Karting Gift Voucher winner… We’d like to say a huge congratulations to Sally Edwards who has won a junior karting gift voucher after entering our FREE monthly competition on our website. Well done Sally, we look forward to seeing your on the karting track very soon! To enter the competition, go to this page: Enter…
The competition winner for May has been announced and the winner is Clive Bassett who won an Adult Karting Voucher. Congratulations to Clive!
We are very happy to announce that Drive Tech will be at the fantastic Evolution Show in Bristol on the 6th June 2015! The event will be showcasing electric cars from manufactures such as BMW, Toyota, Nissan, Peugeot and many more. Huge names with great cars…and you get to drive them ALL! Ever better….the event…
Our Expert Skid Instructor Paul Nash will be representing Drive-Tech at the Police Cadets Driver Awareness Event on the 16th June 2015 at Bath Racecourse. Aim Young drivers (under 25) are in the high risk category for road collisions/deaths. The Police Cadets either are, or shortly will be, young riders of motor scooters/mopeds or young…
The Lucky winners of our FREE online monthly competition for March & April were… March Competition winner – Terry Mann who won a skid course and April Competition winner – Emma Ann Wilton who won a junior Kart session! Congratulations to them both from the Drive-Tech Team.
The 2015 karting season is well underway both our Junior and Adult karting championships have had great entries. Round 1 of the Adult championship videos are now up on you tube and we still have spaces left on round 2 which takes place on 11th April so if you think you have what it takes…