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If you want to give your favourite car fanatic the ultimate driving experience or track day then this second part of our guide to high octane motorsport gifts is essential reading. It aims to give you the lowdown on the wide range of adrenaline-fuelled driving experiences available, featuring everything from Skid Pan & Controlled Driving, karting, tank driving, moto cross or rally driving experiences.

Rally Driving The itinerary and the make of car you drive tend to vary from venue to venue, from a range which includes the Peugeot 206, the ever-popular Fords (Escort MkII, Fiesta, Focus, Sierra or Puma) or the VW Polo. Drive real rally cars on a gravel and dirt, tarmac or forest stage under the expert tuition of rally school instructors. Rally driving experiences take place at rally courses across the UK and use cars such as the Ford Escort, Focus, or even the mighty Subaru Impreza, all fully rally prepared with roll cages, bucket seats and intercom systems for an unforgettable rally driving day.

Moto Cross Your off-roadriding experience normally starts with a briefing and introduction to the bikes - often modern Yamaha WR250s or WR450s. Your instructor will take you out to the course to build and develop your skills and confidence in a hands-on situation. Before you know it you’ll be flying through the air and power sliding out of corners like a pro. You will be in safe and experienced hands, as most tuition is led by motocross senior level instructors.

Tank Driving Put on your tin hat, settle into the driving seat of an Abbott tracked gun, an Armoured Personnel Carrier or a six-wheeled Stalwart, and get ready to learn tank driving! Very entertaining and surprisingly challenging, tank driving is an experience that everyone should try.

Skid Pan & Controlled Driving These skid car control experiences test your reflexes and co-ordination to the full as you learn the advanced techniques to counteract under steer and over steer in a simulated loss-of-control situation. Controlling a skid is a useful skill, and this experience teaches you all about it both as a fun day out, and as something you might need to use on the road one day. You’ll start with a safety briefing and a discussion on the cause and cures of different kinds of skids. Then you’ll use techniques that simulate loss of car control, with the vehicle seeming to get away from you.

Junior Driving This is your chance to let your child turn their dreams into reality in these fantastic junior experiences. From a young age children fantasize about driving supercars and this is their chance. Not only can these brilliant experiences give them precious time controlling a vehicle, developing skills for when they eventually become drivers, but it is a fantasy that will make them the king of the playground.

Karting. All the fun of open-wheel dicing! Hurtle up to the chicane with the power full on until the last split second. No time to look back, the next diabolical corner is coming up to test you again! Some locations have banked turns, others fly-overs. Stand by to have the four-wheeled time of your life with karting experiences! Kart racing or karting is a variant of open-wheel motor sport with simple, small four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits.