| Are you looking to for a different kind of | | | | for pre 1991 vehicles. The cost is £1,350 |
| travel experience? Still want to see a | | | | based on two people, and includes ferry |
| variety of different countries and feel up to | | | | transfers, accommodation at the end of each |
| a bit of a challenge? Then read on, as I have | | | | race day (and champagne!), personal sign |
| the perfect solution right here.More... | | | | writing on entrance vehicles, and the |
| | | | black-tie party on the final evening. For |
| I'm talking motor racing with, of course, a | | | | more details visit |
| travel twist. | | | | |
| | | | The Italian Job. Venice - Brighton |
| Unfortunately, the main drawback with the | | | | |
| majority of these automotive extravaganzas is | | | | Cheaper still, this 3000 mile, 10 day charity |
| the prohibitive entry costs. The prestigious | | | | event will set you back £500 to enter. |
| Gumball 3000, for instance, will set you back | | | | Competitors must be over 21, and be |
| a cool £28,000 to get among the action - | | | | comfortable behind the wheel of a Mini. |
| not to mention the need for Ferrari or | | | | Micheal Caine look-alikes are also heartily |
| Lamborghini or other such machine to actually | | | | encouraged to join in the fun. Visit to find |
| become any kind of real player. | | | | out how you can get involved and help raise |
| | | | more money for NCH - The Children's Charity, |
| It's much the same story for the ROARR | | | | and other worthy causes. |
| classic car race across the Himalayas and the | | | | |
| Lisbon-Dakar Rally, coming in only slightly | | | | The Plymouth - Banjul Rally |
| cheaper at £20,000 and £8,700 | | | | |
| respectively. Sigh. | | | | The Plymouth-Dakar Challenge, as it is now |
| | | | known, has been encouraging hundreds of the |
| If, like me, you are starting to feel a | | | | world's lunatics cash-strapped explorers to |
| little downhearted at these prohibitive | | | | head into the wilds of the Sahara Desert |
| registration levies, worry not. There are | | | | since its inauguration in 2003. If the |
| other options for the more budget conscious. | | | | Cannonball Run is the backpacker, then this |
| | | | must be the hardcore vagrant. Forget the |
| Let us focus on a triplet of races that are | | | | Gumball 3000, and enter the Oddball 3000. |
| less Club Class and Caviar, and more | | | | |
| Skateboards and Sandwiches. In contrast, the | | | | The 3000 mile fundraising 'race' from the |
| following challenges are infinitely more | | | | South of England to the West Coast of Africa |
| affordable yet still offer fun and adventure | | | | is mere snip at £300 to enter and, now |
| by the trunk load. | | | | here's the kicker, you must have a cheap car |
| | | | to enter. It has to cost less that £100, |
| The Cannonball Run. London - Puerto Banus | | | | to be precise. Now for an insider tip: |
| | | | Russian built Ladas seem to be the vehicle of |
| If the Lisbon-Dakar is luxury travel, the | | | | choice as none of them have failed to |
| Cannonball Run is definitely backpacking. | | | | complete the challenge…yet. You heard |
| Essentially, it's a 2,400 mile, 4 day event | | | | it here first. |