Autotesting is one of the oldest disciplines in competitive motorsport and focuses on precision and controlled driving. The aim is to manoeuvre a car around a set of pylons (cones) to a set route in as short a time as possible. A National Autotest Championship event consists of a number of tests, usually 3 or 4, repeating each test a number of times to make up 12 tests in total. Every driver is timed on each test and times are totalled to give results; there are no dropped times. Whoever is quickest through the tests of the day is the winner. The ‘test’ is defined with a diagram, and involves competitors using both forwards and reverse gears. They are required to cross all lines with the cars leading wheels, park in ‘garages’ and perform ‘nose throws’ (J-turn) and ‘forward throws’ (handbrake turns), and penalties are given for touching pylons or not performing the manoeuvres correctly.