This traditional opener is hosted at the world famous Brooklands Motor Museum and its dilapidated racetrack. First opened in 1907 it was the world's first purpose-built motorsport venue as well as one of Britain's first airfields.
Today it is home to Brooklands Motor and Aviation Museum where you'll find the first ever British-made Concorde on display, as well as a number of other fascinating sights such as bombers from the World Wars and a replica V2 bomb, bouncing bombs and Hawker Hurricane planes plus a cycle and motorsport museum.
This truly is a great day not to be missed, with the highlight for many being when Mini owners try their luck to ascend 'Test Hill' - so called because of its steep 1:4 gradient. Built in 1909, the hill was used by manufacturers to test their vehicles' ability to ascend the hill as well as testing their brakes on descent. The record time for ascending the 352ft long hill is 7.45secs, held by Frazer Nash who, in 'The Terror', crested the hill at around 50mph taking off and landing about 40ft later.
£10 entry. Opens 9am. Test Hill runs need advanced booking. Free 'Mini Day 2013' stickers to the first 1000 Minis.
http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/events/details/mini-day1/
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