FOLLOWING the success of last year’s event, organisers Guy Woodcock and Anthony Preston have been busy devising a new route for 2013.

That includes a tour of North Wales before venturing into the traditional Rally of the Tests (ROTT) heartlands of Lancashire, Cumbria and Yorkshire.

This year’s event boasts more than 30 special tests and around 20 regularity sections.

Prologue: Tonight – Chester

The evening prologue will follow a now established format with a 2-hour run around the lanes featuring three short regularity sections plus a test before returning to the Rally HQ for the traditional welcome dinner.

Tomorrow: Chester to Stoke

The day gets underway with two tests at a new venue before a series of regularities explore the hills and forests of Denbighshire. Then it is on to a brunch halt at a local motor sport venue.

The route pushes further west towards Dolgellau for more tests and regularities including a number of smooth forest sections.

The return journey back east winds its way around Lake Vyrnwy before three challenging tests in the Tanat Valley and a visit to the Green Inn, near Oswestry for the afternoon tea stop.

The event heads through North Shropshire via a couple of tests and short regularities and is rounded off by the evening section.

Saturday: Stoke to Windermere

Saturday’s action begins with three tests close to Stoke before the route heads into the lanes for a couple of regularities across the Cheshire Plains to a coffee halt at Oulton Park. Here crews will tackle a test on the rally circuit with its notorious lack of grip if wet.

East Lancashire enthusiasts can see the cars and crews at the Hoghton Tower time control and lunch halt, from 12.30am, with a special test at Red Scar Industrial Estate, Longridge Road, Ribbleton, Preston, shortly afterwards.

An early evening tea halt in Appleby precedes the ‘after dark’ action which includes a private land TC section plus a brace of challenging regularities before the overnight halt at Lake Windermere.

Sunday: Windermere to Harrogate

Leaving the Lake District National Park behind, two regularities serve as a morning wake-up call as crews head back north through the Cumbrian Fells for a series of exciting special tests.

Then it is into the hills as the route crosses the Pennines into North Yorkshire.

The event concludes with a brace of special tests in the Vale of York before the run in to the finish in Harrogate.