Challenge

Driving slowly and economically is not easy – it requires a high level of concentration and skill. The record run is essentially continuous over a seven-day period and takes
drivers as close to the coast as is practicable. It means encountering normal motoring hazards, through congested cities and sleepy villages, across slow and hilly terrain and, almost certainly – getting lost in the dark.

Fortunately, many members of the Insight 2000 driving team have demonstrated the necessary driving and personal qualities in the UK before when ( together with Dr Miyano ), they established the current petrol record piloting the Honda Civic back in September 1993. Five of the drivers in the latest attempt are from New Zealand, and include Amanda McLaren, daughter of the late racing driver and founder of the Formula 1 team, Bruce McLaren and his sister, Mrs Jan McLaren-Storr.

For the 2000 assault on the Guinness Record, one team of six drivers will be piloting the Insight or its Honda HR-V 5-door shadow vehicle, while the other teams are driving to, or resting at, team change-over points around the coast of Britain.

The Economy Record Run Route
Summary of towns on route specified by the Guinness Book of Records
Day 1 (June 3)
Brighton, Littlehampton, Portsmouth, Southampton, Lymington, Bournemouth, Weymouth, Lyme Regis, Exeter (team change), Dawlish, Paignton.
Day 2 (June 4)
Dartmouth, Plymouth, West Looe, St Austell, Truro, Penzance, Land's End, Newquay, Bude, Barnstaple, Minehead, Bristol (team change), Cardiff.
Day 3 (June 5)
Bridgend, Swansea, Carmarthen, Pembroke, St David's, Aberystwyth, Barmouth, Porthmadog (team change), Caernarfon, Colwyn Bay, Liverpool, Preston.
Day 4 (June 6)
Blackpool, Morecambe, Grange-over-Sands, Barrow-in-Furness, Workington, Carlisle (team change), Dumfries, Drummore, Stranraer, Ayr.
Day 5 (June 7)
Largs, Erskine Bridge, Lochgilphead, Oban, Fort William (team change), Invergarry, Shieldaig, Gairloch, Ullapool, Laxford Bridge, Tongue, John o'Groats.
Day 6 (June 8)
Wick, Brora, Dornoch, Dingwall, Inverness (team change), Lossiemouth, Fraserburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth, Edinburgh, North Berwick.
Day 7 (June 9)
Berwick upon Tweed, Lesbury, Newcastle (team change), Middlesbrough, Scarborough, Hull, King's Lynn, Great Yarmouth, Ipswich (team change).
Day 8 (June 10)
Harwich, Southend, Dartford, Rochester, Margate, Dover (team change), New Romney, Hastings, Eastbourne and return to Brighton (17.00 approx).