SALOON CAR RACING FROM ANOTHER PLANET
‘The Doorslammers’
Santa Pod Raceway
Fri.17 – Sun.19 May 2019
So what, exactly, is a ‘doorslammer’? Simple: in drag racing parlance, it’s any full-bodied car with a sprung chassis and functioning doors – in other words, a saloon car.
But the doorslammers coming to Santa Pod Raceway for two weekends in May are unlike any other saloon cars on earth. How does 0-260mph in 5.5 seconds sound? Continue reading SALOON CAR RACING FROM ANOTHER PLANET
FIA/FIM EUROPEAN FINALS: A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF NITRO
FIA / FIM European Finals
Santa Pod Raceway
Thu.6 – Sun.9 September 2018
Some people divine a theatrical quality in the sport of drag racing. Steven McRae gives credence to that idea.
As a Principal dancer at The Royal Ballet, McRae is a world-leading exponent of the most arduous and exacting artistic profession. As a denizen of Australian dragstrips throughout his childhood and youth, he knows full well the dramatic aura of the quarter-mile ‘stage’. Continue reading FIA/FIM EUROPEAN FINALS: A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF NITRO
FIA/FIM EUROPEAN FINALS: BRITISH VICTORY ON THE CARDS?
FIA / FIM European Finals
Santa Pod Raceway
Thu.6 – Sun.9 September 2018
Top Fuel Dragsters are not the only story in drag racing. Pro Modifieds make plenty of noise too, and more so this year when Britain’s resurgent Andy Robinson takes on the continent’s finest practitioners at the FIA/FIM European Finals next month.
Robinson prefers to concentrate his firepower on the MSA British Drag Racing Championship, of which Pro Mod became the designated class in 2007. Since then, Robinson has won the championship six times. Indeed, he has been a key figure in the class throughout its 30-year history, one of European Pro Mod’s ‘founding fathers’. So what has spiced up the story this year? The small matter of one-tenth of a second, is the answer. Continue reading FIA/FIM EUROPEAN FINALS: BRITISH VICTORY ON THE CARDS?
FIA/FIM EUROPEAN FINALS: ANTICIPATION SPARKS AT SANTA POD
FIA / FIM European Finals
Santa Pod Raceway
Thu.6 – Sun.9 September 2018
The event is still five weeks away, but already anticipation is sparking for the return of drag racing’s heavy hitters to Santa Pod Raceway’s new concrete track at the FIA/FIM European Finals.
Before May’s opening championship round, the endless winter had prevented any meaningful early-season action. How would the untried surface stand up to its first 10,000-horsepower Top Fuel Dragster assault? Continue reading FIA/FIM EUROPEAN FINALS: ANTICIPATION SPARKS AT SANTA POD
CARS AND BIKES CAP SANTA POD’S BUSY MONTH OF MAY AT ‘THE MAIN EVENT’
The Main Event: FIA/FIM European Drag Racing Championships – Round 1
Santa Pod Raceway
Fri.25 – Mon.28 May 2018
Two contrasting high-velocity events will cap Santa Pod Raceway’s busy month of May. The big-money Doorslammers race (19-20 May), with its £75,000 prize fund, now shares a weekend with the Volkswagen festival known as ‘Big Bang’, postponed from last month in the search for better weather. Continue reading CARS AND BIKES CAP SANTA POD’S BUSY MONTH OF MAY AT ‘THE MAIN EVENT’