Dragstalgia on this weekend 11 July 2015
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Dragstalgia - an annual super event at Santa Pod.
Fast nostalgic action with fab cars and bikes.
http://www.santapod.co.uk/e_dragstalgia.php
List of entries :
http://www.santapod.co.uk/e_entrylist_dragstalgia1...
Kids get in for free and lots of entertainment.
Fast nostalgic action with fab cars and bikes.
http://www.santapod.co.uk/e_dragstalgia.php
List of entries :
http://www.santapod.co.uk/e_entrylist_dragstalgia1...
Kids get in for free and lots of entertainment.
This year, one of my favourite bikes will be there, the "Swallower Singleforce" by Jan Honée,
the result of 16 years refining in the workshop, 200hp from 480cc.
Easy to overlook, because knee high,
not easy to overhear, because nitro @55psi of totally mental boost.
Too bad Jan never got the 3.000cc "Big Single" beyond the crankcases.
the result of 16 years refining in the workshop, 200hp from 480cc.
Easy to overlook, because knee high,
not easy to overhear, because nitro @55psi of totally mental boost.
Too bad Jan never got the 3.000cc "Big Single" beyond the crankcases.
Dilligaf10 said:
It is a brilliant event, can't wait. 24 entered in Willys Wars some come and cheer for "ProZac".
I've just got back from Pod, spotted your car a few times around the pits & on the strip looking & going well.Do you only have the ProZac logos on when you're competing?
All I can say is the weekend makes me want a V8!
aka_kerrly said:
Dilligaf10 said:
It is a brilliant event, can't wait. 24 entered in Willys Wars some come and cheer for "ProZac".
I've just got back from Pod, spotted your car a few times around the pits & on the strip looking & going well.Do you only have the ProZac logos on when you're competing?
All I can say is the weekend makes me want a V8!
Drove 110 miles to Pod, raced for three days, netted a new PB of 12.5@105mph, then drove it home.
A successful weekend.
Well, thank goodness Dragstagia's a success. When this idea was formed some five years ago, Keith Bartlett was a little sceptical to say the least. When all said, he had a right to be, it was him putting the money up. Five years he said, you have five years to put this together, if it doesn't come off, it's going to be dead in the water. So, Brian Taylor myself and James Forster set about putting some sort of format together based on how it used to be done way back when. I suppose us old buggers (excluding young James that is) are getting to be some of the only ones left who remember those days when Bob & Roy Phelps brought in the likes of Paula Murphy, Don Schumacher, Tom Hoover, Don Garlits, Gene Snow, Raymond Beadle, the list just goes on and on. Those days were some of the best in British Drag Racing. All these top performers thrilling capacity crowds with pure entertainment. Dennis Piddle, Clive Skilton, "Bootsie" Herridge, and all the other Brit's trying to match and keep up with these American Super stars. This was our goal, and there is still someway to go, but we are getting there. More cars are being restored or built to make next years Dragstalgia better than this year. To bring this type of Drag Racing back to it's British ancestral home, Santa Pod Raceway was never going to be easy. With a great listening guy called James Foster, Keith Bartlett, risking his cash and SPR's reputation, all of the racers providing the enthusiasm, ambition and dedication to make this work, I have a feeling we could have pulled it off.
Edited by Sbrad on Thursday 16th July 23:11
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