Dragstalgia 2014

So Saturday.
With the sun in full bloom, the cars were on song, the track was hot, and we were all in the mood for some quality drag action, which is exactly what we got...

A quick circuit of the pits before breakfast and watch a few test runs from the stands...



Now, the guy here with the stick built the sling shot in the 60's, his son has just finished its rebuild with his dad watching on, for his great Grandson now 18 to drive. A prouder man there never was. Lovely Gent.















Local Lad Richard's freshly finished Mopar was put through its paces. The new red paint bright in the morning sun.









So back to the other side and comfy chairs on the bankin, and Big Chris fell in love with a thing of beuty with a lovely chassis and great headlight....









Vagrants....



And then it came.....over in the UK from spain for it's MOT.... The Beast. I had the pleasure of speaking to John Dodd, what a fantastic easy going guy, and very much the engineer you'd expect.
27 Litres of Merlin Spitfire Engine..........





Chris met our own Ed Brown and imediately berated him for not polising his brass work on Andromeda, then set to with the polish whilst we took the oportunity to see the rare sight of Chris actually doing something.







So as the racing drew to a close for the day, the crackle fest was, well, the most dissapointing part of the weekend really, with all the cars that were there the track had just seven cars on.




But then .... the flaming burn outs made up for that no end...



Now this guy, sat in the flames with the tyres on fire, irrespective of the marshalls shouting at him for a good five seconds longer than he should, doesnt sound a lot, but with a tank of methanol up front and the flames licking the car heavily, believe me the drew breath all at once thinking he was stuck! Balls of steel that man! and potentially in need of new paint im guessing.





And so the track closed. We went for a few beers and a BBQ with the evening entertainment being a drive in movie - 'Snake & Mongoose'. That was absolutely brilliant, The 'Timewarp' funny car parked in front of the stage, the car park full of rods, drag cars and Yanks, the Giant screen threw the picture as the sun went down and we toasted another most excellent day with a few more beers sat in the evening sun just in Tee shirts. It doesn't come mutch better.







That was that for the camera boys, we had a cracking weekend, definately one for next year, hope you like the pics.

Cheers for now.

Russ.