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The Main Event from Santa Pod Raceway

The 2008 Main Event was almost a perfect copy of the 2007 event. Sportsman qualifying went well and then on Saturday we had two full professional sessions and then... Rain on Sunday! On Monday we got just one Pro-Mod session in and then it came down again. It really is depressing to lose another event to the weather, but at least we got reasonable light and great racing on Saturday. I have prepared separate galleries for the days  I was in attendance - so there is a full gallery for Saturday, a small & very wet one for Sunday and an abbreviated one for Monday. You may have a read of the full report and choose your gallery by clicking here.     *** Updated 20th June 2008 ***

2008 Springspeed at Shakespeare County

On the first Bank Holiday weekend in May at Shakespeare County Raceway, the NFAA Fuel Altereds and a multitude of sportsman racers converged on Shakespeare County Raceway for a much needed weekend of fun. I was unable to attend for the entire weekend choosing, instead, to come on Sunday. Hmmm! I am making a habit of being at the races when all sorts of precipitation decides to descend from the heavens. Anyway, it was good to see everyone and after a very convivial evening at the track with some excellent musical entertainment at the bar, we got down to some serious racing on Monday and that pretty much made up for everything. I've put together a picture gallery from Sunday and Monday and you can enjoy the pictures by clicking here

Bank Holiday Monday at The Easter Thunderball

After two days of continuous snow and wind whistling all around Santa Pod, with building snowmen being about the only sensible activity, it was good that the weather gods shone on Easter Monday and, with the valiant efforts by the Santa Pod track crew, it was a full measure of racing that went on until - seemingly late evening and it is a testament to the efforts of Santa Pod and all those working in the organisation, that the meeting was able to run to a conclusion. I thoroughly enjoyed the abbreviated weekend and look forward to a warmer Main Event and the start of the 2008 FIA series. I have put together an extensive picture gallery of more than 500 pictures, but no report this time. You can enjoy at look at the gallery by clicking either on the title header or just here.

Good Friday from the Easter Thunderball

On a day predicted by many to tackling with snow drifts, the Easter Thunderball from Santa Pod Raceway got off to a surprisingly good start on Good Friday 22nd March 2008. The sun broke through and sparkled impressively for a period of the day, despite the temperatures being perishingly cold. I had never tried shooting pictures with gloves on, but in fear of frostbite chewing my fingers off, I purchased a suitable pair of gloves from a local stand in the "manufacturers midway" as they say in the USA. The lighting conditions (but for much later) proved to be excellent for picture shooting and despite me losing my cap in the whistling wind which went on the track (Ian Marshall was kind enough only to give me a 'reasonably stern' look!) I ended up having a good day. It was terrific to see a brief emergence of former Eurodragster leading photographer, Sharkman, who was looking much better, but still has some way to go before being 100% fit. Roger Gorringe, fresh from another six week trip to "The Colonies" for the start of the NHRA season was struggling a it with Jet Lag, but that didn't seem to impair his excellent humour and picture taking abilities including, to my amusement, translating track temperatures to race control by Semaphore! The very strong winds meant that we did not see any of the Nitro runners nor did we see any of the bikes. However, I have managed to process the pictures I took and have boiled them down to some 266 pictures from Friday. A report and further galleries will be published later, but in the meantime enjoy the Good Friday gallery!