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Summer Nationals This Weekend!
Submitted by VWDRC on Fri, 13/06/2008 - 23:33.Sorry for the late notice but it's that time again! This weekend sees the VWDRC take to the track at the SPRC Summer Nationals at Santa Pod.
There's a whole range of classes on offer this weekend including all 3 of the VW classes, Pro Modified, Top Fuel, and a whole load more!
There's a number of people returning from absence this weekend. Abi Tether is back from a break in her 21 window Samba in VW Sportsman, Steve Parfitt returns to the track in his 'Quarter Pounder' car in VW Pro and Matt Attwood's got the super charger setup back on the Fasty in VW Alternate Engine. Add to that James Hodson's attempt to win back the European Front Wheel Drive record in his Golf and more action from Andy Raw's V8 Beetle funny car and it's a weekend not to miss!
In short, get yourself down to Santa Pod this weekend! Don't miss it.
Springspeed 08
Submitted by VWDRC on Fri, 02/05/2008 - 18:23.Yes, just days after Big Bang the VWDRC is out racing again!
This weekend sees Shakespeare County Raceway's Springspeed 2008 event, at Shakespeare County Raceway near Stratford-upon-Avon.
Sadly due to the damage suffered by many of our cars last weekend we're a slightly depleted field this weekend but we still think it's gonna be a good one!
Come join us this weekend (3rd, 4th and 5th May 2008) at Shakespeare County Raceway near Stratford-upon-Avon for a great bank holiday weekend of racing.
Big Bang 2008 Results
Submitted by VWDRC on Mon, 28/04/2008 - 22:25.A huge thanks from all of us here at the VWDRC to Santa Pod and Brian Burrows for making Big Bang 2008 such a great weekend.
Things started well with great weather for the Run What Ya Brung and after a great day the MSA approving an evening qualifying session on Saturday evening. What a session it was! We ended Saturday's evening session with Donald Harvey, Chris Bray and Spencer Tramm sitting at number one in VW Pro, VW Sportsman and VW Alternate Engine respectively.
As Sunday morning dawned we saw something we hadn't seen for such a long time at Santa Pod, a dry track!
The action was underway immediately and after a couple of unfortunate oil downs early on we were soon into the swing of things! We had a number of excellent runs during the morning qualifying, Russ Fellows started turning up the wick in his silver Beetle managing a personal best down into the 9.80's, we also saw James Hodson run 10.65 in his Golf to take number one in VW Pro, Chris and Spencer kept the top spot in VW Sportsman and VW Alternate Engine. Unbelievably the top five in VW Sportsman were ALL less that 0.01 seconds from their dial-in!
Eliminations were as exciting as ever, unfortunately after a number of breakages during qualifying there was a larger than usual number of bye runs but we still saw some absolutely stunning runs! James Hodsons's new Personal best of 10.61 was of particular note, it's a little while since James lost his "Quickest Front Wheel Drive in Europe" crown, but with performances like this it's sure not gonna be long before he wins it back!!
A special mention has to go to Paul Herbert and team Fantom, running his gray roofchopped Beetle in Pro for the first time Paul managed to run down into the 12.80's with just a 1679cc engine! Awesome work I'm sure everyone will agree.
The finals were as close as ever and after a short wait we saw Paul and James take to the track, watching from the finish line it was close but Paul's Beetle that took the stripe and the win in his first meeting in VW Pro.
VW Sportsman was just as close as Easter Thunderball finalist Russ Weir faced up to Paul Day in his new yellow Beetle. Once again it was a close run and Russ had to settle for second in his second meeting too as Paul took the victory.
VW Alternate Engine wasn't quite so close as Mark Skeen had problems with his nitrous system and Spencer caught up with him mid-track and took the victory with relative ease although it wasn't all good for Spencer since he got knocked out by his protege Adrian Wigley in the first round of VW Sportsman!!
The only other trophy to be decided this weekend was the RNJ Motorsport "Car of the Meeting" award, as voted by the racers at the event. This was presented to Russ Fellows, who decided to celebrate the award by taking the car out for a practice run, only to break it in the burn out!! We hope it's nothing serious and that you manage to fix it relatively easily Russ!
All in all a fantastic weekends racing was had by all, here's hoping it's the first of many this year!
Big Bang 2008 is nearly here!
Submitted by VWDRC on Wed, 23/04/2008 - 00:53.Yes, that's right folks, people have been talking about it for months but Big Bang 2008 is nearly here!
We've got a massive entry in all three VWDRC classes and a number of other classes booked in to race too.
Big Bang also offers VW owners the first chance to run your own car on the strip at a festival, and don't forget, if you want to take it further feel free to come and see the VWDRC in the pits where we'll be launching our new range of merchandising!
The weather is looking good, the racers are chomping at the bit and it looks like it's going to be an excellent weekend.
VWDRC Clean Up at Volksworld Show!!
Submitted by VWDRC on Thu, 03/04/2008 - 10:59.Last weekend saw the 2008 Volksworld show.
The Volksworld show is one of the world's premier VW events and attracts the cream of the European VW scene.
The VWDRC had five cars on its stand, Raceshack's "Shrekker", Colin Jardine's lovely Silver Oval, Wayne Allman's "Mental Breakdown" pickup, Andy Raw's 2007 trophy winning Funnycar and Danny Wharton's lovely blue cal-looker.
We also had and a further two on the Big Bang stand, Justin Rivett's white turbo car and Steve Parfitt's newly painted green/purple/gold Bug.
Boy did they look good!
The great news is that the VWDRC swept the board, taking no less than four of the "Top Twenty" awards for Conor, Colin, Wayne and Danny car's and with "Best Tech" award going to Wayne Allman too it was a really successful day!
The VWDRC would like to extend it's congratulations to all of the prize winners, we know it's not easy to build a car that's both "show and go" so well done guys!
More pictures are available in the Volksworld 2008 Gallery
Autotrader Easter Thunderball 2008 Day Three!
Submitted by VWDRC on Sun, 23/03/2008 - 18:08.After a decent first days qualifying and the write off that was Day Two and a still night we were optimistic for more action, but we woke on the morning of Day Three to the worst possible start, a thick coating of snow!
The race director took his decision early and called the day off just after nine and with the news that we would go straight for eliminations tomorrow, anyone who didn't put a qualifying pass in on Friday was out.
The pits is now quite empty as people start the journey home early with many having given up for the weekend...
The VWDRC have already presented one trophy, the RNJ Motorsport 'Car of the Meet' award, to VW Sportsman's Helen Williams for the effort she's put in getting to the track for her first race. Well done Helen!
We're looking forward to Day Four tomorrow :) We'll be reporting results as soon as they happen :)
Season Opener 2008!
Submitted by VWDRC on Wed, 19/03/2008 - 21:58.This weekend will see the first event of the 2008 season, the 2008 Autotrader Easter Thunderball at Santa Pod
We've got a huge entry in all three classes, along with many of our regulars, Bug Jam 2007 Sportsman winner Craig Allen returns in VW Sportsman along with 10 others including debutants Helen Williams of Crazy Canuck Racing and Russ Weir in his "Shiftin' Ghia".
VW Pro sees the return of Russ Fellows driving his 9 second street car all the way from Chester! Others to look out for include Toby Wright, he's been working hard on the Speedster over the winter and he's looking for good numbers this weekend! New faces in VW Pro include Paul Jordan in his mental 4 wheel drive Scirocco and James Hodson in his Mk 2 Golf, who is looking to win the quickest front wheel drive car in Europe title back!
Beenie is keen to defend his VW Alternate Engine title but Matt Attwood is back for 2008 in the fastback. Scott Evison makes his VW Alternate Engine debut in the ex-Slush Puppy (and ex-Moody) car with Subaru power for the first time! We will also see Andy Raw's V8 powered funny car looking making VW Alternate Engine one of the most exciting classes of the weekend!
Add to this the Pro Fuel shootout, MSA Pro Modified and wealth of other classes it's a weekend not to miss!
The 2008 Autotrader Easter Thunderball takes place at Santa Pod, Northamptonshire this weekend the Friday 21st - Monday 24th March 2008 with tickets from only £12!!
Volksword Show - 29th/30th March - Advance Tickets
Submitted by VWDRC on Fri, 08/02/2008 - 13:44.After we've started our season at Easter Thunderball our friends at Volksworld Magazine have asked us to remind everybody . . .
There's just a few days to go until this years VolksWorld Show!
Renowned for the standard of our show cars which make up the centre piece of The VolksWorld Show, we are aiming for a record number of newly built cars to be debuted at the show!
Surrounding the immaculate show cars you will find a whole host of the very best air-cooled VW traders, stocking every part and accessory imaginable for your VW. Take advantage of the exclusive show offers, you’ll be sure to find yourself a bargain!
Don’t miss out on the very latest issues of VolksWorld and Camper and Bus, plus receive a limited edition hoodie FREE when you subscribe.
VolksWorld are launching - Keeping Your Bus Alive the only magazine created to help Bus owners with regards to fixing, maintaining or up grading their vehicles. Get your copy hot off the press from the VW Camper & Bus stand on the lower ground floor at the show.
The ever popular Swapmeet area is expanding so with even more used parts and accessories for you to riffle through there will be plenty of bargains to be had. Got spare VW parts cluttering up your garage and want to make some extra cash? Then you need to contact Karmann Konnection about trading at the swapmeet, call 01702 601155 or email info@karmannkonnection.com. This is open to private sellers only
With all this and much more this year will be one to remember so don’t miss out!
See you at the show.
2008 Sponsors Announced
Submitted by VWDRC on Tue, 22/01/2008 - 21:41.The VWDRC is pleased to announce its 2008 sponsorship deals!
The VW Pro class will be sponsored by the UK's biggest VW based internet site,
www.volkszone.com
The VW Alternate Engine class will be co-sponsored by
The Intergalactic Custom Shop
and
TSR Engine Conversions.
The VWDRC is also pleased to announce two all-new club sponsors for 2008.
Santa Pod's Retro Show
and
Automanics Race and Resto
RNJ Motorsport will also be sponsoring a "Car of the Meeting" trophy for each event.
Entrants will be proudly sporting decals from all sponsors for the 2008 season and we will be running feature articles from all of our sponsors here on the website.
As ever the VWDRC are grateful to those that 'give something back' so many thanks to all of our sponsors and we look forward to seeing you at the track in 2008!
Colin Jardine's Oval on a 12.5 second run
Submitted by VWDRC on Mon, 07/01/2008 - 15:01.Hot on the heels of Colin Jardine's in car video, here's some more video of Colin's stunning Oval lifting the wheels on a 12.5 second run at Santa Pod
Click Here for the YouTube original.
