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!
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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.
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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!
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New Rate for Associate Membership!
Submitted by VWDRC on Fri, 07/12/2007 - 13:28.After a successful AGM on the 2nd December the VWDRC would like to announce a special discounted rate for associate membership!
We will now be offering Associate Membership for only five pounds (yes £5) for a the whole 2008 season.
Associate membership entitles the member to access to the members resources on the website, help and support from other racers and committee members and even discounts at many club sponsors.
Get your membership form now from the website downloads page and join the biggest VW Drag Racing club in the world and experience the VWDRC for less!
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The VWDRC at The Volksworld Show - Sandown Park
Submitted by VWDRC on Thu, 29/03/2007 - 09:42.It was great to see the VWDRC with such a large presence at the Volksworld Show this year. In my opinion we should be doing more of this - attending/displaying at ‘static’ events. Even though our cars are built for racing, displaying at other VW events definitely raises the profile of the club.
It was nice to see ‘Rookie’ Danny Wharton’s car on the Volksworld stand/display and Wayne Allman’s latest (mentalist) creation rubbing shoulders with all the Splits and Bays in the Esher Hall. Danny Allen and Martin ‘Stretch’ Charles added their fine vehicles to the Big Bang/Santa Pod stand.
The VWDRC display itself featured the new A/E Funny Car of Andy Raw, Rhod Price’s reworked 912, Peter Christie’s beautiful flamed Ghia which he had brought all the way down from Scotland, Conor ‘Raceshack’ LaGrue’s gorgeous new Crewcab Splittie, Daz Coleman’s ever-so-clean Scooby Bug and Joe Gallagher’s amazing new Split Crewie. Well done to all, you guys did the club very proud.
Special pats on the back and congratulations go out to Wayne and Andy on their awards. Wayne collected a Top 20 award, while Andy received the much-coveted ‘Peoples’ Choice’ (as voted by the paying public) award.
The Volksworld Show at Sandown proved to be a great start to our historic 20th season . . . roll on the race shows.
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More Sponsorship!
Submitted by VWDRC on Mon, 19/03/2007 - 14:21.The VWDRC Committee is both pleased and proud to announce its largest sponsorship deal for racers since the mid-nineties. With over 20 companies getting involved, 2007 will see the largest prize fund for the winning driver in each of the three classes ever. All three classes, VW Pro, VW Sportsman and VW Alternate Engine will run decals featuring all of the companies’ logos and the prize fund payout at the end of the season for each of the three classes will be as follows:
Champion £650, Runner-up £400 and Third Place £200.
It is fitting that in this, the VWDRC’s 20th consecutive year of Championship Drag Racing that the Champions will receive their largest ever reward alongside the trophy and prestige of being Champion of their class.
The companies involved are: Aircooled Performance, Bears Motorsport Transmissions, Eastfalia, Graffix Detail, GSF Car Parts, HIC Insurance, Intergalactic Custom Shop, Kingfisher Kustoms, L.A. Performance, Machine 7, NAS Events, Nefarious Pinstriping, Odd-Ball Import Ltd, Raceshack, Skibbly TV, Slook.co.uk, Stateside Tuning, Street Style & Power, TSR Engine Conversions, Type Three Detectives, Volksworld Magazine, Volkszone.com, VW Heritage.
If you are a fan of VW Drag Racing, when ordering goods, parts or services, please remember those companies who have ‘given something back’.
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AGM 2006 (3rd December 2006)
Santa Pod Raceway supremo, David Llloyd-Jones was guest of honour at this year's AGM and kindly presented the 2006 Season's Winners and Runners-Up with their trophies (see pics).
The Agenda, for the first time I can actually remember, contained no contentious issues whatsoever. A case of "If it's not broken..." I guess?
The item that raised the most discussion was whether it should be a requirement for VWDRC A/E Drivers to have at least one tattoo and one piercing. This was agreed and voted in by the membership and will be forwarded to the MSA for for their opinion/blessing for inclusion in the 'White Book'.
David explained the current situation for 2007 with regard to petrol generators in the pits (they're illegal) and explained that Santa Pod were/are trying to work out a sensibly priced plan for electric 'hook up' for all racers.
The only other serious issue that was voted upon was to make VWDRC-founder, Brett Hawksbee a 'Lifetime Honorary Member' to celebrate his twenty years of promoting 'new-wave' VW events and his work in helping form the VWDRC.
A good time was had by all.
BRIAN BURROWS
