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20/06/19

VHRA – Flat Out At Pendine…

The VHRA meeting at Pendine Sands in Wales is run on the beach where several land speed record where set… It was also the scene to some horrific accidents, taking the life of John Parry-Thomas while driving ‘Babs’. The meeting is open to cars built before 1949 and be an American made car. This years […]

23/05/18

Santa Pod Doorslammers 2018

Last weekend (19th/20th May) Santa Pod Raceway hosted the much anticipated return of The Doorslammers. Clear blue skies and the thermometer hitting the mid 20’s made it perfect conditions for a weekend of fast action drag racing! This event first ran at Santa Pod Raceway way back in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Traditionally an end […]

01/07/17

Santa Pod Summer Nationals

Santa Pod played host to The Summer Nationals last weekend, a chance for the best drag racers in the UK to get together once again at famous strip and push the limits of speed… All classes of UK drag racing competitor were represented, with the MSA Pro Modified class headlining the show. At the other […]

31/05/17

Santa Pod ‘Main Event’

Wet conditions and the promised May Bank Holiday sunshine did not materialise Saturday morning, however Santa Pod played host to the first round of the FIA/FIM European Drag Racing series…a three-day event featuring Europe’s best drag racers on two and four wheels, reaching speeds of 300mph and destroying the hearing of anyone not wearing substantial ear protection… […]

15/05/17

FIA/FIM Main Event returns to Santa Pod…

If you were to pay a visit to your local performance car dealer you are likely to find some “fast” road cars or on any given weekend at your local racetrack there’d be some even “faster” racing cars putting in quick laps, however, only one place in the UK can host the fastest competitive cars in the […]

02/11/16

Santa Pod Flames & Thunder

Santa Pod ran their Flame & Thunder event last weekend and I popped along on Saturday for a look, note to self take ear protection next time… Absolutely brill day with some fantastic machines literally burning up the track, jet dragsters, 300mph nitro drinking top fuel racers and all sorts of other cars and bikes were fired […]

22/02/16

Perth Motorplex Whoop Ass Wednesday Event

Whoop Ass Wednesday took place last week (17th February) at the Perth Motorplex and Paddock42 regular contributor Simon Phillips took a stroll down to see what all the noise was about… Situated 40 minutes drive South from Perth’s central business district, the ‘Woop Ass Wednesday’ are events put on to allow people to bring their […]

15/12/15

2015 Perth Speed Fest at The Perth Motorplex

Simon Phillips returned to the Perth Motorplex over the weekend (13th December) to capture the Perth Speedfest meeting and there was plenty to see… The Western Australian sun was, of course, out and the 8,000 odd visitors enjoyed temperatures in the mid 30’s and glorious sunshine by mid morning. Along with the visitors, big Aussie […]

31/07/15

Elvington welcomes the ‘straightliners’

Elvington erupted with some serious noise last weekend (25th & 26th July) as families living in the Yorkshire village woke to the sound of thunder as petrolheads and associated racing teams from around the UK tried to beat the clock at the Ten of the Best Straightliners event on the RAF Elvington airfield. A Nissan GTR R35 dominated the […]

Classifieds Archive

Historic Race Car, 1963 Turner Sports Mk2, VUD 701, Ex John E Miles Autosport Championship Winner.

£410000
Signature Series Racetruck – Ex-Demo Vehicle for Sale

£54000
Racetruck – Enclosed Race Car Transporter

POA
1967 FORD CORTINA MK 11 RALLY CAR Registration number: RLX 624E

SOLD
2014/64 Volkswagen Transporter T30S Kombi Highline 180 BITDI DSG (SWB)

SOLD
Alan Mann Open Sports Ford Can-Am package

$1000000
871 SUPERCHARGER .THE BLOWER SHOP 2222 HIGH-HELIX, FULL BILLET

$3000
1928 Indian Scout

POA
March F1 761/08 Exceptional!

$399500
1959 Restored Stanguellini #Cs00159

$115000
1965 Dodge Coronet 440 hardtop

$25000
Ducati 1974 750 Sports

$17000