Category: Car Shows

  • Flame and Thunder 2010. Bigger and better than ever!

    As family days out go, the incredible family firework spectacular that is Santa Pod Raceway’s Flame and Thunder takes some beating! This incredible melee of high-speed metal, music, monster trucks and madness offers something for everyone -whether you’re 8 or 80! Make a date in your diary for Saturday the 30th of October, 2010.

    An incredibly diverse range of acts and attractions means that throughout the day, a non-stop mix of action and amusement showcases some of the most prodigious talent and potent machinery ever to be gathered in one place.

    True race fans and petrol heads will delight in the 8,000 horsepower Top Fuel dragster and a Nitro-fuelled Funny Car that will be pounding the strip throughout the day, as well as the World’s fastest Jet-powered race cars. These madmen strap themselves to over 10,000 horsepower of after burning jet engine to cover the quarter mile in just over 5 seconds, at a shade under 300mph. Not for the faint hearted!

    Equally impressive and almost as loud is the Live Action Arena where the car-crushing talents of Santa Pod’s resident Monster Truck, Podzilla  as well as Swamp Thing vying for attention alongside multiple Guinness World Record holder Terry Grant and his incredible stunt show. Mix in UKFMX, Britain’s best Freestyle Motocross team and leading quad bike showman Jason Smythe – and you’ve got the ingredients for a superb show.

    Music fans will delight at the headline signing of ‘Here Comes The Girls!’. This superb tribute act tips its hat at acts like Lady Gaga, Cheryl Cole and The Saturdays. As easy on the eye as they are on the ear, this is one superb show that ticks all the boxes for fans of all ages. One for the ladies, James Sutton, better known as Ryan from Emmerdale, will also be at the show, meeting his fans and signing autographs.

    From the sublime – to the ridiculous, ace car builder Perry Watkins will also be showcasing ‘The Flatmobile’ the World’s lowest car – and ‘Wind Up’ the World’s smallest vehicle. His 130 mph table and chairs, better known as ‘Fast Food’ will also be gracing the strip. Titan, the amazing 8 foot tall interactive robot will be walking amongst the crowd, delighting and terrifying in equal measure. The Black Knights Parachute Display Team will also be quite literally ‘dropping in’ later in the day with their unique display of skill and control, and if that wasn’t enough, Mark Jefferies will be putting on a stunning aerobatic display.

    But there’s still more!, Drifting demos, Kids Entertainers and even a full funfair. Or why not take a pleasure flight in a helicopter and see the whole lot from the air? Or strap yourself into a genuine 2 seater dragster and blast up the quarter mile in a shade over 7 seconds!

    But of course, it wouldn’t be Flame and Thunder without a spectacular firework display and huge bonfire – and this year, the Santa Pod team have really pulled out the stops to create a memorable evening. As the light dims, a fully sequenced firework display will delight the crowd.

    With under 16s getting in for free, advance tickets starting at just £17 and more acts and attractions in one day than most show goers see in a whole year, it’s the essential family day out of 2010! Just don’t forget your hat and coat!

    For more details please click to www.santapod.com or call the team on 01234 782828.

  • Rotorstock 7 Report

    Rotorstock 7 started out grey and overcast but as they day went on the weather brightened up providing us with some great entertainment on track with the HKS Drag Series and RWYB and elsewhere around site including the new sprint track.
    View more photos on the Rotorstock 7 Gallery page.
    Despite some threatening looking weather the track opened to the first few eager Run What Ya Brung (RWYB) participants on time with some HKS racers also taking advantage of the early track time for some testing before their first qualifying session.
    The Show n Shine started off relatively slowly but after a quick scout round of the club areas we soon had it populate with some top quality cars which led to some tough de
    cisions being made in the judging for the top 3 cars in the show. With the pictured Toyota Supra the eventual winner.
    This very clean Suzuki Swift was one of the first cars to turn up and the owners put a great deal of effort into cleaning the car itself, and they were very unlucky to miss out on second place. When the sun came out the Cosmic Black Metallic Pearl paintjob really caught the eye.
    As ever the RWYB competition was fiercly fought between all those taking part with the leaders changing throughout the day.
    The cars of the HKS Drag Series were the ones to watch throughout the day and although there were some big names missing, those that were here had some excellent battles in all of the classes. We even saw an excellent 7.53 second pass from Leon Green in his Pro Toyota Supra and an equally impressive 9.8 second run from Rob Shadwell in his Street class Skyline. The full race report will be published at www.japdragseries.co.uk.
    Toyota Supra – Winner of the Show and Shine Contest
    For the first time ever, there was a HKS Academy competition which acts as a feeder class for the HKS Drag Series, intended for those who would like to try out racing in a competition format before comitting and investing in upgrading their cars and equipment and it proved to be a huge success.
    The sprint track made its debut at Rotorstock 7 and what great addition it was to the show! The track was continuously busy from start to finish, and with just under 40 people entering the competition was tough. All were battling it out to claim trophies for the top three fastest times of the day and the inter-club competition prize.
    The track was a mixture of fast sweeping right hander’s, 90 degree left and rights and hairpins; perfect as it didn’t favour any one type of car. There was great variety of vehicles from, of course, the newest RX8’s, to Lotus’s, to drifting Nissan Skyline’s. One for the more usual cars was Tony Kirk’s Tiger Avon fitted with a modified RX8 engine. The car, which looks like a Caterham, flew round the track and was holding the top spot for the majority of the day.
    Honda Civic – Winner of the HKS Drag Series
    Other notable entries were Umar Masood in his Mazda RX7, who started very steadily at around 52’s per lap but by the end of the day posted a very respectable time of 41.84, just 1.7 seconds off the eventual winner.
    Leroy Anderson also entertained in his Mitsubishi Evo 3 by launching off the line in spectacular fashion and four wheel drifting around the track.
    The day though belonged to Robbie Kazandjian who had studied the track by walking it first thing and worked out how to get his yellow RX8 around the track the quickest. He posted the fastest time on his very last run of the day which dropped Anthony Kirk down to second and Mark Nash, in his very fast Lotus Elise Turbo (fitted with a very good handbrake!) to third. Robbie also claimed the inter-club competition win for the RX8 Owners Club.
    Rotorstock 7 started out grey and overcast but as they day went on the weather brightened up providing us with some great entertainment on track with the HKS Drag Series and RWYB and elsewhere around site including the new sprint track.

  • USC 2010 – Ultimate Street Car

    The Maxxd team visited Santapod again this year and were graced with good weather, and lots of automotive PORN!

    We’re pleased to present to you these pics (Thanks to Garage Awesome!) Enjoy!

    Discuss this event in the Maxxd.com Modified Car Forums