Category: Car Shows

  • Rotorstock 7 latest news

    Rotorstock is a real “day at the races” for all Japanese car fans. This isn’t just another Japanese Car show; it’s a full-throttle track day, but with a laid back and friendly vibe off-track.

    New for Rotorstock 7 is the unique SPRINT CIRCUIT, which is unavailable at any other Santa Pod Show this year! Mixing a combination of high-speed corners and tight hairpins, this track is designed to test grip, agility, and driver skill to the max. The best news of all is that there is NO FEE to have a go on the sprint circuit!

    This fantastic addition to the show simply re-enforces what is guaranteed to be a great day at Santa Pod anyway:

    The HKS DRAG SERIES hits the drag strip with its long list of record-breaking competitors, and the famous ¼ mile is also open for RUN WHAT YA BRUNG, where anyone with a Japanese car can hit the strip.

    The Live Action Arena will be hosting non-stop DRIFTING with passenger rides, and as usual, CLUB DISPLAYS and a SHOW CAR COMPETITION will provide a huge static display worthy of lots of attention.

    The huge sprint track and the huge power of cars on the strip are in stark contrast to the teeny, tiny entry fee to get in.

    Tickets are available from just £12 in advance, and that includes FREE entry to the sprint circuit, FREE grandstand seats for watching the HKS Drag Series, and clubs wanting in on the action get their hard-standing pitches at no extra cost too.

    The Run What Ya Brung is just £25 for unlimited runs on the dragstrip with performance print-outs included.

    Rotorstock 7 takes place on August 21st at Santa Pod Raceway.

    See www.Rotorstock7.co.uk or call 01234 782 828 for information.

    

  • USC Racer – online game out now!!

    Exciting news from Ultimate Street Car!

    Behind the scenes at Santa Pod, teams of off-duty Christmas elves have been programming a free-to-play computer game that simulates the addictive art of “Run What Ya Brung”. Feel the tension on the startline, test your reactions to the lights, and then rev the engine to the redline to get the best times on the famous Santa Pod Dragstrip.

    USC Racer Game“USC Racer” is now online and available to play at: http://ultimatestreetcar.co.uk/uscracer.php

    Get your timing right and you could find yourself on the high-score table. Pass the web-link on to your mates and on your favourite forums and see if they can beat your times! USC Racer Game Start

    The game features a choice of modified cars to race: An Audi TT for European car fans, a Corvette for American car fans and a Nissan 350Z for fans of Jap rides. What’s your weapon of choice for attacking the leader board?

    If you thought the game was addictive, just wait until you try the real thing at Ultimate Street Car from the 6th-8th August at Santa Pod Raceway.

    www.UltimateStreetCar.com

  • Ultimate Street Car (USC) 2010

    Now then, we don’t often get dictatorial here.. but for once, we’re going to.. so listen up! Whatever you did have planned for the three days between the 6th and 8th of August, cancel it!.. because you’re all hanging out with us, instead! Why? Because it’s only the bloomin’ weekend of USC, that’s why!

    If you’ve never been before, let me enlighten you with the elevator pitch. The finest drag strip in Europe. 35,000 modifying disciples. (many of which are pert and female) The UK’s most superbly executed show cars. The best bands, DJs and tuners. Are you in yet? USC has justifiably achieved the status of ‘legend’ on the show calendar, and a single visit will soon tell you why. No other show packs as much into three days, with real heads-up quarter mile action playing out against a backdrop of high-octane antics that make Ferris Bueller’s Day Off look like the Teddy Bear’s Picnic. To top things of, those lovely Pod people have even frozen the tickets at last year’s prices, so you have no excuse!

    Top level drag racing is the order of the day, with Euro Sports Compact drivers battling it out in the kind of times that make Ferrari owners weep into their leather. Or, if you prefer, why not wander over to the drifting area where sideways is the new forwards and tyre smoke is the new oxygen.

    In addition to a head spinning line up of acts like Slinky, DJ Luck and MC Neat and the Artful Dodger, you can bank on a (literally) record breaking line-up of stunt performers, Monster Trucks, Jet cars and show cars.

    Ever ones for a challenge, we’ve even added the Dotz Mod Pod live build area where our carefully assembled team of spanner wielding artistes will be standing by to rip apart and rebuild a stock hot hatch into a modified thing of beauty over the show weekend. Yep, as DJs spin some of the choicest vinyl in the background, our long-suffering team will be gutting a tuner-scene favourite back to a shell before commencing with a full-bore rebuild including chassis, interior, induction, exhaust, tints, wrap, lighting and audio.. and of course, a simply stunning set of Dotz rims. With only 3 days to do what takes most tuning houses at least a full week, plus of course, the added pressure of 35,000 petrolheads… and a TV crew. Oh yes! almost forgot to mention, the entire show is being shot for Eurosport and Motors, so if you, your car, your missus are camera friendly, who knows, you might end up on the telly! Actually, seeing as we are on drinking terms with the producers, we might even put in a good word for you!

    Of course, elsewhere on site, there are simply acres of space for club camping, hardcore BBQ action and chance to kick back with a cold beer and recant your tales of quarter mile heroics. Stock up before you arrive, and you’re free to park up the motor and seriously over-indulge for the entire weekend as everything you need is on site, with several bars and even a lap-dancing club!

    Sprinkle on a side order of live stage, Lowriders display, Burnout and Flameout comps and the Autoglym showcar paddock and pretty soon, it becomes the ultimate road trip weekend away. You’ll kick yourselves if you miss it, so don’t!

    We’ll see you there guys! Check it all out at www.ultimatestreetcar.co.uk