Toyota Sprint Series – Round 5 – Teesside

Ollie & Dave are entering into the Toyota Sprint Series next year so thought it would be a good idea to go and see what they are up against.

The day started around 12noon, well more like 12.30 after Dave has stopped messing about with his hair. Little did he know that he was about to embark on a very long and SLOW drive to Teesside.

Many hours later after Ollie’s 50MPH driving and a food stop they finally arrived at Teesside AutoDrome

Toyota Sprint Series Round 5 2008

We were greeted by a range of Toyotas all preparing for the evening sprints which did not start until around 6pm. Thanks to the hot chocolate everyone stayed reasonably warm despite being almost blown over by the strong winds.

To cut a long story short it was a cracking event, loads of friendly people, some really good drivers and some fantastic lap times. Fensport took the top spot again with their heavily tuned Toyota Corolla which has apparently been down tuned specifically for the TSS.

Visit the forum to read more about it and also check out the gallery

Jap Show Finale @ Santa Pod 2008

WELL! From the pictures, and the reports i heard from the event – it rained – A LOT! And this is always going to have a negative effect on any event held at Santa Pod as the main focus of the events at pod are usually drag racing – and that aint much fun in the wet!

But our hardcore staff member OllieWestwood and his crew battled the rain and got some photos for us all anyway.

Good work Ollie! 🙂

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