Very blokish of me, I know, but the place pictured above means a helluva lot to me. It's the Santa Pod Raceway in Northants, a drag strip that me and my dad, along with various friends down the years, have been to many times, mainly for one show in particular. The raceway is a fully professional track, with many top Formula 1-style drag race championships running events there, but the big one for me has always been the Mopar Nationals, an event at the end of July which sees thousands and thousands of gorgeous classic American cars, mainly muscle cars, descend on the facility and either just show them off or actually race them head-to-head.
As I said in an earlier post, classic cars have always been a big deal for me, especially old American muscle, and despite the tedious arguments many people trot out against them (can't turn, basic, redneck-mobiles etc), my love for them has never really dimmed. The combination of gorgeous fastback looks and wonderful growling engine noise just does it for me, I suppose :)
So a meeting of thousands of these cars from across Europe in the middle of summer is a day in paradise for me, and I've pretty much been to this event every year since I was about, what, 9, 10 years old? So the best part of 8-9 years, with the odd year missed out due to weather (rain = no racing). This year's one will be in exactly 2 weeks time, and I cannot wait :D
Below are some more photos I've got over the years from the event.
looks like real good fun :p I would love to go to something like that.
ReplyDeleteIt is brilliant fun! The people there are so friendly, you can get into discussions with anybody about their cars, classic muscle and stuff, really friendly atmosphere, plus the never-ending roar of engines :)
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