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Title: "No Prep" car drag racing - old airfields - 2019 various dates Post by: Tony oily bike on February 12, 2019, 12:40:54 PM There appears to be a ‘new’ type of car drag racing in the UK called “No Prep”.
From what I can tell, events are run at venues that were/are old airfields, some of which are used for motorcycle sprinting by the NSA https://www.facebook.com/sprinting.co.uk There's also date where they're running on a section of the old Silverstone circuit, and another where they're running at the Pistons & Props at Sywell http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=17051.0 One venue in particular, Church Fenton, was used during the Dragfests of 1964/65. The surfaces are pretty much as-is (so not prepped like the Pod), and many venues have noise restrictions (unlike Santa Pod). It also seems that the distance is an 1/8th mile on certain occasions. Links below. https://www.facebook.com/No-Prep-Drag-Racing-1993279407586999/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/No-Prep-Drag-Racing-1993279407586999/events/?ref=page_internal The event page http://www.eurodragster.com/news/news.asp?Story=january07 Find 7th February section Video from First No Prep Nationals, 2017, at (the now closed) North Weald https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6nEmoLQ1Ss Nick Pettitt video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa1364iXt9k Title: Re: "No Prep" car drag racing - old airfields - 2019 various dates Post by: Manky Monkey on February 12, 2019, 06:14:13 PM Thanks for those Tony.
Have you still got your Buell drag bike? Title: Re: "No Prep" car drag racing - old airfields - 2019 various dates Post by: Tony oily bike on February 12, 2019, 10:29:33 PM Thanks for those Tony. Nah, you're going back a bit, it went to a new owner back in 2013.Have you still got your Buell drag bike? Title: Re: "No Prep" car drag racing - old airfields - 2019 various dates Post by: Manky Monkey on February 13, 2019, 07:49:59 AM I was going to say I last saw it when I drove my Pop to a hotrod meet at Blackbushe, but you're right -that would've been 2013 :)
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