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=january07Find 7th February section
Video from First No Prep Nationals, 2017, at (the now closed) North Weald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6nEmoLQ1SsNick Pettitt video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa1364iXt9k