The opening round of the 2023 ACU Championships was to be the Festival of Power event at Santa Pod Raceway. But due to the bad weather (rain) leading up to the Easter weekend, Santa Pod made a decision to change the event to the Springspeed Nationals—a smaller event. The fields…
Ida Zetterström teaming with Edelbrock and KW Parts
Today, European Top Fuel Record Holder Ida Zetterström announced a new global partnership between Edelbrock Group and KW Parts (Klintberg & Way Group) to support her efforts in winning the FIA Championship driving for RF Motorsport. Edelbrock Group helped Zetterström in her successful first FIA Top Fuel season in 2022,…
English Beat: Moxley at the Elvington Top Speed Show
There was a great turnout of both crowds and various machines at the Elvington Top Speed Show on February 25-26. Organizers Graham Sykes and Straightliners’ Trevor Duckworth were also pleased with the turnout. The heated tents had drag, sprint and land speed machines on display. Despite intermittent showers on both…
English Beat: Moxley at Santa Pod’s European Finals
It was a very emotional and testing four day meeting at Santa Pod Raceway for the European Finals, round four of the FIA and FIM Championships. The country was in mourning over the death of the Queen on Thursday—the first day of qualifying. Also on the same day, drag racing…
English Beat: Moxley at the ’21 ACU National Finals
Top Fuel Bike Multi-time and Reigning ACU Top Fuel Bike Champion Steve Woollatt (featured photo above) had a slim 20 point lead coming into the National Finals at Santa Pod, just ahead of Al Smith. Neil Midgley had a mathematical chance if Woollatt and Smith had problems. This was the…
English Beat: Moxley at the ’21 Green Light Nationals
The weather forecast was not very good for the ACU Championships’ Green Light Nationals, so a lot of riders took the opportunity to do the test session on Friday. There were four qualifying sessions planned for Saturday, but rain meant only one session, which was not completed. Four classes did…
English Beat: Moxley at the ’21 Hot Rod Drags
There was a big turnout for Santa Pod’s final Nostalgia event of 2021—the Hot Rod Drags. History was made in the Outlaw Anglia class on Saturday during qualifying, which saw the first six-second pass in the UK and Europe. Sunday was disrupted by light rain, which saw some racers and…
English Beat: Moxley at Santa Pod’s ’21 Dragstalgia
This was the tenth anniversary of Santa Pod’s Dragstalgia, which should have been celebrated last year, but due to covid it was cancelled. Friday started with Run-What-Ya-Brung (RWYB) and then the main classes were due to run at 5.00pm. Rain fell before the sessions were due and ended the day,…
English Beat: Moxley at the SummerNationals
The SummerNationals were blessed with something that is not a given at Santa Pod in the summer—hot sunny weather over the two days, with temperatures ranging between 85-90 degrees. Summer-like. New records were set once again and many racers ran personal bests. There was a test day, the day before the…
English Beat: Moxley at Santa Pod’s Festival of Power
Round two of the ACU Championships—AKA the Festival of Power at England’s Santa Pod—was blessed with a tailwind for three days. New ET and Speed records were set and many personal bests (p/b) recorded. Top Fuel Bike Steve Woollatt suffered from a clutch issue, which affected his 60 foot and…
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