I’m not sure where Santa Pod coverage on Eatmyink will come from without Steven Moxley. His thorough, blow-by-blow writing and photography told the full story of events, and he was scheduled to do a lot of them for me this year. His enthusiasm for the sport and natural rapport with…
English Beat: Moxley at the Springspeed Nationals
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…
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 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 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…
English Beat: Moxley at the ’21 Springspeed Nationals
Rain disrupted (surprise!—Hailey) the opening round of the 2021 ACU Championship and National Championship at Santa Pod Raceway. The racers had challenging conditions over the weekend and only two qualifying sessions were completed, one on each day of the two day event. Sunday afternoon the event was called with rain…
English Beat: Moxley at the STP UK National Finals
With COVID on the increase when the STP UK National Finals took place at Santa Pod, the entry list was down. Only one qualifying session took place on the Saturday and it was not completed due to rain. There was another qualifying session on raceday before eliminations. Funnybike With points leader…
English Beat: Moxley at the STP Green Light Nationals
Due to COVID19, there will not be any ACU and FIM Championships in 2020. But Santa Pod has saved the day and decided to run three races in a club series. This is the Green Light Nationals. Funnybike Funnybike riders faced a strong headwind during qualifying on Saturday, but the…
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