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THIS WEEKEND/Drag racing The Main Event Santa Pod
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Your support makes all the difference.The Main Event at Santa Pod continues the season's Budweiser series and the first round of the European Top Fuel Dragster Series is the highlight of this weekend's racing. It is nearly five years since a British driver has competed at the top level of drag racing and Andy Carter from High Wycombe has the car, the funding and a dedicated support team to renew interest. Carter will be competing against the leading Europeans, including the Swede Peter Lantz, who is the European champion, in the huge dragsters run on nitro methane, a very expensive fuel which enables these cars to reach 100mph in just under a second. Supporting races includes the petrol- fuelled UK Super Gas Championship, Pro-modified cars and UK IHRA National Bracket Championship for cars and motor- cycles.
How to get there: Santa Pod Raceway, Bedfordshire, is signposted from junction 14 of M1. Weekend ticket: pounds 35 (includes camping). Sunday/Monday: pounds 27. Daily: tomorrow (practice): pounds 10; Sunday (qualifying): pounds 12.50; Monday (finals): pounds 15. Children aged 11 to 16 are half-price, 11 and under free. Racing is from 10am to 6pm each day. (Tel: 01234 782828).
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