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  • Project Zed has 1900bhp

    This hand build dragster will take part in various classes – Super Pro ET, Competitor Eliminator and HKS Series – Pro Class. It will hit the Santa Pod Raceway to compete against the traditional mighty V8 engines. This will be the only Japanese engined car at the racetrack.

    The  Project Zed is powered by a Nissan 350Z 3.5-litre V6 engine producing nearly 1,900bhp. Owner and driver John Bradshaw is thrilled to be taking his mighty machine to the famous Santa Pod Raceway, Northants. John comments: “It’s incredible to finally have the car ready to test now and we are all very excited by its potential. It really is a car that is capable of setting records around the world and just shows what a Nissan engine is capable of producing.” (more…)

  • Record-Breaking Proof That Volkswagen Vans Go The Distance!

    As a great demonstration of Volkswagen’s legendary durability, a 56-year old Transporter van has just achieved a top speed of 102.84 mph and done the quarter mile sprint at the Santa Pod racetrack in a time of 12.65 seconds.

    Although this in itself represents a new world record for a non-turbocharged Volkswagen van, this unique 1953 Transporter, run by a team from Frankfurt, Germany, is planning to beat the record of 12.5 seconds for any Volkswagen van when it returns to Santa Pod for the annual ‘Bug Jam’ Volkswagen enthusiasts event from 17-19 July. (more…)

  • Santa Pod Raceway. Records Tumble At The Main Event

    The FIA Main Event at Santa Pod Raceway is always a crowd pleaser, but last weekend at this years event, the history book got ripped up and thrown away, with several European records being shattered in blistering sunshine.

    Thanks to a blissful break in the venue’s luck with the weather, the headline event seemed to have a ‘feel good’ factor from the get-go, with capacity crowds filing in from the first minute of the three-day meeting, and racers seemingly unable to put a foot – or a wheel – wrong. (more…)

  • Santa Pod’s ‘Podzilla’. The Ultimate Snow-mobile?

    Arctic conditions may have ground the entire country to a halt, but staff at Santa Pod Raceway in Northamptonshire came up with a unique solution to the problem. Their 12 foot tall Monster Truck, ‘Podzilla’!

    The impressive beast usually entertains the crowds at many of the venues exciting events, but when a lack of gritters made the entire 180 acre site inaccessible, General manager, David Lloyd-Jones decided to pull off the covers and have some fun in the snow. (more…)