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crazy2
WB Admin
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 18 Jul 2018 : 01:13:26
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Hi everyone!
Here are the brief (not very!)results from the spectacular 8th Annual Dragstalgia event at Santa Pod last weekend, 13th - 15th July. A very hot weekend weather-wise and performance and show-wise!! After sadly having to miss last year's event, I was chuffed to be back watching the amazing show that the Wild Bunch all put on!! 
The Wild Bunch had an amazing field of 34 teams taking part including teams from France, Italy and Germany. Commiserations to 4 entrants who couldn't make it: Dick Sharp and 'Dorset Horn', Callum Swinchatt and 'Przym Altered', Dan Sharp and 'Little Big Horn'' and Matt Fuller and 'Oblivion'. Commiserations also to Alan Loten & Steve Williams who had patiently waited for parts and done a lot of hard work to rebuild the engine in the 'Paranoia' altered. A late fireup just before the event revealed some problems with a couple of cylinders, so although the team brought the car, they were sadly unable to run. Fantastic to see them and the car though! Hope to see all these teams at the next event! All the best to you all!! Well done also to Ian & Ruaridh Hart, new Wild Bunch members, who nearly finished their funny car in time for the event. They did get to display the car in the marquee though, so look forward to seeing them racing with the Bunch soon! (And many thanks for getting my camper alternator belt! Much appreciated!)
The weather was really good all weekend, and super hot on Saturday! It was a challenge to stay cool but great to have some dry weather throughout the event! Some teams entered the RWYB for testing on the Friday. Then 22 teams took advantage of the bonus run around 6pm on the Friday night! Many thanks to Santa Pod for including us in that session! On Saturday we had two rounds of practice, and had decided to hold our first Series round on the scheduled 3rd session that evening and everyone had declared their Dial-in. We were queued up around 7pm to race, but sadly a couple more oil downs meant we had to turn back. Bob Hawkins was the sole runner for the Fire Burnout and did his usual stunning job for this, his first one on Nitro!! Then 11 Wild Bunch teams took part in a great Cacklefest with the Limited Funz team doing a push down the fireup road, all 3 European teams taking part, and Pete Huckle¡¦s Jag motor heard revving til nearly the end of the noisy Nitro-filled spectacle!! Very Cool!!
On Sunday, we were then scheduled for 2 runs, with a faint hope of a 3rd if all ran well. Dial-ins were re-declared, and our first run was around noon, with the second being finished by 4pm. With the scheduled finish time approaching, more oil downs, and the hardworking track crew deservedly coming to the end of the event, there was not time for a third, in what was still a really hot day!
Here are the Top 6 at the event. Many Congratulations to all!!:
1st Place: Terry Clifford in 'Ratcatcher Resurrection' .0295 average (brilliant win!!)
2nd Place: Phil James in 'Rampage' .0446 average (great consistency!)
3rd Place: Craig Larman in 'The Ferret' .0484 average (fantastic result for first event of the year! proudly racing for Dad!)
4th Place: Bob Morgan in 'B-Sting' .0556 average (back on form in the 10.3s!)
5th Place: Skippy in 'Cheap Thrills' .0605 average (way to go Skippy and team!)
6th Place: Alan Lloyd in 'Gonzo the Great' .0617 average (great performance!)
Special thanks to Steven East and the whole of Team East who put up sponsorship for most of the fabulous Spot Prizes, and to Didier & Francoise who also sponsored a couple. Many thanks to DASH Racing and Fieldcraft Fabrications for sponsoring the Prize money for the event for the Top 4 and Best in Show. All very much appreciated folks!!
Here are the Spot Prizes that were won. Congratulations to all:-
Closest to Dial-in (on Race-day): Terry Clifford in 'Ratcatcher Resurrection' .0170 off (just 7/10,000ths closer than Craig Larman!)
Best Reaction (on Race-day): Bob Morgan in 'B-Sting' .073 (also had the 2nd best reaction)
Quickest E.T. of the event: Alan Lloyd in 'Gonzo the Great' 8.239 (also fastest with 157.94mph)
Furthest Travelled: Luca Govoni in 'The Earthquake' (all the way from Italy)
Best Burnout: Dave Gibbons in 'Rough Diamond' (superb one on the Saturday particularly!)
Best Appearing Car: Wayne Colliver in 'Misfit' (fantastic to win a prize on his first outing, great-looking car!)
Best Wheelie: Alan Lloyd in 'Gonzo the Great' (nicely controlled! Loads of power tamed!)
Best Appearing Team: DASH Racing and 'Chemical Reaction'(great appearance all round!)
Best Backup Girl: Hayley Fyfe from 'Wrathchild' (what a beauty! Great outfits Hayley!)
Best Showmanship: Steve & Lesley Field in 'Black Pig Too' (great overall performance!)
Spirit of Nostalgia: Dr Faye Hern in 'Daddy Cool' and the whole team!!! (no words needed!!!)
And a special award for Best in Show: Dr Faye Hern in 'Daddy Cool' (a star of our amazing show!!)
Many thanks to young Ada Cassisi who did a super job of handing out all of these trophies by herself, including some very big ones half her height!! You are a star, Ada!!
Congratulations also to Lynne Coulsell & Anna Cassisi who were chosen as ¡¥Best Backup Girls¡¦ of the whole Dragstalgia event!! The ladies looked gorgeous in their matching black and orange  -ball outfits! So much attention to detail as always!! Wow!! Plus special mention goes to Wild Bunch racers Bob Hawkins & Chris Manning, running in the Slingshot Showdown. Bob had just rebuilt the Nitro-powered motor in 'Time Traveller II' and ran a couple of 6.7's and a 6.6 and finished Runner-up in the Showdown with a 6.8!! Plus he was the sole fire burnout performer - spectacular as always! He was also awarded the 'Spirit of Dragstalgia' trophy for the whole event!! Fantastic and very well deserved!! Big Congratulations Bob!! Plus very big Congratulations to Chris Manning who ran another great PB in 'The Villain', a 7.87 and won the 'Best Appearing Car' award for the whole of the Dragstalgia event with his beautiful period-perfect slingshot!! Well done to the whole team!! Great show both!! We really look forward to seeing these guys back with the Bunch at the next event!!
Also a special shout out to starters and crew extraordinaire Ian Marshall & Dave Warren! They wore their period white overalls for the first day and then looked really cool in their white longsleeved shirts, brown trousers, flat caps and very British ties tucked in to their shirts! Great appearance guys!! Thanks so much for all your hard work and that of all the track crew in preparing and (re-preparing after oil downs) the great track this weekend! Fantastic job! You are all incredible!!
And the PB's this weekend were amazing! Some of the following set and re-set theirs:
Jim Tanner in 'Shindigger' 9.407 / 146.17
Wayne Colliver in 'Misfit' 11.561 / 124.22
Craig Larman in 'The Ferret' 10.620 / 120.79
Ian Coulsell in 'Adventure before Dementia' 109.54 mph
Alan Lloyd in 'Gonzo the Great' 8.239 / 157.94
Didier Canicave in 'Folie Douce' 105.05 mph
Russ Heaven in 'Tight Fit' 155.22 mph
Mick Gleadow in 'Jurassic Parts II' 9.084
Dr Faye Hern in 'Daddy Cool' 9.065 / 147.73
Graham Rawlings in 'Little Digger' 126 mph
Dave Gibbons in 'Rough Diamond' 8.36
James Auld in 'Little Fauss' 12.382
Maxim Spaans in the 1978 Altered 11.529 / 106.27
Please let me know if I have missed any!!!
Highlights of this weekend included: The very big and varied fabulous field of Wild Bunch cars and fantastic people, including so many regulars, returning members, European visitors and a couple of new members. Plus completing 2 full rounds of racing overall, and the Cacklefest, where 10 Wild Bunch teams enhanced a great display! Other highlights include: the absolutely amazing show from all of the Wild Bunch (again the biggest class at the event), loads of beautiful backup girls (thanks for taking pics Mark and Andy!), great team wear, great performances, fantastic individual achievements and historic matchups!! And that most incredible debut of Faye driving 'Daddy Cool'!! Beyond their wildest dreams, so well deserved, and the whole team a huge credit to themselves and a beautiful tribute to Sag!! Everyone in the Bunch really did themselves so proud as always!! Well done all!
Commiserations to all those who had breakages or gremlins, and hope you can all be back out racing soon! Special good luck to Steve & Lesley who sadly suffered engine damage. Such a massive shame after the car's recent amazing performance! Fair play to several teams who had problems over the weekend but managed to fix them and get back out racing, including Keith Crampton who had MSD and electrical problems! All the teams thank everyone who pitched in and helped!
Everyone put on such an amazing show and fantastic to see all their efforts! Well done everybody!! Here is the full field of amazing Wild Bunch participants!!!! Wow!!!!
Bob Morgan in 'B-Sting' (the team solved a problem from the other 2 events and Bob was back running the usual good consistent numbers, another good Top 4 result)
Jim Tanner in 'Shindigger' (great new tow tractor, great burnouts and PB, having fun as always!)
Pete & Rob Brown in 'Wrathchild' (the lads did better than expected Sunday! This threw their Dial-in out, but great show from the whole team especially fab BUG Hayley!! They took part in the Cacklefest again, and we loved Rob¡¦s enthusiastic interview afterwards!)
Mark Coulsell in 'Ballbreaker' (a great mid-8/150 run Saturday, fabulous matching backup girls Lynne & Anna voted best in the whole show! And a push down the fireup road with Ian's truck for the Cacklefest; sadly fuel pump problems sidelined the guys for Sunday; best of luck with the diagnosis!!)
Philippa Turton in 'Bitchcraft' (Mark worked on the carb between events, and though they thought they cured a throttle problem, there are still some issues; Philippa did another great job in the Cacklefest!)
Wayne Colliver in 'Misfit' (making the car's full debut after a lot of hard work, rewarded with several runs and the 'Best Appearing Car' Spot Prize! Wow! They also enjoyed taking part in the Cacklefest! Well done lads!! Great to have you back running!! And to see all those team smiles! Excellent!!)
Bradley Cooper in 'Back from the Past' (running with a new engine built by our very own British Drag Racing Hall of Famer Ken, always an honour to have him running with us!! Under Ken's watchful eye, son Bradley ran mid 11¡¦s which is promising for next time!)
Terry Clifford in 'Ratcatcher Resurrection' (super runs in the 8's and his first combined 8/150! Great 8-second Dial-in, fantastic win, and Ruth looked stunning in her gold backup girl outfit! Wow!)
Mick Hillier in 'Texas Ranger' (the team had high hopes after some improvements last time, and though some problems were fixed unfortunately suffered some damage; best of luck for next time!)
Craig Larman in 'The Ferret' (again running in tribute to Dad Tom, with crew chief Uncle Mark; in his first event of the year; Craig was running first after Round 1, and the whole team chuffed to finish in the Top 4; Tom would be beyond proud!!!! Love and hugs to Mum Wendy cheering from home!!) (great to see Gina Durrant supporting the team as backup girl! Go Gina!!)(plus many thanks to Beau for his help spreading some messages to the Bunch!)
Phil James in 'Rampage' (Phil on form again with some very consistent runs and another great result! Well done to the whole team! Allison looked amazing in a variety of beautiful outfits!)
Ian Coulsell in 'Adventure before Dementia' (great to see Ian out running, with a PB speed; a slight clutch problem prevented him from making the rounds, so hope to see him back out later on!)
Steve Bingham in 'Sneaky Blinder' (fantastic team package, looked brilliant as always! And took part is some very special matchups with Maxim, who was running the altered that Steve ran 40 years ago!! Also took part in the Cacklefest next to Maxim!)
Gary Parkes in 'Purple Daze' (great to see this superb car after so much hard work by Gary to get it finished! It looks fantastic and a real credit to the team; unfortunately a few problems prevented Gary from running after RWYB Friday, but we really look forward to his next time out with the Bunch!)
Alan Lloyd in 'Gonzo the Great' (made some updates which just tamed the launches enough to run some amazing strong, straight and powerful passes, with the 'Quickest ET' and also fastest speed of the Bunch!! Plus 6th place! Great stuff! Getting ever closer to Dad Ian's best time of 8.10! Fingers crossed for that magic 7!)
Didier Canicave in 'Folie Douce' (he and Francoise were on their 2nd WB event this year - welcome back!! Francoise looked great in her chequered leggings outfit! Didier enjoyed taking part in the Cacklefest again! They had a fabulous time and thoroughly enjoyed being with the Wild Bunch!! A bientot folks!)
Russ Heaven in 'Tight Fit' (the team managed to finishing rebuilding the engine and installing the heads at the track, and after hard work were rewarded by PB speed in what is now Russ¡¦ retiring event; well done guys! Nice to see Lorni there too supporting the team )
Skippy in 'Cheap Thrills' (the team did really well to work on and install a new engine after the big damage just a fortnight ago! Then Skippy was straight back into the 9's! A great job and rewarded by a 5th place trophy!!) (big thanks also guys for the help with my camper belt! Much appreciated!) (also check out the fantastic photos on facebook taken by the gorgeous Nicola! Brilliant captures of all the cars and teams, so many thanks to her for photographing and sharing her fab pics of this amazing weekend!!)
Darryl Howells in 'Chemical Reaction' (real strong performance Sunday! And fantastic backup outfits with Sarah looking fabulous and the whole gang earning 'Best Appearing Team'!! Well done!! Always a great show!!)
Mick Gleadow in 'Jurassic Parts II' (fantastic to see Mick and the team putting in some great burnouts and really strong runs!! Now in the low 9's so hope we see that magic 8 soon! Well done!!)
Dr Faye Hern in 'Daddy Cool' (Wow!!! What can we say?! Just an absolutely amazing debut from Faye in her first ever runs down the strip in any car! Fantastic burnouts right from the start, a 9.40/146 on her second ever run was phenomenal, and already exceeded all team expectations and she then got better and better to a 9.06/147; it's like she's been driving for years! She also won the 'Best in Show' award and the 'Spirit of Nostalgia' Spot Prize, well-deserved for her and the whole team!! We really believe she had the best co-pilot possible alongside her all the way - Sag would be bursting with pride with her achievements as well as the amazing spirit she and the whole of the family team displayed, he was truly with them all and in all our thoughts and hearts; Congratulations to each and every one of the 'Daddy Cool' team for their part in their brilliant weekend! We love you all!!)(hope Faye and family have a lovely day at her PHD Graduation on Friday!! Incredible achievement!! )
Steve Field in 'Black Pig Too' (more stunning powerful burnouts and runs and a fabulous backup girl appearance with Lesley in her Mondrian dress and shoes, taking the award for 'Best Showmanship'! So sorry to hear about the damage and huge Best of luck with the rebuild folks!)
Andy Stones in 'Stoned' (Andy had a blast as always with fab support from his lovely wife Cathrine! Always great to watch!)
Keith Crampton in 'Soul Town Shaker' (Keith overcame initial electrical problems to receive a huge cheer in the pits when he finally got it fired up Saturday, and then ran straight back in to the 10's! a little off the pace in the rounds but chuffed to make the show! Well done Keith, who says many thanks to Marra Dad George and others for all the help in getting running! Lovely to see wife Christine Saturday, his best good luck charm! )
Dave Rowlands in 'Destiny's Angel' (a huge warm welcome back to Dave after several years of amazing work on the fire and track crews at Shakey and Santa Pod (thanks so much!); some great runs and back in the 9's already on just the second run! Fantastic! Lovely to see Angie on track too!)
Graham Rawlings in 'Little Digger' (great to see Graham get the new engine in and ready and run a PB speed! Sorry about the driveshaft damage and best of luck with that! The team still really enjoyed their weekend including running in the Cacklefest! Fair play to them!)
Pete Huckle in 'The Jagster' (Pete was our noisy star of the Cacklefest, revving that good old 6-cylinder Jag above the cacophony of all the assembled cars! Fair play! Good run in the second round Sunday)
Dave Gibbons in 'Rough Diamond' (great to see Dave back out running with us; equalled his PB ET and enjoyed running at the event; Well done! Hope to see him and the team back out later in the year)
Robert White in 'Happy Daze' (great to see the team back out so soon after the engine damage at the Retro Show! Well done guys! Fair play! A few little niggles to sort through but well done for making it!!)
Steven East in 'Ellie's in Trouble Now' (fantastic to see both Joshua and Ellie back out crewing on the family outing; great teamwork on the polishing and cheering; a few teething problems, but nice to see the car running again, and thanks so much to Team East for the fab Spot Prizes!)
James Auld in 'Little Fauss'(a PB in the low 12's, great new team shirts and a Top 10 result in his 3rd event of the year with Wild Bunch!! Also enjoyed running in the Cacklefest again! Great stuff!)
Luca Govoni in 'The Earthquake' (great to see Luca and Simona back; they really enjoyed their racing and being with the Wild Bunch!! And taking part in the Cacklefest! Thanks Luca for your heartwarming comments about racing with us!! You are very welcome!! Nice to see the team! Arrivederci!)
Des Taylor in 'Thundergod' (the team had a few teething problems and eventually problems with a rocker sidelined them, but they were happy to be back out with a new combo, and made some strong burnouts, so the power looks promising! Best of luck!)
Maxim Spaans in his 1978 altered (debuting the car after a lot of hard work and last minute preparations to achieve the goal of racing at this event - a very warm welcome to him and girlfriend Barbara! Very nice people! His performance was better than he expected, he ran in the Cacklefest and enjoyed getting to match race Steve Bingham who had run the car 40 years ago!!! Great story!! And all his debut goals achieved! Welcome back next year!!)
Real sorry I didn't get round to seeing everyone more regularly over the weekend (seeking shade and conserving energy in the heat, plus the great number of participants!), but was fab to spend time chatting with loads of you, and really enjoyed seeing your successes, joy and excitement and the awesome show, and feeling the buzz of this brill event!! Well chuffed!!
What an incredible field of amazing cars!! Fantastic!! Congratulations to everyone!! It was a really brilliant weekend! And many thanks to all the organisers, starters, track and fire crews, marshals and officials, eurodragster.com team, commentators, photographers and media and Zeon TV, James Forster and team and absolutely everyone at Santa Pod, for all their hard work, especially in the heat, to run another wonderful event overall!! So much appreciated!! Thanks to all the families, friends and fans for their support!! I may have now broken my exclamation key on my keyboard! Oh, no still going ¡K¡K so another big 'Well Done' to all the Bunch, simply awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All the best
Claire
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