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What's New - Dec 98
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31st December: Drivers and riders will shortly get the chance to vote upon a UK National Drag Racing Championship for 1999. The proposed Championship, formulated by the promoters and racers' clubs of Santa Pod Raceway and Avon Park Raceway, will consist of eight rounds, four at each track. The classes involved are Pro Modified, Super Comp, Super Gas, Super Street, Sportsman ET, Pro ET, Super Pro ET, 10.90 Bike and 9.90 Bike.
The Avon Park rounds will be contested at that track's 1999 Super Series meetings, although the Super Series continues as a separate contest in its own right.
The Championship structure and other issues, such as concerns over the current chassis regulations, are to be discussed at a drivers' and riders' meeting at the Guild Hall, Northampton, at 1:00 pm on January 24th 1999. The vote on the Championship will take place at that meeting.
Chassis Open Day at Santa Pod.
31st December: Santa Pod Racers Club are to hold another chassis open day on Saturday 13th February, 1999. The day is primarily for racers with cars running 9.99 or quicker, but everyone is welcome to attend. Click here for details.
Svensk New Year Address.
31st December: Kjell Petterson, president of Svensk Dragracing, talks about the exciting changes that will be taking place next season. Read his New Year Address at http://www.goracing.com/svensk/.
UK Jr Dragster rarin' to go.
31st December: From Paul Lindley-Allen: "Englands first Top Alcohol Junior Dragster is ready to test at the first 'run what you brung' at Santa Pod in Feburary and anyone who wants to come and view the car is welcome to come and speak to Paul (Driver) or Mike (Crew Chief\Team Manager) about setting up a junior Dragster, we have one other alcohol burning engine which is for sale if anyone is interested. For the Dragster itself speak to Geof Hauser of Hauser Race Cars and you can have one built and ready to run by the end of '99."
Brainshake for sale.
31st December: Erik Schieveen's "Brainshake" bike is for sale. For more info, see http://users.capitolonline.nl/~nlco9982.
SFI inspektion i Sverige.
27th December: Möjlighet att göra SFI inspektion av kopplingar och kopplingskåpor i Februari! Klicka för att läsa mer.
UK1320/UK Dragbike reunited.
20th December: UK drag racing sites UK1320 and UK Dragbike have re-combined after a few months' separation necessitated by server space restrictions. You can find UK1320 at http://www.uk1320.com.
More Pomona pictures.
20th December: A very tenuous link for what is a European drag racing site, but UK web site Tog's Drag Racing Page is the temporary home of US drag racing photographer Bob Frye's photographs from the Winston Finals at Pomona Raceway. Bob Frye is employed by NHRA to photograph races at Pomona for NHRA Online and also produces the Quicktime Movies on NHRA Online throughout the season. Click here to view Bob's photographs.
The Shark cruises Pomona.
14th December: Another UK drag racing fan, Sharkman, has returned from the Winston Finals at Pomona and has been kind enough to share his excellent holiday snaps with us, together with a race report in his own inimitable style. Check out Sharkman's Top End Tales to see what Sharkman made of his first US drag race.
Nordic Calendar 99.
14th December: The preliminary 1999 calendar for the Nordic Drag Racing Series can be seen on the Svensk DragRacing site, along with news of Finland joining the series and four new bike classes.
Nostalgia movies.
14th December: The UK Drag Racing Nostalgia Web Site has a new Movie Centre section. There are two movies there at the moment. They take a few minutes to download (at 33600) but they're well worth the wait!
A look at Cooky's new Pro Mod.
13th December: A picture of Tim McAmis' Corvette Pro Mod, recently sold to the UK's Alan Cook, can be found on Tim's web site. Click here to view the picture.
Alan Wigmore dies.
12th December: Eurodragster was very sorry to learn of the death of Alan Wigmore, after a long illness. Alan had been involved with UK drag racing since its very early days. In a long and distinguished career Alan drove the "Itzaviva" Chevrolet-powered Vauxhall Viva, co-founded and chaired the National Drag Racing Club, commentated at NDRC races, and wrote about drag racing for NDRC News and other publications.
Eurodragster extends its deepest sympathies to Alan's family and friends.
Red Line Oil sponsor Junior Dragster.
10th December: Paul Lindley-Allen, the UK's first Junior Dragster driver, writes to tell us that thanks to the ad we published last month, he's secured a sponsorship deal with Red Line Oil. In addition to a wide range of high-performance synthetic lubricants, additives and ATF, Red Line do a neat line in teamwear. If anyone from Red Line is looking in - Thanks, guys.1998 FIA Season Review video.
8th December: The review of the 1998 FIA European Drag Racing Championship is now available from Santa Pod Raceway. The video is just under three hours long and features the action from all five FIA rounds as well as interviews with drivers and special guests. The video costs £15.99 plus £2.00 postage and packing, and is available from SPR on 01234 782828 or at:
Santa Pod Raceway
Unit 5
Airfield Road
Podington
Wellingborough
Northamptonshire
NN29 7XA
From outside the UK, the telephone number is +44 1234 782828.
Please mention that you saw this news item on Eurodragster when ordering your copy.
Chris Bates launches web site.
6th December: UK Super Gas racer Chris Bates has launched a web site, which is hosted by Eurodragster. The site is currently an on-line version of Chris' hero card plus a small Photo Gallery. More pictures are to be added very shortly, and Chris promises to keep fans informed of off-season developments. You can find Chris' web site at http://www.eurodragster.com/1320motorsport.
A Gainesville tale.
4th December: Monique Pels writes to tell us that the first-round battle between Roel Koedam and Brian Johnson wasn't quite as straightforward as it seemed from our report on November 23rd. She writes: "Brian was way ahead of Roel and indeed ran the 6.3 E.T. but he hit the timing equipment at the finish line. That's why Roel's E.T. (as recorded) was also a 6.3, but in fact it is unknown. Brian was dis-qualified because of hitting the lights, so Roel got on to the semi-finals."
Thanks, Monique.
Cooky's not-a-Dodge.
4th December: UK Pro Mod racer Alan Cook has sold his Dodge Avenger, and is now the proud owner of IHRA racer Tim McAmis' 1963 Corvette Pro Mod. The car ran 6.48 seconds at 214 mph during 1998 although Alan will obviously work up to these sorts of figures through the season.
At least one new ICE mountain motor will be added and Alan's team will be half of an all-British two-car effort having joined forces with Rob Loaring and Nick Davies, Nick running an Oldsmobile Cutlass. Rob will tune both cars and apply the nitrous systems. Mike Savage (from No-Name racing) will be added to Cooky's crew for 1998 and, no doubt, the two Cook sons will shoulder additional responsibilities in what is a family operation.
Jens quits - official.
3rd December: Eurodragster can now confirm the sad news that Jens Nybo is to quit drag racing due to lack of financial backing. "It is a very difficult decision but I cant keep running this operation in a serious way without a bigger financial back up from sponsors, and that's very hard to find in Denmark as in every other country, especially because we can't race here," says Jens.
Starting drag racing in Super Stock in the early 80's, Jens spent a short time in Top Alcohol Funny Car, before buying a Top Alcohol Dragster in the early 90's. He graduated to Top Fuel Dragster in 1995, winning the European Championship in his first season. The following year Jens won the first FIA European Championship.
Jens would like to say thank you to all the fans who have supported him throughout his dragracing career and he plans now to spend more time on indoor karting and on his carpentry business.
The whole operation is now for sale, either complete or separately. If you're interested in owning a Top Fuel Dragster, contact Martin Boye on +45 75 62 63 88 (daytime) or fax +45 75 62 63 41.
Silly Season at Svensk.
3rd December: Check out Svensk DragRacing for all the latest silly season rumours.
Tog moves home.
2nd December: UK drag racing photography site Tog's Drag Racing Page has moved to a new, easier to remember URL. You can now find TDRP at http://www.togsdragracing.com. The new site is currently showing Tog's entire 1998 catalogue and new features are planned to appear during the closed season.
Roland's Pomona pictures.
2nd December: A little way from Europe (OK, six thousand miles) but drag racing photographer Roland Peters is the first of the UK web site contingent to get home and post his pictures from the recent Winston Finals at Pomona Raceway in California. Click here to go to Roland's site.
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