After the sweltering conditions of the Rally of the Giants the weekend before at Blenheim Palace (July 17) things were even hotter – if that’s possible – at the Damn Yankees Summer Slam which was held at North Weald in Essex. Unbelievably, the hot weather warnings and dire weather forecasts seemed to have possibly put some people off, maybe somewhat understandably, as being an ex-RAF airstrip, there’s not a lot in the way of cover or protection from the sun.
