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As is stated on so many signs, motorsport can be dangerous. Thankfully, though, whilst that danger will be ever present, constantly evolving safety measures ensure the risk of serious injury is kept to a minimum. We’ll be bringing you the full featur

The weekend of 23-24 July is when The Custom Cup will be staged at Lydden Hill Race Circuit, near Canterbury in Kent. Saturday will offer circuit racing from the Classic & Modern Motorsport Club with Super Saloons, Intermarque Silhouettes and tin top

Diversity has always been the name of the game when it comes to hot rodding. In recent weeks, I have taken in four very different events. The first was a small local Sunday afternoon gathering, which proved to be not that small. Then came one of the

It will be very last minute when you read this, but the people at Melbourne Raceway have been in touch to let us know that the Gladiator and Nitro Bug Funny Cars will no longer be attending the Mid-Summer Nitro Showdown. The meet will still go ahead

We’re suckers for a good book here at CC, and this latest hard back from veteran drag race and automotive journo, Bob McClurg, is a belter. Starting in the 192 0s, with acomprehensive run down of the hop - up equipment available for Model T and A For

After years of supplying car burettor service kits for the Weber 48IDA, Webcon has now introduced its most comprehensive master overhaul kit. The £118.86 kit includes parts such as float, needle valve, gauze cover as well as springs, gaskets, tabs an

Last month we brought you the news that the NSRA Northern Swap Meet will take place at Melbourne Raceway later this year. We can now tell you it will be on Sunday 23 October. www.nsra.org.uk ■

This year’s British Drag Racing Hall of Fame Gala will be held on Saturday 12 November at the Oatlands Park Hotel in Surrey. The identities of this year’s new members will be revealed during the Dragstalgia weekend and their induction will be the cen

Long Hazel Park in Sparkford, Somerset is a touring park and campsite, open all year round and within half a mile of Haynes Motor Museum. Owners, Alan and Pamela Walton, are currently working with the motor museum to offer 10% off tickets to guests a

Editor: Dave Biggadyke cc.ed@kelsey.co.uk Features Editor: Mike Pye Art Editor: Kirsty Craner Technical consultant: Mike Waller cc.tech@kelsey.co.uk With thanks to Julian Hunt, Paul Knight, Phil Oldfield, Bob Roberts, Lesley Brown, James Webber, Keit

Regular CC contributor, Keith Lee, has been at it again, producing yet another superb body of work chronicling the life and times of British drag bike hero, John Hobbs. Keith describes the book as a personal look back at the classic age of British dr

Petrolheadonism Live returns to Knebworth House on 24-25 September. The star guest will be Richard Rawlings, owner of Gas Monkey Garage and star of Discovery’s Fast ’n’ Loud TV show. General admission tickets are £25 (£12.50 for children) plus bookin

The easy to set up Clarke MIG135TE welder is ideal for DIY use and comes with everything you need to get started, including 390g of CO2 gas, a face shield and instructions. All for £323.98. Other budget MIG welders in the Clarke range include the gas

If there’s one race event on the Santa Pod calendar that you come to this year, make sure it’s Dragstalgia. Held from the 8-10 July, Dragstalgia 11 will pay homage to everything good and great about the sport of drag racing. With plenty to see both o

When the judges had done their thing, the vehicles in the Meguiar’s Pavilion had been whittled down to eight finalists in the Best In Britain line up. Then came the unenviable task of deciding a top three from that list, but I suspect few would have

Custom Car would like to thank the owners of the five cars that graced the magazine’s stand. Thanks guys, we really do appreciate your support.

Now a firm staple on the classic car calendar, the Classic and Vintage Vehicle Rally was once again held over the Easter Friday and Saturday at the Royal Cornwall Show ground. This is the event’s seventh running on the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, wi

With tickets for the April Sunday Scramble selling out so quickly, the decision was taken to open up on Saturday as well. Although some folks attended on both days, the organisers claim 10,000 people and 2,000 cars came to Bicester Heritage over the

Born from an idea by Glyn Thomas, which was then developed and promoted by his wife, Hannah, nationwide Spring Rumbles kick started the NSRA’s 50th anniversary year celebrations. Actually, the original plan wasmooted a couple of years ago, but then C

Organised by Mia and Jason Smith, and Terri and Dave Cowler, this 30-mile route attracted 20 vehicles on Sunday 1 May.We had a superb drive through the countryside around Harlow and Waltham Abbey and, miraculously, everyone managed to stay together,

It seems almost unbelievable that it has been 10 years since we first undertook the lengthy journey past the far reaches of the M4 and into Carmarthenshire, Wales for the inaugural Hot Rod Races on Pendine Sands. Such was the gravitas of the venue th

*Apologies to Charlie Batsford, who also joined the 100mph Club this year by running 103.63mph in his ’48 Ford sedan, as we didn’t get a picture of your car to include here. ■

On his first qualifying run, Collin Morrice clicked off a 0.009 reaction time and picked up a Eurodragster.com / Team Twister Perfect ET award for his 9.900 pass in this 9.90-index class. That superb run put Morrice in the top qualifying spot, follow

Qualifying for the three-car field saw Keith Crampton back into the nines with a PB 9.839 / 122.72, before re-setting his PB again with a 9.757 / 136.50 pass. That was enough to put him in second spot, sandwiched between Peter Brown (8.54 index) on 8

Ronnie Mercer (8.82 index) came out top in qualifying after running an 8.222 / 149.09. Marc Huxley (10.00 index) was second, thanks to a 10.006 / 131.65, and John Bean’s 9.499 / 145.28 on a 9.49 index was enough to secure third place. Marc Huxley the

Lola-Belle Kent (11.90 index) ran a 12.314 / 51.38 with a tremendous 0.0002 reaction time to secure the top rung of the qualifying ladder. Behind her was Jessica Bishop (7.90 index) on 8.171 / 80.78 and 0.0135 RT and then Luke Fulton (7.90 index) on

AC Bell qualified in pole position, thanks to a perfect 8.780 ET on an 8.78 index. Second was Ron Bartlett (8.21 index) on 8.213 / 166.63, while Alan Didwell (7.62 index) bagged third with a 7.627 / 177.06. Bell earned a bye in the first elimination

After five rounds of qualifying, Darryl Howells topped the tree of this 8.90-second index class on 8.922 / 123.40. Next came Leah Kellett on 8.928 / 165.48, with Richard Tunstall third on 8.950 / 129.07. In eliminations, Kellett ran 9.001 / 148.57 to

Pete Dodd (9.15 index) qualified top of the class on 9.154 / 147.15, Don Scott (9.67 index) was second on 9.681 / 136.50 and Stuart ‘Kiwi’ Thompson (9.84 index) third with a 9.857 / 137.80. That trio made it through to the second qualifying round, to

The Williams brothers qualified in first and third places, Dan (10.61 index) on 9.868 / 118.34 and Nic (11.40 index) on 10.873 / 118.32. Sandwiched between them was a car prepped by the brothers, Spencer Tramm’s Camaro, 10.939 / 118.84 on an 11.55 in

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We’re heading over to the dark side twice this month, firstly Dave venturing into the Modified Nationals hall at Peter borough, now me picking an issue from 1985 to look back (some might say with anger) upon. The cover looked promising. The familiar