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Santa Pod Raceway is the home of European Drag Racing. It's the fastest & loudest motorsport on Earth with sensational racing from dragsters & beetles to bikes!

06/02/2025

Heavenly sound! 😍

Grab your tickets at the Early Bird price for our Nostalgia events here: https://santapodtickets.com/

06/02/2025

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06/02/2025

Good times! 😍 Go and follow Bug Jam - It's a way of life for all the Bug Jam updates! ☮🌸

05/02/2025

Join the fun at our next DWYB! 😁
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05/02/2025

Looking for the perfect family day out? Festival of Power is for you! 🤩

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Featuring 200mph Pro Mods, Nitro Funny Cars, Jet Car Shootout, Monster Trucks, Stunts & More! 🎡🏁 Camp & make it a weekend, book now! 🏕️

05/02/2025

Missed out on Oasis tickets last year? 😩 Don’t worry, Noasis will be bringing the anthems to Bug Jam Festival on Friday night! 🎶🎸☮

See the full music line-up and grab your tickets here: www.bugjam.co.uk

04/02/2025

Quite possibly the coolest gate ever! 😅

04/02/2025

Didn't receive a 2025 Wallplanner? Grab yours for free here, all you have to do is pay postage! 🙌

https://santapodtickets.com/p/Wallplanner2025

04/02/2025

UK Monster Truck Nationals tickets are officially on sale! 💥 You'll get to see more crazy freestyles like this! 🤪

https://santapodtickets.com/p/ukmtn

03/02/2025

We’re excited to see these!! 🤩🍻💜

31/01/2025

A message from The 92nd Bomb Group Project:

"In 2020 the long standing 92nd Bomb Group Memorial Association disbanded after decades of service honoring the brave heroes who flew and fought in the name of freedom from Bovingdon, Alconbury and Podington, United Kingdom. Since then, a group of dedicated volunteers consisting of veteran's family members in the US and local historians in the UK have been working hard to preserve the legacy and memory of Fame's Favored Few. We have a huge digital archive which we use to assist families of veterans visiting their old bases in the UK, we represent the group at Madingley American Cemetery at the annual Memorial Day commemorations and we work hard each day to tell the stories of the heroes and keep the memory alive.

During the summer of 2024, we started working with landowners at the former AAF Station 109, Podington to work towards opening a small museum and display to tell the stories of the very young men that went through unimaginable hell, and preserve their legacy forever. As part of this display, we have been able to secure, in agreement with IWM Duxford, the return of The Big Picture wall mural to it's home at Podington. To carry out this work, we need to raise funds to work with specialist teams to safely remove, transport, secure and display this large piece of local history, purchase and build display cabinets for the museum and help to maintain the memorial site.

This wall art is one of the largest and best preserved examples from all of the Eighth Air Force base in the UK, it's a key part of Eighth Air Force history and is so important to preserve the legacy of all the brave crews that flew from bases in England.

We have dedicated so much of our own time and resources to this project, but now it's over to you to help be a part of preserving this incredible legacy and honouring the heroes that gave it all. Each member of the 92nd had a story to tell and it is our mission to tell as many as we can and pay tribute to them all. We will never let them be forgotten."

A link to the fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-92nd-bomb-group-project

31/01/2025

Rushing to get your Winter Saver Tickets like... 👀

Happy pay day! Treat yourself to some cheaper Santa Pod tickets before our Winter Saver Offer ends 𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 at midnight! 🎫 https://santapodtickets.com/

31/01/2025

We only have a couple of spots left for our Drift What Ya Brung next week, grab your tickets while you can! ‍💨‍💨

🔗 https://santapodtickets.com/p/dwyb05022025

31/01/2025

🔥 𝟭 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗟𝗘𝗙𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥 🔥
Book now for cheaper tickets: https://santapodtickets.com/
Offer ends TONIGHT at midnight! ⏳

30/01/2025

It won't be long before you're chilling on the bank in the sunshine with your mates watching the best motorsport on the planet! 💥

Save money and grab your tickets for The Main Event and The Euro Finals before our Winter Saver Offer ends tomorrow at midnight! 🎫

https://santapodtickets.com

30/01/2025

We're excited to have Adam Beard (AKA Twin Engine Corsa) at The Vauxhall Show 2025! 🚀

𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 ➡ https://santapod.co.uk/the-vauxhall-show.php

30/01/2025

🔥 𝟮 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗟𝗘𝗙𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥 🔥
Book now for cheaper tickets: https://santapodtickets.com/
Offer ends January 31st at midnight! ⏳

29/01/2025

There's so much for the kids to do at Festival of Power, so make the most of our Winter Saver Offer and grab your tickets now to save money! 🎫

Full line-up: https://santapod.co.uk/festival-of-power.php

Winter Saver Offer ends January 31st at midnight! ⏳

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Santa Pod Raceway, Airfield Road, Podington
Wellingborough
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Heavenly sound! 😍 Grab your tickets at the Early Bird price for our Nostalgia events here: https://santapodtickets.com/

Looking for the perfect family day out? Festival of Power is for you! 🤩 𝟭𝟴-𝟮𝟬 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 🔗 https://santapod.co.uk/festival-of-power.php Featuring 200mph Pro Mods, Nitro Funny Cars, Jet Car Shootout, Monster Trucks, Stunts & More! 🎡🏁 Camp & make it a weekend, book now! 🏕️

UK Monster Truck Nationals tickets are officially on sale! 💥 You'll get to see more crazy freestyles like this! 🤪 https://santapodtickets.com/p/ukmtn

Rushing to get your Winter Saver Tickets like... 👀 Happy pay day! Treat yourself to some cheaper Santa Pod tickets before our Winter Saver Offer ends 𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 at midnight! 🎫 https://santapodtickets.com/

We're excited to have Adam Beard (AKA Twin Engine Corsa) at The Vauxhall Show 2025! 🚀 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 ➡ https://santapod.co.uk/the-vauxhall-show.php

We hope you'll all join us in wishing the legendary FireForce Pilot, Martin Hill, a big Happy Birthday!! 🥳🎉

Our Drift What Ya Brung days are the perfect chance to practice your skills in a safe and legal environment! ‍💨 We have a few spots left for our DWYB on Wednesday 5th February, grab your tickets now! 🎫 https://santapodtickets.com/p/dwyb05022025

Calm after the storm... 😌 Now is the best time to lock in the lowest price for Main Event and Euro Finals tickets! 💸

The Cyclekarts were a cool addition last year, we're looking forward to more races in 2025! 🏁

Dragstalgia is always the highlight of our nostalgia calendar, and if you grab your tickets before the end of January you can save money with our Winter Saver Offer! 🏁🚦 https://santapodtickets.com/p/dragstalgia

Would you stand this close? 👀🔥 Festival of Power is the perfect event for the whole family with all-day-action to keep everyone entertained! 💥 Save money and grab your tickets now before our 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝟯𝟭𝘀𝘁! 🎫 𝟭𝟴-𝟮𝟬 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 ➡ https://santapod.co.uk/festival-of-power.php

5-star Uber ride! 🤪 James Deane. We've got a couple of spots left for our next Drift What Ya Brung on Wednesday 22nd January, book now before it sells out! ‍💨 https://santapodtickets.com/p/dwyb2201

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The home of European drag racing...

As the years roll on, it’s hard to believe that Santa Pod Raceway has been organising, running and promoting drag racing events for over 50 years!

What started back in 1966 as a fledgling facility and a fledgling sport for that matter, has today become a major motor racing venue and part of a global motorsport campaigned in regions as diverse as North and South America, Europe, Australasia, the Middle East, Russia, Japan and now China. That Santa Pod has played a key role in the development of international drag racing is something of which everyone involved should be proud.

The events that we attend today at Santa Pod are at a very different level from those of 1966 and the ensuing early years of the sport’s development. Those drag racing pioneers of the ’60s and ’70s could never have envisaged just how far their hobby and passion has come today. We are fortunate now to have the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame (BDRHoF) which recognises and honours the role and impact those early stars and organisers had on British drag racing in general and, in particular, on the growth and development of Santa Pod Raceway.

Many of the early stars of drag racing, personalities such as Allan Herridge, Nobby Hills, Dave Stone, Owen Hayward, Ronnie Picardo, Dennis Priddle, Clive Skilton and Peter Crane, set Santa Pod and the sport of drag racing alive with their wild and exciting racing and in the process helped put Santa Pod on the UK’s sporting map. On two wheels it was no different, with the pioneers of motorcycle drag racing taking the sport to heights that motorcycle sprinting alone could never have achieved. Names such as Danny Johnson, Marion Owens and TC Christenson from the USA, together with Henk Vink from Holland and our own Alf Hagon, John Hobbs and Brian Johnson, blazed a trail in motorcycle drag racing that took the spectators and sport by storm with their world beating performances.

In addition to all the drivers, riders and teams, one family played a vital role at Santa Pod from the very beginning: the Phelps family. With dad Bob and son Roy, they developed drag racing from a minority sport into an enterprise of national consequence. Roy Phelps was instrumental in bringing many of drag racing’s leading US stars to appear at Santa Pod in their championship winning cars – then he would purchase their cars and keep them running at Santa Pod, often with the star drivers returning to drive them again at high profile international events.

Anyone who attended drag races at Santa Pod in the 1960s and 1970s will not forget the sight of Stu Bradbury, the Chief Starter, dressed in flamboyant US dragstrip attire, leaping up and down in excitement as a pair of Top Fuel cars blasted down the quarter-mile. I remember it well as I was one of those people who became totally hooked the first time I saw Clive Skilton take on Dennis Priddle in one of their frequent, nitro burning fuel dragster shootouts. And here’s the rub – I am still hooked today.

Like all other motorsports, drag racing has seen huge advances in technology and safety over the past decades – today’s cars and bikes are so much faster, but far, far safer, than in those early, pioneering years. Such are the current standards of construction and safety in drag racing that serious consequences are mercifully rare when accidents do occur.

As we progress from race season to race season, we want to honour the past heroes of Santa Pod Raceway and the sport of drag racing in the UK. To those of us of sufficient age, it seems like only yesterday when it all began. Yet here we are, after celebrating 50 years of Santa Pod. The calendar of events that we organise and promote today is very diverse and might seem to exceed the definition of “motorsport” as perceived by many people.

In many ways it seems far removed from the straightforward, drag-racing-only schedule of the early years yet it remains true to the pioneering “Santa Pod spirit” of those first days. That perhaps is the secret of Santa Pod’s success. It is a central part of a sport in which it has played a key development role. But it is also a place that is ‘“off the wall” – “street cool”, you might even call it – a venue that invites levels of experience, participation and involvement that stretch beyond the realms of mere spectatorship.

I have been involved with Santa Pod in one way or another for over 40 years, from spectator to part-time racer, to professional team owner, right through to Championship and Series promoter and owner and CEO. In that time, I have seen many changes and improvements and have many stories to tell of the old days. However, when the time comes for me to pass on the baton, I should like to think I’ll leave Santa Pod a far better place than when I took over in 1996 at the time of its 30th Anniversary.

See you at the track

Keith Bartlett

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