Santa Pod Raceway in Northamptonshire offers the cheapest and most accessible track time in the UK. For just £10 admission and £25 to "sign on", you can take your car and motorcycle out on the famous quarter-mile dragstrip and test it's performance limits in a safe and legal environment.
You don't have to apply for a race licence, you don't have to tape over your lights, you don't even have to own a fast car or bike! Your mum's Fiesta or street bike would do the job fine and most of the drivers who come along will be racing in normal road cars and bikes. Some, however, may have slight modifications or even be professional racers in their drag cars and bikes but don't worry, you won't be pitched against a 300mph Top Fuel Dragster! |
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The Santa Pod RWYB Speed Table
The Street Challenge 2010 is a RWYB Speed Table which lets you see where your best quarter mile time at Santa Pod ranks with other "street legal" cars or bikes. View the 2010 Tables here.
To enter the challenge, you must pre-register your vehicle and obtain your personal race number here at RWYB.com. Details Here.
Bikers can also enter the Street Challenge and have their own tables and season prize. |
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The only thing you need to go drag racing at the famous Santa Pod Raceway is a valid UK driving licence, £10 for admission and a £25 signing-on fee. You'll be entitled to unlimited runs or as many as your nerves will allow! After each run you'll receive a personal performance print-out showing your reaction times to the start lights, 60ft, 1/4 mile, 1/8 mile times and terminal speed. If you really get hooked you could then apply for a competition licence and enter a street class at a proper race meeting because, don't forget, the RWYB days are how most of the professional racers get started.
Also, throughout the year there are specialist events and festivals which incorporate Run What Ya Brung, including car only, bike only and manufacturer-specific events. Prices vary for these events, please see the calendar for more info.
For further information call Santa Pod on (01234) 782828, and make sure you view our RWYB Guides for essential info.
Venue normally opens at 8.00am with track runs starting at 9:30am - 5pm, weather and track conditions dependant. Opening times vary for specialist events.
Some RWYB meetings are busy than others, longer waiting times can be expected at a RWYB before a big Drag Race meeting as drag cars down testing take longer to stage. On the plus side you sometimes get to see Europe's fastest cars running on the same strip as you.
Don't forget your driving licence! Helmets required for all bikes and open top cars, and any vehicles doing 110 mph or more at the finish line. Arm straps required in open top cars. Full Rules & Regulations here.
Drivers and riders will be able to collect their Loyalty Card from signing on and will need to get it stamped at each RWYB they attend. Collect four stamps and your fifth sign on is FREE. The Loyalty Card can only be stamped at standard RWYB meetings not major events featuring RWYB. The list of eligible dates is the same as that for the Street Challenge.
Santa Pod has just turned the track day market on its head, by being the first venue in the UK to allow guests to drive under fully timed race conditions – with a passenger!
In a dynamic change to their rules and regulations, the ‘Pod has made it possible for any enthusiast enjoying a day’s full-tilt driving (at £35 all in) to take a passenger alongside, under race conditions, for only a £10 sign-on fee!
Passengers will need to bring their full UK driving licence and sign on in the usual manner, but having done so - and once presented with their wristband, they are free to ride shotgun with anybody on the start line that would like them onboard. With events running every month and at every major Santa Pod show there are over 50 separate opportunities in 2010 for a bit of twos-up, heads-up racing! Any road legal car is eligible, but understandably, real race car drivers, bikers and anyone running faster than 130mph will have to travel solo!
Upon announcing the move, Santa Pod MD, David Lloyd Jones was quick to point out the many benefits. "We’re proud to have added this new dimension to our RWYB days,’ he said. ‘By allowing passengers, it not only makes it a far more enjoyable day for groups of friends attending, but also opens the door for any tuners or commercial organisations to come along and showcase their wares to prospective customers. This fundamental change in our running regulations also means we can offer ‘experience’ rides to allow newcomers to the sport to discover the thrill of the quarter mile, for the price of a round of drinks."
Although each run is limited to one passenger per car, there is no limit to the amount of guests accompanying each car, so if you’re looking to sell, to impress, to entertain – or even for a first date with a difference, why not try the new RWYB for two?
Get £10 Off Any Santa Pod Track Day!
Discerning bikers have never needed much persuasion to fit a Pipercross performance filter to their machine. The combination of greater flow and improved filtration is usually enough for most, but any enthusiast purchasing a filter from December 2009 onwards can look forward to the added incentive of a £10 discount voucher off any Santa Pod ‘Run What You Brung’ Track Day.
Usually £35 for the whole day, including admission and sign-on fees, the Pipercross voucher brings the ultimate bikers day-out down to just £25 for hours of full throttle enjoyment. High octane thrills at low octane prices!
For the full RWYB calendar, view the Dates & Prices page and for more details on the extensive range of Pipercross bike filters, visit www.pipercross.com or call the team on 01604 707750.
As RWYB days continue to grow in popularity Santa Pod Raceway have decided to make a limited number of advance sign on vouchers available for RWYB days. These vouchers are intended for use by drivers traveling long distances to the raceway in order to guarantee track time.
Full details on Dates & Prices page.
If a meeting is severely affected by adverse weather a Rain Off value will be assigned, so please hold onto your tickets as you can use them to get money off a future Santa Pod event up to and including the same event next year.
Sunday 1st November 2009: £10 rain off value has been placed on Sunday entrance tickets.
Sunday 17th May 2009: £5 adv / £6 gate rain off value has been placed on Saturday entrance tickets. £25 adv / £30 gate rain off value has been placed on race vouchers.
Sunday 8th March 2009: £5 rain off value has been placed on Saturday entrance tickets.
To save time when you get to Santa Pod Raceway you can print off and complete your Sign On Form before hand by clicking here.
Any and all cars are welcome at RWYB days.
Run What Ya Brung is for bikers as well of course.
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