The VWDRC are the leading VW drag racing club in the UK, and we have been for 20 years! The club's strength is it's members, a varied collection of the fastest and quickest VW's in Europe.
Bug, Bus (Bay, Split and the T25 be it camper or van they are all eligable to race with us!), Type 3 (Notchback, Squareback and Fastback) or a more modern VW, we welcome the Golf, Corrado and even Audi/Seat/Skoda, if it's VW/Audi group we want you to race!
Remember you don't need to have a race car to join and if you want to see how easy it is to get involved in drag racing then come find us in the pits at the biggest drag racing events in the country, or at our own VW drag racing events (Big Bang and BugJam) and have a chat!
Bug Jam 24 - What a weekend!
Submitted by Chris Bray on Tue, 27/07/2010 - 20:38.Well we're all back from a weekend of world class racing at Bug Jam 24 and I'm certainly in need of a rest!
What a weekend!
Congratulations to rookie Sam Young in 'Black Current III' car not only for his electrifying (see what I did there) victory over Matt Attwood's V8 powered 'Blacklisted' in VW Pro but for his excellent silent burnout right out to the 60ft mark in qualifying. Anything petrol can do, electric can do too eh guys?!
This is the first time an electric vehicle has ever taken the honors in a UK championship class and the Hungerford VW Club guys really are knocking on the doors of re-setting their own European Record as well as taking a world record off the Americans and we wish them all the luck for the future.
Picture from DarrenW of http://www.retro-motoring.com
Russ Weir continued his progression towards upgrading from Runner Up in last years championship to Winner for 2010 defeating another Rookie Rhonda Calloway in a super close final. Unfortunately Russ's excellent looking Ghia isn't quite finished so he was in his sister Lou's Mk2 Golf GTi, but such a fantastic performance really shows just how great a racer Russ is, it seems he can win in anything!
With all that action over the weekend there's a couple of special mentions too, in no particular order.
Russ Fellows. 10.1 with 'chute out from the 60ft mark first pass out and closing the show with the lowest ET for an aircooled all weekend of 9.21 at 151mph. An awesome performance from a regularly driven street car I'm sure everyone can agree.
Picture from DarrenW of http://www.retro-motoring.com
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Wayne Allman. What can we say? Awesome? Amazing? Insane? Probably. Intergalactic? Certainly.
If you didn't see it over the weekend 'Mental Breakdown' is Wayne's latest inspired creation, sporting a Methanol-burning supercharged Keith Black V8 burning five gallons of Methanol per run and capable of over seventeen hundred horsepower Mental Breakdown is truly something special and Wayne has pushed the envelope of not just VW race cars, but race cars worldwide with this creation.
Only on licensing passes this weekend, but he's certainly not holding back!
Picture from DarrenW of http://www.retro-motoring.com
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Thanks to everyone that made Bug Jam 24 one of the best ever, I certainly had one of the best weekends ever.
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Summer Nationals 2010
Submitted by Abi Tether on Mon, 28/06/2010 - 20:48.So it’s June and half way through the season already!
We’ve just completed the Summer Nationals at Santa Pod Raceway. Where both Pro and Sportman ran. We are happy to report that the weather was on our side all weekend and some fantastic racing was had.
VW PRO
Winner - James Hodson
Runner up - Ian Huggan
VW SPORTSMAN
Winner - Abi Tether
Runner up - Bruce Collins
RNJ Motorsport Car of the meeting was awarded to Bruce Collins
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Spring Speed Nationals 2010
Submitted by Abi Tether on Mon, 28/06/2010 - 20:45.Third round of the 2010 championships and the first round of the year at Shakespeare County Raceway
An UNBELIEVABLE 6 rounds of qualifying over the first two days when the weather was on our side saw Abi Tether take the No.1 spot. Russ Weir shone throughout eliminations even if the sun didn't and took the win.
VW SPORTSMAN
Winner - Russ Weir
Runner up - Holly Baldwin
RNJ Motorsport Car of the Meeting was awared to Matt Attwood
Presented at Summer Nationals
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Big Bang 2010
Submitted by Abi Tether on Mon, 28/06/2010 - 20:43.What a fantastic weekend, (mostly) great weather and great racing. Massive
congratulations to the Winners and Runners-up, to anyone that ran PB's a
massive 'pat on the back'. A Special mention (once again) for Sam Young and the
Black Current team for winning the 'Alternative Energy' day on Friday, and
beating the Tesla handsomely in the process! and by running an 11.2.
VW PRO
Winner: Dave Bridge
Runner-Up: James Hodson
VW SPORTSMAN
Winner: Russ Wier
Runner-Up: Matthew Bennett-Sime
RNJ Motorsport Car of the Meeting was awared to Dave Bridge
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Easter Thunderball 2010
Submitted by Abi Tether on Mon, 28/06/2010 - 20:41.A great way to get the season started. OK, so the weather did it's best to
dampen our enthusiasm, but such is life!
Congratulations too go to Dave Bridge - a seasoned veteran in Sportsman
recorded a debut victory in the Pro Class
Dennis Cox also put in a stout performance to record his maiden victory in
Sportsman, with Matt Bennett-Sime doing sterling work in his debut event!
VW PRO
Winner - David Bridge
Runner up - Sam Young
VW SPORTSMAN
Winner - Dennis Cox
Runner up - Matthew Bennett-Sime
RNJ Motorsport Car of the meeting was awarded to Sam Young.
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