NSRA Hot Rod Drags, Shakespeare County Raceway, England

Words and pictures by Ivan Sansom & Rose Hughes

After a failed attempt to pop down the road to catch Wendy Baker and Paul Stubbings getting down track with their Mustang ‘Time Warp’ Nostalgia funny car back in June, we decided to do the same at the Hot Rod Drags. And the same we did, missing Baker running her PB on the Sunday, but we’ll get there one day soon. However, the Hot Rod Drags saw the bizarre and unexpected menagerie of machinery that is typical of the twice a year NSRA RWYB events at the Stratford track so we thought we’d bring you a brief flavour of some of the action that took place during the afternoon we were able to view.

Neil Townson’s Northern Spirit altered is one that always catches the eye, especially when the sun is shining and the slicks are boiling.

The Gasser Cave of Tim Bowman is producing some real period perfect Tri-Chevy gassers at the moment, Bowman’s own '55 looks mighty fine in primer and without the glass.