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![]() Report by Tog; additional reporting by Spencer Tramm Pictures by Brian Fawcus and Tog; digital camera courtesy Brian Fawcus ![]() Dave Grabham and family put in a lot of work polishing the car before the show began. The Topolino altered is currently out of action after a rod (on display in front of the altered) let go at the Hot Rod Drags. "We're desperate to get back on the track", said Dave. "We've got everything we need except the cylinder block, but we don't want to put all the new pieces in the old block - the engine is only as good as the weakest part. We've got every intention of coming back, we're not ready to give up yet!". In the meantime the chassis has been shotblasted and painted, and Dave said that the Austin A35 body would be back. "We're planning to get a new chassis, but if something breaks then the chassis gets put back." ![]() Pete's car was featured in last month's Street Machine, which he said was an honour after twenty years of street rodding. He was quick to credit JW Automotive for its appearance. "Richard Waters and Lee Johnstone did a brilliant job on it", he said, "especially considering how it looked when they started on it!". ![]() ![]() Jon has started his own business fabricating both race and custom cars, and designing and painting bodywork. "It's called S.I.D. for 'Specialist in design', although we also say it stands for 'sprayed in the dark'!", joked Sharon. "Our race car is a rolling advert for Jon's skills." Jon is very pleased with his new race car. "It's never misbehaved - it's so stable", he said. "On one run I had a flat rear tyre and I didn't know!" ![]() A major disappointment was the cancellation of the live show by Roger Goring in his Firestorm Jet Funny Car. A suitable tethering point could not be found to keep the 13,000 horsepower car tied down, and there were additional safety concerns about the proximity of the crowd, trailers and marquees. It was decided to move the car into the exhibition hall on Sunday so that fans would have the chance to look over the stunning Firebird. Disappointment turned to despair for the team and their fans on Sunday morning when the logistical problems in getting the car into the hall turned out to be too great, and Firestorm stayed in its trailer all weekend. ![]() Paul made an interesting and encouraging comment. "You can burn out across the start line in Super Comp!", he said. ![]() ![]() Just across the way were Holley Glassup and Jack Hewitt's J and W-sponsored Junior Dragsters. As usual the cars were a great draw for the many children at the show. VW Dragster owner Keith Jackson was at Brentwood with the 76 Racing Fuels stand, but he was very excited about the dragster's new engine, just arrived form the USA. "It's an Autocraft 2.8 engine running on methanol", he said. "It's great to smell methanol again, especially at this time of year!". Keith was another exhibitor who had problems getting to Brentwood. "The van blew up yesterday", he said. Anders of 76 told us that the company's aim this season is to break into the drag racing market. "We supply all types of fuel from 100 Octane up to Nitro", he said. "We can deliver next-day anywhere in the UK". We took several more photographs at Brentwood, click here to see the complete set. Eurodragster.com aims to bring you links to all the best European Drag Racing web sites. To add your site to Eurodragster's listings, simply email links@eurodragster.com with your URL and a little information about your site and we'll do the rest. When you update your site, drop us a line at news@eurodragster.com and we'll feature your site in our "What's New" section. Eurodragster.com is a non-profit-making organisation run by a small group of Drag Racing enthusiasts for the sole purpose of promoting European Drag Racing. If you can help us to meet the modest cost of hosting this web site by advertising here, please email webmaster@eurodragster.com. We're sure you'll find our rates extremely competitive. |