24/05/04 : Yesterday was Round 2 of the X-Race UK drag racing championship. The conditions were hot and a few good times were set. The attendance was pretty good, but it's a shame the same can't be said about the organisation at Santa Pod. Two hour waits to get one run up the strip was frankly ridiculous, the main reason for this was the pro drag cars (e.g. 6000bhp Dragsters) being given priority. But it being a public RWYB (Run What Ya Brung) day after all, you'd have thought the management would have let the public have their chance to race. Consequently, travelling 300 miles to get two runs (in my case) up the strip really takes the p**s. And it's sad to say that if things don't improve at Round 6 at Santa Pod in September (the next round at The Pod), it may well be that the X-Race Championship will, in future, only take place at Straightliners meetings. Also, most of the attendees at this meeting consisted of the regular 'hardcore' racers who normally participate at X-Race rounds so this round being in the south actually made very little difference in attracting more racers from the south. Where were you?! Results and a full race report from Round 2 to follow...
 
FOR SALE:
 
Graeme Jones has informed me about a rather nice Gilera Runner that's for sale in the Kent / Felixstowe area, the owner is the same guy who Graeme bought the V&M Runner from - Julian Talcon. By all accounts this "Fortuna Runner" 125 VX looks really good according to Graeme. The paintjob was done by excelpaintwork.com and the scoot also has a few other nifty features. Only 70 miles on the clock, £1700. The owner (Julian Talcon) can be contacted on: 01502 713777