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It’s a Club Day weekend here (Sat/Sun July 21st/22nd) at Long Marston Airfield’s Shakespeare County Raceway, Stratford-Upon-Avon and what better way than to get your car or motorcycle club involved in one of the cheapest and best participation sports in all of motor sports - Run What Ya Brung. So let’s hope you’ve brung enough! The weekend of fast performance is combined with the Practical Performance Car Magazine Public Track Day on Saturday 21st July and the 3rd annual For Ladies That Launch competition on Sunday 22nd July. Having discovered the delights of how much fun it is to race up a drag strip team PPC will be at the raceway in force. No doubt there will be a grudge match or two between magazine scribes Will and Kev on the day and who knows, you might even end up in the hallowed pages of one of the best car enthusiasts magazines around. Celebrating 'Women in Motor Sport’, For Ladies That launch supporting UK based charity Refuge – For Women and Children Against Domestic Violence, is an extravaganza of speed open to any female who wants to have a go with her car or motorcycle on Shakey’s famous quarter mile, and if they’re not racing you would be surprised at just how many ladies keep motor sport going as marshals, safety crews, track officials, mechanics and of course racers. So its time we celebrated the Fast Women of UK motor sport. Car and motorcycle clubs are welcome to come along and participate on the track or simply book a club stand to show what your clubs made of. Clubs are also actively encouraged to take part in a full-on head-to-head quarter mile shootout with other club members of their choice. Just give us a call. So that’s two full days of RWYB open to all makes and models of cars and motorcycles gives you the thrill or competitive straight line speed without the fear of getting zapped by a road side camera! The only camera’s point at you will be those taking photos trackside! The only ticket you’ll get is a personal performance print-out registering your reaction time to the green light, 60 ft and overall elapsed time and mph for the quarter mile drag! After all it’s the cheapest form of motor sport in the country. Its fast and its accessible whatever your age or make of vehicle in a safe and legal environment. Both the PPC Magazine day and For Ladies That Launch are part of a complete Public Track Day weekend package of events featuring super fast Jap cars contesting the Pro Street Drag Series, Old Skool Fords and Datsun Z cars through to Junior Dragsters and SuperTwin drag bikes tearing up the quarter mile. There will also be a show and shine area, fair and trade stalls as well as evening entertainment from singer Terrie Jane in Kenny’s Bar. Further information and admission details can be found at http://www.shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk or Facebook community pages; For Ladies That Launch and Shakespeare County Raceway. General enquires can be made by calling 01789 720180 or 01789 414119, and don’t forget your crash helmet and drivers licence to race in Run What Ya Brung. See you at the strip!

The summer solstice of Run What Ya Brung drag racing weekends at Stratford Upon Avon’s Shakespeare County Raceway continues in a few days time with the CKC Showdown on Saturday 7th July and Custom Chrome Racing Public Track Day on Sunday 8th July. Both days are open to all makes and models of cars and bikes, and clubs are most welcome. The CKC Showdown is a unique event for Kit Car enthusiasts brought to you by the guys at Complete Kit Car Magazine. The third CKC Showdown attracts a wide range of kit cars from Cobra replicas through to Caterham’s, Westfield’s and the tough Ultima Sports racers. You don’t need to pre-book but you can just turn up on the day, either to run your car or simply to come along and watch the action. Dedicated magazine pit space will be provided on Saturday. CKC will be offering a prize for fastest time of the day for a taxed and registered kit car. The Custom Chrome Racing Cherry Bomb Challenge has been set up by the manufactures of the original Cherry Bomb exhaust system to find out who really has the quickest car and motorcycle on the day. Winners will receive a unique trophy as a memento of the day as well as goodies from Custom Chrome Racing. The CCR Challenge is open to everyone who signs on the day for RWYB. Established with a wealth of exhaust manufacturing technology since the late 1970's, Custom Chrome Racing have developed a new stainless internal silencing structure offering superior exhaust components and providing unsurpassed silencing and performance on the road as well as the drag strip! Drivers contesting the Pro Street Drag Series will be taking to the strip for round 2 of Shakey’s modified and performance Japanese and European series. Also the guys from the Datsun Z Club Drag Challenge will be making several qualifying runs before a bracketed elimination on Sunday afternoon. It’s the ultimate buzz in motor sport! Bracket racing for cash! The Shakespeare County Gamblers series has been running for sometime now and it’s proven pretty popular. You sign up, bung some cash in the pot, chalk the time you reckon you’ll run on the back window, and race. Closest to the chalked time (without going under) is the winner. You don’t need a monster race car to compete - some people take part in their daily drivers - as it’s not necessarily the fastest car that wins, and you can walk off with a good bit of petrol money, a trophy and a bag full of goodies from the race track’s supporters. And it’s fun. And for the purists of nostalgia drag racing, the Wild Bunch will be in town to entertain everyone with there wild looking supercharged Dragsters and methanol injected short wheel base Altereds and Funny Cars. Action with the Wild Bunch is guaranteed with high octane cars covering the quarter mile in as little as nine seconds at 150 plus mph. And for the bikes fans make sure you enter your road bike in the AMC Coating Street Bike Challenge as you may be going home with a special winner’s trophy and vouchers from sponsors AMC Coating as the quickest and fastest rider of the day. All makes and models are welcome to participate. Just sign up on the day. All clubs are welcome to come along and make a weekend of summer sun! Just give us a call. So if you do plan to run your car, it must go through a brief scrutineering process and you will need a helmet in order to run as well as your driving licence! Full details can be found on our web site at http://www.shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk along with admission and RWYB Track details. Alternatively give us a call on 01789 720180 or for advance tickets 01789 414119. See you at the strip!

THIS WEEKEND June 23/24 Shakespeare County Raceway is host to the NSRA Nostalgia Nationals and we thought some of you might be interested in finding out some more information on this event and attending. Below is a short piece about the event and what it incorporates. If you would like some more information on attending the event then please contact me: enquiries@shakespearecountyraceway.com. More than 200 show quality Street Rods and American Muscle Machines are expected to converge on the raceway for the 19th annual running of the Nostalgia Nationals co-ordinated by the National Street Rod Association in two action packed days of 'street legal drag racing’ for pre ’73 high dollar hot rods and big block custom cars before the days of decimal. Within the ranks of the nostalgia world expect to see out and out racers in the Wild Bunch class; a class which runs front engined 'slingshot' dragster and altereds where straight six Jaguars rub shoulders with Buick 'nailheads’ as well as all kinds of Fords, Chryslers and of course Chevy V8’s. There will be a full trade village selling everything from T-shirts, books, DVDs, models and stickers. Evening entertainment includes bands and a disco both nights. Entry price includes all day Overnight Camping with weekend tickets, all day Catering and Bar facilities, Evenings Entertainment Friday and Saturday, Grandstands and Pit entry, on site showers and toilets. Come along and enjoy the show !!

Racing a mate over the standing start quarter of a mile is still the cheapest, safest, and fastest way to get a genuine racing fix! So with that in mind we thought that this would be a timely reminder to tell you about our end of season Public Track Days taking place at Warwickshire’s Shakespeare County Raceway in the month of October. In addition to the RWYB racing series and the tracks own Bracket Gamblers Shootouts we’ve got going on, October 1st/2nd will see the second ‘Club Thrash’ between the modded boys and girls from Cruise Mids taking on a team of equally modded enthusiasts from Street Race. Last year it was a complete turn over for Cruise Mids. So this year can Street Race turn it around in there favour! Find out October 1st/2nd at Shakespeare County Raceway. Also attending will be the Saab Owners Club, Volvo Performance Club, Z Club, and the Viva Outlaws October 15th/16th. So why not sign your club in for a day or weekend away of fun at any of our October scheduled RWYB/Public Track Days. Give us a call on 01789 720180 or drop us an e-mail to enquiries@shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk. Individual participation is cool but a club day with your mates can be even better! Full details can be found on our web site at http://www.shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk. There you will also find dedicated pages for RWYB as well as the Gamblers Shootouts. Hopefully we’ll see you at the strip!

For those whose motor sporting persuasion is the adrenalin rush of simply going straight but fast, might like to consider the Pro Street Drag Series of events taking place at Warwickshire’s Shakespeare County Raceway this year. The main objective of the Pro Street Drag series is to run affordable Japanese and European manufactured road legal cars safely in the confines of a professionally run drag strip. Cars must have a current MOT, full working dashboard and lights but on radial tyres. All five PSDS rounds will be conducted during the race tracks Public Track Day weekends with Saturday being a test and tune day. Sunday is the main competition day with all times achieved counting towards the 5 timed brackets. It’s that simple and it’s FREE to join up. To sign up for a race number and for series information just log on to http://prostreetdragseriesuk.freeforums.org/index.php. Or catch us on our Facebook page at Pro Street Drag Series. Pro Street Drag Series dates: Round 1 Sunday April 17th Round 2 Sunday June 12th Round 3 Sunday July 24th Round 4 Sunday October 2nd Round 5 Sunday October 30th

With a new drag racing and event season just around the corner may we take this opportunity to present you with a timely reminder about our quarter mile drag racing and Public Track Day show events taking place at Shakespeare County Raceway, Warwickshire in 2011 which may be of interest to your forum members. Shakespeare County Raceway 2011 Race & Event Schedule: April 2nd/3rd – Public Track Day RWYB Season Opener & Gamblers Race April 16th/17th - Public Track Day RWYB & Gamblers Race April 30th/May 1st – Public Track Day RWYB & Gamblers Race May 14th/15th – MSA/ACU Springspeed National Drag Races May 28th/30th - Yanks Weekend & Big Bucks Gamblers Race June 11th/12th - Public Track Day RWYB Weekend, Shakey Super Pull & For Ladies That Launch June 25th/26th - NSRA Nostalgia Nationals (for pre ’73 cars only) July 9th/10th - Public Track Day RWYB Weekend & British Mini Showdown July 23rd/24th – Public Track Day RWYB & Gamblers Race August 11th/14th - Bulldog Bash Bikers Festival August 27th/29th – MSA/ACU Open Sport National Drag Races September 16th/18th - NSRA Hot Rod Drags (for pre ’73 cars only) October 1st/2nd - Public Track Day RWYB Weekend & Gamblers Race October 15th/16th - Public Track Day RWYB Weekend & Gamblers Race October 29th/30th - Halloween Bonfire Burn-Up RWYB Weekend & Gamblers Race Why not subscribe to our Mailing List to receive all the latest news and event schedules from Shakespeare County Raceway by completing our Contacts form on the official track web site: http://www.shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk, or join our ever growing Shakespeare County Raceway group page on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=42098642965. Hopefully we’ll see you at the strip in 2011!

Public Track Weekend & Ford Fever Day: 02/10/2010 - 03/10/2010 Every driver and rider signing up for RWYB on Sunday will automatically gain entry into the race track's popular Sunday Track Challenge. A simple time trial competition to find the quickest 4, 5, 6 and 8 cylinder category cars of the day as well as the quickest manufactured motorcycle in the Trophy Bike Dash. Car Clubs: Ford Torque RS Messers Almera Owners Club RWYB Series: Old Skool Ford Drag Challenge National Street Car Challenge Public Track Day: 16/10/2010 - 17/10/2010 Sunday will feature the first of the raceway's special Quick 32 Bracket Gamblers Races with cash prizes for the winner and runner-up. Are you tough enough to enter the 32? RWYB Series: Old Skool Ford Drag Challenge Finals National Sprint Association Finals 2010 Twins Cup Car Clubs Attending CADScoobies - Cheshire & District Scoobies Cotswold Area Westfield Owners Club (Sat only) Halloween Bonfire Burn-Up & Public Track Day Weekend: 30/10/2010 - 31/10/2010 Clubs are actively encouraged to take part in either a sport of inter-club members fun on the quarter mile or a full on quarter mile shootout with other clubs of their choice. It’s the cheapest form of motorsport in the country! RWYB Series: Outlaw Street Finals Car Clubs Attending: TDOCUK.com - Turbo Diesel Owners Club UK For more information on any of our Public Track Days please visit http://www.shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk and click on Events. Any queries or questions please email Jeremy Cookson at enquiries@shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk!

Open Sport Nationals - UK National Drag Racing: 28/08/2010 - 30/08/2010 Championship drag racing returns to Shakespeare County Raceway with round five of the UK National series. Featuring a colourful scene of cars and bike classes over 200 racers and teams will be competing for national series points over two days of qualifying and eliminations on Bank Holiday Monday. Everything from super fast Super Pro dragsters, altereds and doorslammers through to the Sportsman categories will be hitting the strip in the only way they know how to - FAST! So entertainment is guaranteed. In the bike ranks, teams who make up the ACU/UK Drag Bike Series will be just as busy with there 1000 horsepower monsters to the 190 mph Super Street Bikes, Super Twins and Junior Drag Bike. Expected classes to be included in the Open Sport Nationals programme include Super Modified, Super Comp, Super Gas, Super Street, Super Pro ET, Pro ET, Sportsman, Junior Dragster, Street Eliminator, Outlaw Flat Four, VWDRC classes, Wild Bunch and Outlaw Anglia. The Bike classes include Funny Bike, Pro Stock Bike, Competition Bike, Super Street Bike, 8.50 Bike, 9.50 Bike, Super Twin classes and Junior Drag Bike all packed into three days of non-stop action. All-day qualifying Saturday and Sunday with eliminations on Bank Holiday Monday commencing at 10.00 am all three days. Admission prices to be found on website!

RUN WHAT YA BRUNG... Putting YOU in the hot seat! How many times have you said to yourself 'that looks easy - I could do that!'. Well, now here's your chance to find out because Shakespeare County Raceway is giving you a unique opportunity by grabbing some interactive viewing from the hot seat of your street legal road car or from the saddle of a contemporay sports bike in any of our Run What Ya Brung Public Track Days all at an affordable price, and in the safe confines of a professionally operated drag strip. After each timed run, drivers/riders are presented with a 'Certificate of Speed' giving important information like reaction times to the green light, timing data from start to finish alongside your opponents times and speeds. All vehicles are welcome; Minis, Trucks; Super Cars and Bikes. All are welcome to race against the clock including Modifieds, Imports, Circuit and Oval Track Race Cars are all welcome to participate too. Clubs, gatherings, events within events; these can be arrange too. Whatever the occasion, whatever the event, if its got wheels - you can race it at one of Europe's quickest and fastest quarter mile drag strips. Here is a list of all our up and coming RWYB Public Track Days for anyone who fancies running their motor down our 1/4 mile track! (More information on selected dates at http://www.shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk)

"LADIES - START YOUR ENGINES!!" THE UK's FASTEST WOMEN TAKE TO THE TRACK So you think you're a fast driver- a hellish quick biker? There are quite a few women who can show you what 'FAST' is all about. On Saturday and Sunday 24th & 25th July the 'For Ladies That Launch' will be doing their multi-thousand horsepower thing at Warwickshire’s Shakespeare County Raceway drag strip. In cars that make a Ferrari look like it's standing still, and on bikes that claw the air as they smoke away from the line, these ladies prove that the label 'Woman Driver' stands for the highest level of skill, professionalism and sheer thrills you can ever want to see. Celebrating 'Women in Motor Sport', this extravaganza of speed is open to any female who wants to have a go with her car or motorbike on the famous drag strip at Long Marston Airfield, nr Stratford-Upon-Avon. All ladies are invited take part alongside some of the biggest names in UK drag racing in a proper elimination style drag race on the Sunday. All you will need is a race or road vehicle, your Driving Licence, crash helmet, and a small fee to Sign-On and race in the ‘The Ladies that Launch Shootout’. Liz McCarthy will be taking to the quarter mile as she rockets off the line on her 1,000 plus horsepower Suzuki powered drag bike, and Carolynne Campbell will be there with her insane Rocket Powered Dragster, 'Laffin-Gas', accompanied by a host of very fast ladies from other branches of motor sport that really know how to make the track rock! You'd be surprised at just how many ladies keep motor-sport going, as Marshals, Safety Crew Workers, Track Officials, Mechanics and Racers - it's time we celebrated the Fast Women of UK motor-sport. So we want to see all the girls there not just those who race but the ones who support their teams, make the tea, make sure the boys have packed their crash helmet etc and make it viable for them to race (as most of them can't make it to the front door without help!) and of course those of us who tell them where to go and what to do on the day – as a marshal myself I would like to see as many girl marshals there as possible. On the Saturday evening (weather permitting) we aim to have a photo shoot for all the ladies and, where appropriate, their vehicles followed by live music and dancing till late in the clubhouse So bring your car, bring your bike, or just bring yourself - it's time to LAUNCH LADIES! Shakespeare County Raceway offers on-site catering, free grandstand seating, free camping, showers and toilet facilities and children under 16 get in for free too. Further details can be found at http://www.shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk, our Facebook page (Shakespeare County Raceway) or call 01789 720180 (Raceway Office) or 07799 622467. Flyers are available on request. See you at the strip!

Hi guys, i know we havent posted anything in a while but its at that time in the year to start spreading the news about whats going on at the Shakespeare County Raceway at Long Marston! Our next date coming up is June 26th and 27th which is the Nostalgia Nationals where more than 200 show quality Street Rods and American Muscle Cars will be let loose in anger one more time! Adding spice to the mix will be the Gasser Circus, featuring high riding 'doorslammer’ full bodied cars of the 40s, 50s and 60s, along with the Custom Car magazine supported Flathead Meltdown, where sidevalve engines still reign supreme and last, but no means least the Outlaw Anglia’s; a class dedicated to Dagenham’s finest sit up and beg Anglias, Populars, Prefects and Fordsons. Event admission details: Gate: One day £18 per person (Advance £15 Sunday only). Weekend £30 per person (Advance £25 per person). NSRA members £25.00 on production of a valid NSRA Membership Card. RWYB Track Fee: £18 per person (unlimited runs) or £30 per person for a weekend of unlimited fun. The next event after that will be on the weekend of July 10th and 11th which is the British Mini Showdown and public track days. This is the British Mini Clubs annual quarter mile blast and it is a unique event in itself to compliment the clubs extensive 2010 show portfolio. The quarter mile is of course always open to every Classic Mini and new Mini owners with eleven classes to choose from. So it really can’t get any better than that. We don’t expect everyone to beat the amazing sub 10 second runs but what we do know is that from year to year a new challenge is issued and always someone comes home with the prize in becoming the Fastest Mini In The World! Event admission details: Sat Gate £12.00 Advance n/a Sun Gate £15.00 Advance n/a Weekend Gate £25.00 Advance £22.50 RWYB Track Fee: £20 per person (unlimited runs) or £35 per person for a weekend of unlimited fun. For any other information about these events please visit... http://www.shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk If you are interested in attending any of these please let me know by replying to this post. I will tell you what to do from there. We will be posting information about more events that are coming up in the near future!