Event Coverage UK Hot Rod Drags 2009

Glad to see the weather played along
great pics...nearly makes me want to move back

 

Thanks, that made me happy.

 

Ha! That's made my weekend. Brilliant!

 

Well the big news was that Mike Couch has upped the flathead powered record to 12.6 seconds at 104 mph in his B roadster.
Thats fully street legal and on crossplies! awesome achievement.
Here's the run.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reV55lpRZfs

 

Mine too! I only went because I heard Neil was going to be there. Awesome bloke, real pleasure to spend some time in his company.

Any ET's? I managed 22.5 @ 57 in the Fordor...

 

what are the odds for him getting the tattoo??we saw him driving down the pit lane about 5.00pm on Sat after sumat like a 3 hour wait to race....it's a nice car!!..wonder what he thought of the rodding scene...if he comes again we'll know he likes it!

 

A few pics from Sunday.

 

brilliant weekend that batten special was excellent tells you alot about some of the other flatty powered cars and well done mike on the 12.6 you dont know how pleased we were when that came up on the board ha

 

Nice avatar Mark, still love this pic.

 

Here's a few from me ..

Fri afternoon:



Fri night/Sat am.




No camera Sat, so these are all from Sunday.

 

A bloody GREAT Weekend and a bit too much to drink on Friday night!!

Nick.

 

Great pics! Thanks for posting.

 

Great pics. Looks like a really fun time. A lot of nice cars across the pond.

 

Cripes!
I'm not used to compliments like these!
Never having done a drag race before I was a little nervous beforehand (and even more shaky afterwards, as Madam Butterfly noticed, but that may have been due to her closeness to me?). I shouldn't have worried. The Flathead Meltdown chaps all made me feel most welcome and offered good advice and great support for this old buffer. But the car's the star. Old "Boz", the Batten Special, received lots of interested (and interesting) attention, and was in the good company of a dozen four-bangers and flatties, each and every one fascinating in its own way. The same may be said of their drivers - what a great bunch of men.
I would like to put on record my sincere appreciation of the warmth and friendliness that I met last weekend at the Hot Rod Drags - from the Flathead Meltdown organiser, Darren, and all the Meltdowners, from the East Coast Sidewinders, Neil, Phil and the others, from Miles of Jack Hammer Hot Rod and Kustom, from Scottish Jamie, and from Andy Hadfield of Oddlot Drag Racing Team who rendered invaluable assistance in sealing a wee oil leak from Boz's sump that had caused the starter to reject us on our attempt to run in the Flathead Meltdown eliminator. And it was great to meet Mike and his '32 - the fastest flathead in Europe?
We'll certainly go again to "Shakey", first making sure that there's enough fuel in the tank to prevent pulling air and causing a misfire. We may yet make it into the 14s.
Thank you all; I look forward to our next meeting when we may again hear the call,
"Gentlemen, start your engines".
Onwards and upwards,
Neil.

 

Neil , you are our hero here at LimeWorks in California (we are ex Pats ) your car is fantastic & great to see at the Hot Rod Drags , a Gentleman Drag Racer, Only in England

All the Best

 

A lot of fenderless A's up on their own rails over there!
Cool...

 

The Batten Special featured in the Jalopy Journal recently...
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=5544

This was a seriously good weekend.
Neil, many thanks for the kind words. It was an absolute pleasure to meet you.

Darren

 

Just want to clear something up before all you Yanks get the wrong idea. Despite what it appears, I actually won this race, overtaking the Fordor at mid-track and never feeling the need to look over my shoulder.
Phil did admittedly win a second race between us, or at least crossed the line first, though I posted the quicker time of the two of us.
There.
Just wanted that out in the open.
Thank you for listening.

 

What he said - absolute pleasure Neil.

 

Hahaha - never said y'didn't beat me. Had to, what with all those gears to chose from, slipperier paint, and a lighter car n'all...
Next to meeting Neil, matched Cee-dan racing was a blast!

 

Nice!!! Looks like a helluva time!!

 

We shoud've gone for the decider on Sunday. Dammit...

 

Smooth Poncho!

 

Looks like things are going great over on that side of the world, killer pics and killer event...Thanks for posting.

 

What's the story behind CKR 191?

 

That green Model A coupe is killer!

 

See link form Darren (Artiki)

 

God I'm dumb!

 

No worries Nads!