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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!

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

Hi Someone from your club contacted us recently about the 350-Z Club coming to an event at Shakespeare County. Sadly, who ever contacted us didn't leave a name although we did reply with some options, this coming weekend October 16th/17th and the following Halloween Meet being one of them. If the club still wishes to have some quarter mile action following last weekend's bad weather at Santa Pod and before the winter really starts to step in then the doors open guys. Please contact us via enquiries@shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk or call 01789 720180. Looking forward to hearing from you. Regards Shakespeare County Raceway

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 www.shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk and click on Events. Any queries or questions please email Jeremy Cookson at enquiries@shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk!

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!

17th/18th Oct - The weekend sees the final round of the Pro Street Drag Series for Japanese and European Imports. Can the might of the Japanese legends run rough shod over the European brands? Who will be crowned PSDS title holder for 2009? Find out this weekend. And that’s not all for every driver signing on for the Public Track on Sunday will automatically be entered into our SCR Track Challenge to find the quickest four, five, six and eight cylinder category cars of the day (*Sunday only), and the days quickest manufactured bike in our Trophy Bike Dash sponsored by Motorshack & JJ Motorsport, and you could come away with an exclusive Shakespeare County Raceway Challenge Trophy for your efforts in a safe and legal environment. Don’t forget to bring your Driving Licence! 31st Oct/1st Nov - It’s the annual 'let your hair down end of season party' at Shakespeare County Raceway for the 4th annual Halloween Bonfire Burn Up. This two day Public Track Day weekend is expected to draw cars and bikes from all over to the Warwickshire drags strip which will include several special events in addition to the racing action. Shakespeare County will be staging its final Sunday Special Street Car Challenge for 4, 5, 6 and 8 cylinder cars and Trophy Bike Dash (don't forget your Driving Licence), while on Saturday nights sees the annual Halloween Ball and Costume Contest, trailer decorating and trailer-to-trailer 'Trick or Treating' for the kids plus the usual bonfire and fireworks. So get yourself down here for an awesome night!

I would imagine there could be quite a few of the membership that would like to let rip on the drag strip and get a speeding ticket for all the right reasons! Our next Public Track Days are this weekend Sept 5th/6th followed by October 3rd/4th. October 17th/18th and October 31st/November 1st. If you want to give it a try then please let us know. Club car parking can also be arranged at no extra cost other than the general admission and the RWYB Track Fee. Full details can be found on the Events page of the track web site at http://www.shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk. See you at the strip!!!

haha! I had a feeling it was. I wasn't on the airfield at the weekend as was very busy! Well did you come down and what did you think if you did?

Which date is this exactly? This is just so i can let all the relevent people know that you will be coming down. Also how many of you will be coming down?

mmmm looks like you will be very close!!! Your welcome to come down and take a look! If you come out of Stratford on the Shipston Road opposite alveston manor then straight ahead at the roadabout then immediate right. Follow that road and you will come to the airfield on the right!