The show gets back on the road this Saturday night at the Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich for what promises to be a fantastic night of racing action from two formulas we very rarely see on the same bill as each other. The meeting also marks the first Spedeworth/Incarace event with spectators since lockdown began. Now, …
After a shortened World Series campaign due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Aaron Dew was declared the 2019/20 National Hot Rods English Points Champion; now he is looking forward to the return of racing and the long road ahead towards the 2021 World Final. Speaking about how it feels to be the English Points Champion, he …
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Before this year’s National Hot Rod World Final at the Foxhall Heath stadium, there was a lot of talk about 16-year Perry Cooke, whom qualified for his World Final having missed the first few World Qualifying rounds. However, after picking up heat wins at the Hednesford Hills Raceway and at the Skegness stadium on Good …
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Rob McDonald secured his first National Hot Rod World Championship at the Foxhall Heath Stadium on Sunday afternoon – becoming the first Scottish winner of the title since its introduction back in 1972. McDonald set the benchmark lap-time on Saturday morning in the hot laps with a 14.30 second lap time, which only Southern Ireland’s …
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Scott Bourne recently returned to the National Hot Rods at the final Aldershot World Qualifying round after a brief spell in the UK Pick Up Truck Racing Championship where he won the title back-to-back in 2017 and 2018. Speaking about his time in the series, Bourne said: “It was a great experience, and it was …
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Billy Wood will defend his National Hot Rod World Championship at the Foxhall Heath Stadium this weekend as part of the 2019 Ipswich Spedeweekend. Wood took his first major National Hot Rod title at Spedeweekend last year when long-time race leader Glenn Bell hit mechanical problems with just a few laps to go. Wood seized …
Chris Haird converted pole position into victory at the Foxhall Heath Stadium on Saturday night to become a six-time winner of the annual Thunder 500 event – the official warm up to Spedeweekend and the National Hot Rod World Final. A seventh and third from the two reverse grid qualifying heats gifted the three-time world …
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This Saturday see’s the National Hot Rods compete in their annual Thunder 500 event – the official warm up to Spedeweekend and the 2019 World Final. Whilst there are no points up for grabs, the meeting is still of high significance with track time and set up the name of the game - especially for …
Chris Haird won the 2018/19 English points title after finishing second in the Final at Aldershot Raceway on Sunday to season-long rival Rob McDonald. McDonald got off to a terrific start from second place and got around the outside of Haird coming out of turn two before pulling out a few car lengths lead. As …
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The National Hot Rods will contest their fourteenth and final 2018/19 English World Series round at the Aldershot Raceway this Sunday with a lot still to play for. After a gruelling qualifying campaign that started all the way back in July last year at the Birmingham Wheels Raceway, either one of Chris Haird, Rob McDonald …
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