VHRA VINTAGE NATIONALS - SANTA POD APRIL 2017
--> It’s around 4pm on Friday afternoon, and after a day working I find myself sat on the nightmare that is the M25! Very quickly, it becomes apparent that I’m going to be here some time and the estimated time my satnav gives to get to Santa Pod Race Way is a work of pure fiction, but I crank up the radio and remind myself of the destination. I’m heading north from Brighton to document the first VHRA Vintage Nationals, a weekend of the finest vintage hot rods in the country going head to head on the Santa Pod Race Way to see who can get bragging rights as the fasted down the strip! --> Five hours later, I finally arrive at my destination, it’s my first visit to the Pod and it’s an impressive sight as I drive through the old WW2 airbase and the 30’000 seater terrace and ¾-mile drag strip appear before me in the setting sun. The campsite had already filled up nicely with an impressive collection of hotrods and customs rea