Santa Pod - not quite a wash out!
It rained.
All day.
We still went to Santa Pod.
We still had a few runs.
We still drank a few beers.
We still had a barbeque.
We still had a damned fine time!
The great thing about Santa Pod dragsters is, the more glitzy the paint, the more shiney the chrome, the more splutteringly loud the engine, the bigger the wheels….. the more likely to blow up at the start line!!!
Three Astons turned up - but only two raced, CQ’s DBSV8 and Astonchaps’s DB7. Yet despite 30 years difference in age, only 0.4 of a second seperated them.
After the racing it was back to the farm for a BBQ where we had great fun burning Malcolm’s furniture…
And my old friend Graham got cracking with the cooking…
And we all had a jolly time drinking beer and wine and high octane drag racing fuel…
Thanks Malcolm for a great weekend - and I promise never to hit ROJ with a hammer before 6:30am ever again!!!
May 22nd, 2006 at 5:39 pm
We were very lucky with the weather for the party. It had been raining all day, but as soon as we lit the bonfire the rain stopped and we could enjoy ourselves. It was a good night.
I wandered back into the house later on in the evening and found the hall filled with photographs from Nigel’s past. There was almost a James Bond like theme to the photos - dinner suits, beaches, beautiful women etc. I snapped away with my digital camera and have my own copies now
Does anyone want to see them?
May 31st, 2006 at 12:36 pm
Go on then give us a laugh ; )