Festival of Power 2017
Perhaps the UK's most bonkers auto event, the Festival of Power 2017 took place at Santa Pod raceway at the weekend, and we have a gallery post for you.
If it has ridiculous amounts of power -it was probably a...
(WATCH) World’s Greatest Drag Race 6
You may remember we uploaded the 5th edition of Motor Trend channel's Worlds Greatest Drag Race, a while back. Well Motor Trend have just released the latest edition, with a line up of the best and the fastest ...
FAST SHOW 2016
Show season has officially begun! The long winter-winter wait is finally over, garage doors have opened and project cars have made an appearance. We've had a few shows already this year, but they have been for ...
The Fast Show 2015: Part One
It’s back - show season is finally here! After a long 4 month wait the 2015 Show Season has finally taken off.
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ULTIMATE STREET CAR (USC) 2014
The beginning of August made way for one of the biggest car festivals in the UK, USC. We won’t hide the fact that the weather on Saturday was poor, it was raining, heavy, causing areas of the campsites to flo...
Bug Jam 2014!
Covering a massive variety of motor events this past weekend, Bug Jam was bigger and bader than ever. Despite the terrible weather in some cases, rain and wind wasn't at all a problem as the events at hand were...
Performance Direct Dragster Competition Winner at FIA European Finals
Throughout the car show season Performance Direct ran a once in a lifetime competition, entrants had the chance to win a passenger ride in a two seater dragster down the famous Santa Pod strip as well as a week...
Euro Mopar Nationals 2013, Santa Pod
The Euro Mopar Nationals, held for the last 20 years at the Santa Pod Raceway, is a run-what-you-brung event for American Muscle cars. They don't have to be from the Mopar family – that's anything built under...
Show report: Big Bang Camper & Bus Show 2013, Santa Pod
We’re back at the famous Santa Pod drag strip and show ground again – where Performance Direct sponsors the left-hand drag racing lane – and this time we’ve got a nice ‘n’ juicy Motor-Vision show ...
4 seconds of rocket fuelled pure speed – how a dragster works
This weekend is the dragster event, Festival of Power at Santa Pod. Performance Direct is an associate sponsor of Santa Pod, so it seems a fitting time to take a fascinating – and I do mean fascinating – lo...
Allard Chrysler Action Group Restoration Project
The story of the Allard Chrysler Action Group began when Brian Taylor visited the National Motor Museum in Hampshire back in 2006. A keen motoring fan, Motoring Writers member and a key player in many car clubs...