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The 2017 Ford Fest took place at Santa Pod on Sunday, with thousands of dedicated Ford fans making an appearance on a typically wet British autumn day.  Now in its third year, the fan's favourite Ford Fest ...

There are many famous circuits around the UK that offer unforgettable track days and we’ve put together our five favourites, with some footage of drivers out on each track – just in case you should need eve...

The Retro Show is one of the UK's favourite Retro car shows, celebrating all retro vehicles. Open to all vehicles from the 1950's all the way to 1995, this year's Retro Show was extra special. Falling on fath...

The 2017 Fast Show took place at the Santa Pod raceway this past weekend, one of the years first modified and performance car shows, and perhaps (in our opinion) one of the more exciting events on the years mo...

The JapShow Finale for 2016 took place at its usual venue of Santa Pod on Sunday and our very own Darren Skidmore was at the event as always.  The popular motoring event was as bonkers as ever with some inc...

The 2016 Ford Fest took place at Santa Pod during the weekend, and as usual our very own photographer Darren Skidmore was at the event. The event showcases a blend of classic and modern Fords for all Ford en...

If you’re into Volkswagens, particularly the iconic Beetle, then you really can’t afford to miss Bug Jam. The self-proclaimed ‘original and best VW festival’ hit its 30th anniversary this year, s...

So the Big Bang show has been and gone for another year, and for any Volkswagen fans that sadly couldn’t attend, we’ve got you covered! (more…)...

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 first weekend of August is a party beacon for car lovers across the UK, with people from all over the isle flooding the Santa Pod gates. (more…)...

Cold? Check. Santa Pod? Check. A field filled with VW Camper Vans & Beetles with their daring owners and families? Check. (more…)...

Santa Pod opened its gates at the Easter weekend to distract its fans from their Easter eggs and Hot Cross Buns and instead treat them to a weekend full of action both on and off the famous drag strip. (mor...

In Part One we spoke about all the new additions to TFS and the long wait for show season to start once again. Part Two will cover the track and the show off sections! (more…)...

It’s back - show season is finally here! After a long 4 month wait the 2015 Show Season has finally taken off. (more…)...

The year of 2014 is slowly coming to a close, with the show season following suit. Jap Show Final was the last tuned Japanese car event of the year, held at Santa Pod Raceway. The weather held out too, which wa...

The FIA Championships took place last week and it was, as expected, a heated affair! Performance Direct's lucky prize winner was in attendance and enjoyed (we think!) his prize to be a passenger in one of the...

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...

Where to start? There was so much going on it was hard to try and see everything all in the one day! PVS as usual was completely booked out and we can see why. (more…)...

The first show of the season kicked off with force over the weekend with high expectations but not such a so high temperature reading! A 4am start was on the cards and as expected such an early start meant that...

On Saturday 18th January, Santa Pod held one of their most successful and fastest selling shows to date, all in memory of Paul Walker who played Brian O'Connor in the Fast & Furious franchise. With a lot of...

Fast approaching is the Paul Walker Tribute event being held over at Santa Pod Raceway in Northampton. The event is a charity meet hosted by Santa Pod to raise money for “Reach Out Worldwide”, a cause that ...

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...

The big German brands like to show off at their home motor show – the Frankfurt Motor Show, in early September – and for 2013 Volkswagen are getting about as showy as a peacock in platforms with their whopp...

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...