Cool Grudge Match Video: Watch A Blown Alky Dragster Take On A Nostalgia Nitro Flopper In England


Cool Grudge Match Video: Watch A Blown Alky Dragster Take On A Nostalgia Nitro Flopper In England

(By Tom Pilsworth) – What happens when a Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car meets a fledgling Top Methanol Dragster? Find out in this awesome video from the UK

All kinds of strange match ups used to happen back in the day at Santa Pod. Even in the nineties I remember methanol vs. nitro being a regular occurrence when ‘full fat’ dragsters were thin on the ground. These days drag racing in the UK is much more organised and professional, and I’m glad of that. But I can’t be the only one who sometimes wonders what would happen if the rigid class systems were let loose for a day.

Well on a nearly rained off event at Santa Pod a couple of weeks back it seems that’s exactly what happened. With the forecast being so bad and a number of teams still working on their builds, round 1 of the Britain’s first ever nostalgia funny car series had only seen one entrant; Tim Garlick in his beautiful ‘Apache’ firebird. Meanwhile on the other side of the pits, Top Methanol (as Alcohol is known over here) driver Rod Harrison and his ‘NUA/RKS’ team were at the track to make exhibition runs while preparing for their first foray into Europe’s big league this year. It was Apache’s crew chief who reportedly walked into the dragsters pits and asked; “Well, are we having a race then”?

The rest has been captured in this video from NitroUK; you’ll see Apache’s nitro powered 426ci Hemi gain it the upper hand in the initial launch and how it goes after that you’ll just have to see for yourself!


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5 thoughts on “Cool Grudge Match Video: Watch A Blown Alky Dragster Take On A Nostalgia Nitro Flopper In England

  1. 1966LongRoof

    That’s cool. A few years back when Steel in Motion (Nostalgia event) was at Shadyside. They had old A/FX, Gassers and Super Stocks running against each other. Awesome!!!! Icing on the cake it was heads up,
    NT and used pin-up girls with flag as the starters. Racers just wanna race, and much respect to them when they go the extra mile to put on a show for the fans. Thanx for sharing.

  2. Ron Jeremy

    The guy who made this video makes so other cool videos at Santa Pod. Have a look for him on the tube.

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