{"id":401164,"date":"2015-12-01T01:09:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T09:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=401164"},"modified":"2015-12-01T02:57:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T10:57:24","slug":"nostalgia-drag-action-the-nsra-drags-at-shakespeare-county-raceway-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/bangshift1320\/nostalgia-drag-action-the-nsra-drags-at-shakespeare-county-raceway-in-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Nostalgia Drag Action: The NSRA Drags At Shakespeare County Raceway In England!"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Words and photos by Tom Pugh) –\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>This year saw the 28th annual running of the Nsra hot rod drags. From what started out as a rwyb hot rod meet has now turned into one of the biggest drag race meets in the country. Held just outside Stratford-upon-Avon at Shakespeare county raceway, the weekend sees several thousand nostalgia drag race fans turn up for the biggest party of the year.<\/p>\n

Despite the often damp and cold weather (hey, it is England) the weekend sees three days of pre-73 action, including Friday afternoon street drags, and championship rounds for the gasser circus, outlaw Anglia, American super stock, flathead meltdown, wild bunch (slingshots and altereds) and supercharged outlaws.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the car that story author Tom Pugh campaigns himself!<\/p><\/div>\n

Saturday night sees the Fire burnouts & cacklefest, we might not have the nitro cars like the USA but put drivers in front of a few thousand fans and they tend to get enthusiastic!!<\/p>\n

As per recent reports, the future of the track is in severe doubt at the moment, I know for a lot of us having the events anywhere else just wouldn’t be the same. The place might be a bit run down, but everyone is really friendly, the atmosphere for the hot rod events is awesome and lets face it, any track that has a bar that is open until sun rises will be sorely missed!<\/p>\n

Click the images below to expand them and then scroll through to see ’em all –<\/h3>\n

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