200 Plus Club

Santa Pod June 3rd- Vauxhall sprint day

Club members attended the Vauxhall Performance clubs national day on Sunday 3rd June 2001. The venue was Santa Pod, Northamptonshire.

Around 25 members came along, some just came to show their cars on the club display, while others took part in the racing as well.

Entry costs were reasonable at just Ł9 for the day, with the drag racing an additional Ł10. All that was needed was a driving license!

The weather turned out to be perfect for both spectating and drag racing, being bright and sunny. The track was in fine condition, and many quick cars were all ready taking turns down the strip.

There was little queuing and so members got the chance to race head to head with friends, or against anything else they fancied having a go at!

The club cars created a great display, and with many club members running the fastest times on the day, it was a superb showing from The 200 Plus club.

Results:

In the 4wd class, Danny Fennell was 2nd quickest on the day, in his Nissan Pulsar GTI-R. This car has been prepared by DP motorsport, and at around 370bhp is now one of the quickest GTI-Rs in the country. Danny ran 11.7s @ 122mph, which was only beaten by one car, a stripped out Ford escort Cosworth that did 11.4s. Danny and friends also ran a Renault 5 GT turbo, which beat the previous best for this type of car, at 12.62s @ 109mph. This is the new benchmark for R5 GT Turbos!

In the 2wd class, Andy Nicholls proved once again that his white fwd Maestro turbo can match the best cars in the country, even beating a lot of four wheel drive cars. Andy managed a stupendous 12.61s @115mph in his car. This is currently the quickest recorded time for a fwd road legal car on road tyres as far as we know. The car features a 300bhp Rover T16 turbo engine, and the car is totally home prepared and built! This was the quickest 2wd car of the day, beating many rwd cars including a few 300bhp Cosworths etc! A fantastic achievement by Andy, who is also looking to win his class at Santa Pod USC in August.

All our other members did well on the day, and the full list of best times is detailed below.