Several months ago I received an irate email from a VR reader with one simple, albeit piercing, question; “Mark, why in the hell don’t you ever write about British drag racing cars?” British drag racing? What did I know about that? And how would I ever find a “hidden” one to write about?
It turns out yes, there was an entire world of drag racing lunacy on the far side of the pond. And although we may have popularized the sport hither, there was an incredible amount of straight-line activity yonder. A simple Google search turns up a myriad of sites including The British Drag Racing Hall of Fame (www.british dragracinghof.co.uk), Early British Drag Racing (www.oldstox.com/EarlyBritishDrag Racing.htm), and Drag Racing at Santa Pod Raceway (SPR) UK (www.santapod.co.uk). Of course, without a car found in a chicken coop or one with a tree growing through it, there can be no Hidden Treasures. And that is where Owen Gibson of Arivaca, Arizona enters the story.
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