Saturday saw me mooching over to Santa Pod for the Extreme Bike Weekend, which was an opportunity to watch fast bikes going really fast. The Northamptonshire venue remains a definite non-corporate attraction, and the lack of trappings makes even Mallory Park look plush. But that’s part of the reason I like it, and drag racers […]
Interview: Drag bike team McLean Racing
The McLean Racing team competes in the ACU 8.50 and 9.50 championships and is made up of father and son John McLean Snr and Jnr. I’ve been Facebook friends with John McLean Jnr for a couple of years, and I’ve watched him muscle up the quarter at Santa Pod dozens of times. Somehow though, I’ve […]
Drag racing: How Low Can You Go?
Tom Wisken bought an unloved GSXR7/11 two years ago, last year he dipped his toe in to the world of Run What You Brung, having been bitten by the bug, this year he’s running in Straightliners. Over the winter the bike was stripped and rebuilt, but the fiddling isn’t over, the latest modification is a […]