Open Sport Nationals Drag Races: The tough and ultra competitive world of UK National Sportsman Championship drag racing makes a welcome return for the seventh annual Open Sport Nationals presented by the Avon Park International Racing Association. Featuring a colourful mix of wild looking and powerful machines the Open Sport Nationals plays host to round 5 of the coveted National Championship as teams and racers converge on the Warwickshire quarter mile drag strip to compete in a mouth watering collection of classes over two days of intense qualifying before the completion of race day eliminations on bank holiday Monday.
Everything from super fast Super Pro dragsters, altereds and doorslammers through to the Sportsman categories will be hitting the strip in the only way they know how - FAST! So excitement will be guaranteed.
In the bike ranks, teams who make up the ACU/UK Drag Bike Series will be busy with there 1000 horsepower monsters and 190 mph plus Super Street Bikes. The Super Twin classes and Junior Drag Bike series will also be in action.
Expected classes to be included in the Springspeed Nationals programme will be: Super Modified, Super Comp, Super Gas, Super Street, Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman, Junior Dragster, Outlaw Flat Four, VWDRC, Wild Bunch and Outlaw Anglia. Bike classes include Funny Bike, Pro Stock, Comp Bike, Super Street Bike, Outlaw 8.50 Bike, 9.50 Bike, Super Twin classes and Junior Drag Bike all packed into two days of qualifying (Sat/Sun) and eliminations on Bank Holiday Monday. Qualifying and racing commences at 10.00 am each day.
Open Sport Nationals Drag Races at Shakespeare County Raceway in Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire on Saturday, 25 August 2012.
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