Quote Originally Posted by 34_40 View Post
2 things jumped out at me in you're reply.. first is you're passion, the list became quite extensive and yet we were only discussing a couple'a hundreths of a second....

Second was your dedication to Beer and Bar-B-Que! For that I salute you! Glad to hear you've got you're priorities squared away!
Ha Ha!!
You got me there my friend... Who can resist a hot day / evening in the garden or the pits with an ice cold Corona (with slice of lime stuck in the neck) and fat rare steak or home made burger from the BBQ. Followed by a JD and Coke with ice to wash it down as we chill in the (very rare) UK summer warmth

My Wife does of course make sure that I have a bowl of chopped salad to go with it which I quite like sprinkled with Thai Sweet Chilli sauce But she aint there in the pits when we race so i just substitute the salad for shallow fried potato slices.

You should see the BBQ stuff we do in the pits at Retro weekend. 25 of us rock up for the weekend and we all bring our cooking gear. Saturday night when racing is done we sit a 20" TV on top of my mates minivan and set up the chairs cinema style to watch Urban Hillbilly drag race DVD's from the USA. All you can hear in the dark hours is us cheering and shouting as we watch the mayhem
Normally after 20 mins or so we have another 20-30 folk gathered round to join in the outdoor cinema as they have heard the noise and seen the glow from the TV. We just invite them in and let them help themselves to the cool boxes if they havent brought there own drinks.

The racing is fantastic at these events. But the social side in the evening makes it all worthwhile as we join in with the fun and frolics that ensues. Last saturday we had a bunch of folk watching the TV and another bunch in my marquee listening to music and dancing under my battery powered mirror ball display

Sadly fireworks and chinese lanterns are banned at Santapod for obvious safety reasons.

So we use the mirror ball to light up the roof of the marquee as a beacon to the fun zone...

The important thing is that we enjoy our racing and the social gathering. We dont take oursleves too seriously. We all help each other out where we can and we share spares and parts as needed. We all pitch in to work on each others cars during the event.... But when we get to the Tree, all friendships end for about 10 seconds or so

Thats why I like Drag Racing !!