I grew up literally just down the road from here. Loads of good memories from my youth,festival’s,drag meetings,bulldog bash. This place also gave me the bug I have now for American cars.Another great video Stu 👌

@Nigfis

Жыл бұрын

"bulldog bash" .... and another memory re-kindled. I rode there from North Wales on a BSA A10 with a sidecar I made myself from an ex-fairground ride. A chrome-nosed rocket. My memory is fading much faster than I'd like, but this video and your comment brought a little of it back for a while. Thanks for that.

@DizziLife

Жыл бұрын

I want to buy this property and develop it. you know who owns it?

@rickygarvin145

Жыл бұрын

You asked how old I would have been in 98. Well since my mother gave me life in 54. News flash, I retired in 1993 from the Navy.

@csj9619

Жыл бұрын

I can't blame you for liking Yank cars. It looks like all the vehicles there are a bit oogly!

@KillaMTB

Жыл бұрын

I miss the bulldog bash 😢

im 14 atm and i raced for the first time at this track in 2016 in my 1934 ford tot rod ( gloss black with green gtr decals and fake blower) shakespeare was my favourite track because of the more laid back atmosphere from santapod and coming to this track since 3 years old spraked my obsession with american cars and anything fast. also there is an old ww2 plane ( not quite sure what plane) with shark teeth painted on if you do some more exploring i would love to see you find it. if you go back, thankyou for bringing back some good memories.

Thank you for this. We used to live on the airfield for a few years, Me and my brother were in our teens and often helped on the farm and my dad was the caretaker. Sylvia Hauser and Henk Vink were brilliant when they came for the drag racing and always had time for us. Henk let me sit on his rocket bike. They didn’t just have drag racing there, they also had bikes and banger racing. There was also a glider club which is what I suspect you found a glider and not a plane. Also a micro lite club. They used to hold all kinds of events inc an air show where a B17 landed and disabled itself on landing, luckily the army base nearby helped them to fix it. For those of you old enough to remember Crossroads with Benny and Miss Diane, this was the location they used for the burning of the Motel

@user-gc7fu4ey4h

Жыл бұрын

Stephen Sylvia H now lives near me and still likes her fast cars

Great place, also kind of eerie too at the same time. When you sit and think about all the memories made there.

Another brilliant episode nice to see the old vans. You could just imagine the echo down that drag strip.

@ImStokze

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Colin mate. I appreciate all the love and keep smashing it over at your place

Several of these cars should surely be saved. It’s such a shame to see them just sitting there abandoned. The coach would be great for conversion to a motor home for glamping accommodation. That’s what I would do with the old girl and she could be sited on a glampimg park . Loved this fascinating video.

My Wife and I used to go to the drag racing there many years ago and I was also a member of the model flying club at the same place. I remember some of the people from London that bought up homes as holiday homes in the local village complained about everything and is was bound to close in the end such a shame to see such a great venue gone to ruin.

Great video as always great classics rotting away such a shame thank for taking us along

I used to regularly go to the Bulldog Bash held there annually in August, you could ride your bike down the strip in the 'Run What ya Brung' drag events, I ran my Suzuki Katana 1100 down there a few time! Eddie Kidd the motorbike stunt rider had his life changing accident there, jumping the strip near the stands. It didn't go well landing on the upward sloping bank, he hit hard and ended up in a wheelchair.😔

I worked there for many many years doing the security at the drag events and others Avon park was a great venue also did motorbike events there was loads of us from essex the security company was my late brothers we also worked santa pod raceway doing the original bug jams which was started by friends of mine but Avon park holds a special place in my heart I've worked there and raced there and said many other shows there music concerts etc very sad that its closed probably end up being a housing estate .what a shame that was a great track to race on

@drewbrutal1102

Жыл бұрын

U ain't gott Lie Craig!

@TheLester59

Жыл бұрын

@@drewbrutal1102 who the fucks craig

Miss that place soo much, had some great weekends there- my lad when asked what he wanted to do for his 21st birthday said shakey - for the weekend. It was called long marston & Shakespeare county raceway & avonpark raceway during its time open, now just going to be housing- can’t wait till they start excavating the bank on the walled side of the strip - boy are they going to be in for some surprises - all sorts got buried in there ! That’s where Eddie Kidd got so badly damaged jumping the track. Another great video stu 👍

Great video 🤩 love that old Ford and it was cool to see the drag strip. Some good finds - well done 👍

Fascinating finds, that poor old V8 Ford,at least it is under cover. I remember the Dodge badged as Renault, used to be popular with utility companies.the aircraft in the trailer is a glider, while that's a micro light in the hanger. Some of them used a subaru flat4 or an old VW .

Wow, that old Ford would look great back on the road 👍 🇭🇲

Excellent video Stu 🤜🤛 Really cool to see the old ford's and everything else. All the best. 😊🍻👍

Thanks for that mate. Really fascinating!

Stokze enjoyed today’s video as always it just went to quick looking forward for tomorrow 👏🏻👍🏻

Absolutely fantastic video stokzey ❤👍I'm shocked that old Ford in that barn left was beautiful and that explorer omfg what a waste brilliant

Spent many fun weekends at Avon Park / Shakey. It was never able to match Santa Pod facilities wise, but it had an atmosphere of it's own. There was a flying club based on another runway next door, and one time a bloke mistakenly landed a microlight aircraft at the top end of the drag strip whilst there was a race meeting on. Fortunately the drag strip staff spotted him coming and halted racing.

Raced my Escort estate here in the mid-80s. My lasting memories are of using the row of old-fashioned metal Elsans for my morning clear out and having to clean off the gravel that the slicks picked up on the return road.

It's so sad to see this place like this, had some great weekends there. R.i.p shakey😢

Awesome video buddy, looking forward to watching your next one .

Great episode, went there a few times to go to the bulldog bash, bought back some brilliant memories.

Wow takes me back to 1984 camping. The drag race was amazing the noise was incredible. I remember the beer tent lots of cider and some bloke climbed up the centre pole got on the roof of the marquee and literally brought the house down. We were all trapped under it🤣 the outlaws did the marshalling and security so we all had to run for it🤣🤣🤣 oh the good ol'days of cleaning your teeth with cider🤣

@cunningplan96

Жыл бұрын

Bulldog Bash which was run by the Hells Angles!

@yoyoyo-in6cy

Жыл бұрын

What a load of bollox, miss Betty swallox

@ianbeale2527

Жыл бұрын

@@cunningplan96 Yeah, those "Hells Angles" were all really obtuse !! 🤣🤣🤣

@toonbikes8294

Жыл бұрын

​@@ianbeale2527 Underrated comment!

Loved the video, etc... It's just so sad to see this place in such a state. Was brilliant back in the day.

Awesome video, thanks! I grew up in Southern California in the 60's and early 70's, attending the iconic tracks of the day....Lions, Irwindale, OCIR, Ontario Motor Speedway, and Bakersfield in central California. Been racing since licensed in 74', and currently run a 70' Duster in Super Pro. I would love to race at Santa Pod, at their annual Mopar event ✌😎.

Memories of the evening theatrics at the Racer Return! Some great gigs in there, and watching some great racing with a hangover! Alan Packmans Pro Mod......

Morning Stu Excellent location this week - the body in the old coach a great find - there's a lad here out the road from me has an old Anglia or Prefect drag car - ill send ya on some pics later in Instagram - the old jeep towards the end was that a Chevy Blazer or an old Isuzu Trooper - great find bud & thanks for all ya do to bring us petrolheads joy 😎👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

That wagon, like that in original condition, is worth quite a bit to a collector.

awesome video as always bro keep up the awesome work bro love it always have and always will :')

Great video stu, brings back afew memories from there in the early 2000's in my xr4x4. Get yourself to Santa pod fella, you will have a great time.

Many happy memories and covered the events with video

Thanks again fella, enjoyed that.

Dang what a cool place! I can imagine the wonderful aroma of burning rubber, and racing fueled exhaust! So cool! I was to see a left driver Explorer there! That was crazy seeing a European Dodge van! Neat ol Ferd in the building!

Stacey, I know where you are, you’re at Avon Park in Stratford-upon-Avon you are Avon Park dragstrip. What was shame and still there going like need to be good. What are used to go and watch it brilliant 😅😅😮

If that is a real keith Black Chrysler engine thats worth some big money! I grew up LA in the sixties went to school with Keiths kids and hung out at the shop. Huge engineering driven shop. great history.

That ice-cream van has such a cool look to it 👌 love it.

Didnt expect to find an abandoned UK dragstrip. Very interesting. I still miss the old Detroit Dragway. I raced there one month before their last race and was closed forever...and now a bunch of warehouse storage buildings. I was at Detroit dragway far back as 1975 and remember seeing the Raymond Beatle Blue Max funny car among others. At single digit age i used to love standing near the zoomies during warmup in the dirt pit area. Looking back i realize when they switched to nitro from alcohol when the idle started shooting flames even in daylight. Probably has alot to do with my hearing loss now.

Such a sad sight to see. I dabbled in a bit of drag racing there back in 2005 and 2006. Last visited Shakespeare County Raceway about 2014/15 when there was still racing going on. What a shame. 😢

Been there a few times - VW track days - festivals etc! Great times , I’d like that glider in the trailer, could be a Slingsby Cadet that .👍👍

Always Great vídeos. Keep doing Stu.

The 205 drag car is Bob Mouldens from Yorkshire and has had it since they were first out. About 30 mts up the strip past the end of the wall is where Eddie Kidd had his accident as he jumped over the drag strip and landed on the upward bankside and put him out of action of been a stunt rider. Very sad for Eddie. This track was a great track. Loads of videos on KZread of it.

@tazz3413

Жыл бұрын

Why do you speak about the 205 Draag ? The 205 is in the video ?

Really great finds. I really love that red car. I really wish I had it. And it ran and drove. Please let me know.

It was a great venue for drag racing, really down to earth feel. The first drag strip where i drove my dragster.

Great video pal as always 👏👏🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

Awesome bro 👌 something for everyone in this one 👍 unreal the coach just left there with the body in 😮 column shift on the little CA 👀

Fantastic video and thank you for bringing back lots of happy memories of this place. I thought it had all been demolished for the housing estate as thats all that can be seen from the road. Me and my son loved going there, as we only live 10 miles away. Great day out and it kept the Mrs happy as it wasn't expensive either. In fact the most expensive part was buying burgers for us both!!! Shame about the 3 vans, the Renault is based on a dodge, in fact British telecom had the 4 x4 version with lower head lights as the cab was alot higher. At the original entrance there were a collection of planes (one was a twin engined transport plane) when it was a drag strip with a Sunday Market alongside. Also being a lorry driver I've been at the site next door ( which is very much still running) having a warehouse on the left of my truck with train tracks and railway carriages on my right was a bit weird as that whole area used to be a rail Marshaling yard. Thanks again.

@ImStokze

Жыл бұрын

No thank you so so much for the info, its nice hearing about the memories that were once had there, So thanks so much for sharing, and yes i knew it was a dodge haha, Cheers bud thanks for stopping by

Wouldn't be a Saturday morning without a Stokze notification 🔔👌

@ImStokze

Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude honestly it means so much so thank you chap

Killer location stu Right at the end of the video on the bleachers you can almost imagine the noise of the engines and smell of methanol and burning rubber . Loved this video fella

Man! If truly abandon that funny car body would reside hanging for my shops ceiling. That hauler is pretty neat as well!

Another great Saturday morning wake up top work bud

What a great day that would have been, finding that rig.

Great vid mate, cheers

Good find Stu well done I passed my car test in 99 😂😂😂brilliant love it mate 👊🏻👊🏻👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

Amazing vid again mate love the drag shell shame it wasn't a full car but still cool none the less cool old Van's too and I think your right with the Renault I remember seeing a dodge that looked exactly the same and that skull clean it up and stick to parcel shelf on one of your motors look well cool through the rear lol keep the vids peace mate 👌💯✌

Sorry to see a drag strip end up like that. Some interesting bits there love that row of vans but sad to see them rotting away. The gem of a Bedford ice cream van was cool. But what on earth was that rail truck doing there ! Nice one 👍

Long live the bulldog bash some great memories on that site😎

Loved the vans, I have a mk 2 transit myself, sad to see the blue one abandoned.. 😢Great vid 👌

Again another great video 👌

12:37 Sad to see what looks like a Baby II glider in such a sorry state. Too far gone for restoration, probably. Breaks my heart. Great video, mate, Cheers.

spent many years both watching and working there great times

Proper show 👍🏻

Loved that ...thanks

Saweeeeet tomatoes!! Incredibly awesome location brother 🤠🌲🍃

Like stepping back into time, very interesting

Funny car body, cool. Keith black is a huge name in the drag racing world

Great video thank you

Morning stu great find mate

another great showing just a shame the drag race track not being used anymore what a waste that old ford is worth some money keep up the good work imstokze🚙🚙🚙

Now this was a good video indeed well done 👌👌👌

Great video is that the same place they used to have the bulldog bash where eddie kidd had his accident on a jump cheers

Great memories here!

He must of found a funny car body. Thats sweet!! Be worth keeping that or resale it

Awesome content as always brother would love to come along on one of these journeys

Cool find! Cool race car body, I probably wouldn’t race it though

Proper old school Glider in that trailer Stu, wooden framed so probably rotten through....... I'd rather go in the gyro than the glider!! Great vid as always bud.

that was actually a really nice roe deer head wich you found ! really rare to see that many points on Roe

Another great video love to see what was in the hanger that was blocked by the transit and jag

The old cream colour Ford was built in 1938 85 years old and had a 3900cc engine in it great find as ever a great explore

@1nvisible1

Жыл бұрын

That brass builder plate is still a registered telephone.

@joeknecht8493

Жыл бұрын

Thats a replica built ford from the 90's.. hence why its still sat there... similar to the cord or auburn boat tails.

@JackF99

5 ай бұрын

Yea looks like a trashy kit car

Damn, if that rover was not badly damaged i would definitely have it!

I've sat where you stood in the stands many times, sad to see it like that now many a good weekend spent there

Omg your mate saying he wasn't born when you were looking at the tax disc and you born 81, I'm nearly dead 😅1962 I was born 😢honestly enjoy life as much as possible because it flies by and another great post stu cheers fella

@ImStokze

Жыл бұрын

You don't look a day over 45 brother, what you on about haha, Yeah i feel antique haha, Thanks for watching bud....

@kevinhaigh3962

Жыл бұрын

@@ImStokze ha ha, i wish my profile picture was last August with me and my little son alfie I'm 5ft 10 lol and he makes me look tiny I'm 60 years old and knackered, keep up your great work stu and cheers mate

Good find

Loved the shakey,miss the place.😢

Good sat video stu Reminds me of time I was at santa pod for pvs one year noise of cars down strip Was mental Look forward to seeing how you make skull 💀 into something

Never been there even though it's not far from me neighbour had a v8 slingshot drag car he raced there cracking video stu 👍🏼👌🏽👌🏽

Lots of hazy memories of messy weekends at Phoenix & Global Gathering festivals on this site back in the late 90s/early 2000s. Shame it's gonna become just another identikit housing estate 😔 Another great video, thanks 👍

@terrencegiordan2775

Жыл бұрын

When did it close.

Sad to see an old dragstrip. long after its glory days. Abandoned and forgotten.

My favourite Rover Cars is Rover 220 coupe, metro turbo and the convertible models of them oh n the montego and maestro turbos too. Cause at one stage the montego and the maestro were all at one stage were the fastest saloons in the world. That looks like a Jensen cars, they were built on ford chassis, and also used the engines in other vehicles. 😊 That dark blue truck cab was used by dodge and the post office had loads of them for their engineers.

Aw man I use to have that race track when I was a kid

Cool location stu ....pity only one drag car but then they are worth loads ...surprising it's no longer being used as a dragstrip competition for santa pod ...

as a life long drag racer i would give anything to find a funnycar body. wish you knew how lucky you are.

I don’t know if someone already said it, but in the long trailer that was a glider. Pretty cool fine.

Cool video, ladies and gents

Do you get to keep your findings? Amazing stuff sir

Yes stu thanks.😊

realy dig the icecream truck wish we had in california

I went to many events at the drag strip your at was called Avon Park the Shakespeare raceway a really good even very sad😢

Loved going to shakey

Because I used to go there and watch drag racing because my mate we had his own drag racing team and he still has his racing at Santa pod now and it was a local drag racing circuit to where I live 😅😅😅😅😮