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Santa Pod at 60: Why home of drag racing is stronger than ever

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Santa Pod at 60: Why home of drag racing is stronger than ever
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Racers blasting beyond 300mph never gets old - but there's much more to UK's most famous drag strip

If you like extremes, you'll love Top Fuel drag racing. Some numbers: 0-343mph in 3.6sec, 11,500bhp, fuel consumption of five gallons per second... To these can now be added '60' - as in 60 years of Santa Pod Raceway (1966-2026), the drag mecca in Bedfordshire. Or is it Northamptonshire? Both councils claim it but then nothing's normal in this sport, including Keith Bartlett, the Bernie Ecclesto

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