The Saga Continues

Sunday 15 March 2026

It’s time for a long‑overdue update on the progress of the fuel bike. Work is steadily moving forward, and while there’s still lots to do, the aim is to be back testing later this year. Following last season’s issues when none of us were entirely sure where the root of the problems lay we spent a great deal of time reviewing the bike with help from several very knowledgeable people. It became clear that each system needed to be checked and proven good before any further testing could take place. Protecting the engine from unnecessary damage was the priority. The fuel system was the first area under scrutiny. With support from Dave Wilson, we confirmed that fuel distribution was largely acceptable, though some refinements have already been made by Dave and further improvements to fuel control are being planned to improve fuel control. Attention then turned to the ignition system, which was also identified as a potential contributor to the problems. Instead of servicing the existing Mallory magnetos, we made the decision to upgrade to MSD Pro Mags, the preferred choice for most top‑fuel cars and bikes running nitro. A used pair was sourced from the US, sent straight to Read more

Dragstalgia 2025

Sunday 29 June 2025

Finally managed to stop grinning long enough to write a race report!! Dragstalgia 2025 It's been a while.......... For a few years now, Andy Lambert has offered me his awesome Prostock bike to ride, after my few attempts on Claire Rules and Richard Gipps stockers, someone must have seen potential or giggle factor! If you don't know me, I used to race in Comp and Funny bike, and won the Championship in 2013, and been a "borrower" of race bikes, or sometimes, even offered a ride! Then Covid, total knee replacement, and recovery - 4 years down the line, Andy asked me again - He, being unable to ride due to a shoulder injury that he's still waiting for an op for, told me this year I had no choice! Now, I'm not the size for a ProStock bike, Nostalgia, or otherwise anymore, but really wanted to have a try, so yes! I then had to convince Bois that Dragstalgia was a great idea, so "Give me your card, Bois, I'll enter you now, and can you bring both bikes please" whilst in the bar !! Bois was going to see Linkin Park at Wembly with his girls, so the Read more

Festival of Power 2025

Sunday 20 April 2025

I wasn’t 100% for the Thursday test day. We'd been to Prague for Lizz’s “significant” birthday and managed to bring back Norovirus as a souvenir - it wiped both of us out for a few days. By race week we were mostly recovered, but definitely still feeling the effects. Jake and Esther arrived Wednesday night, and Jake and I got up early Thursday to set up our pit area for the weekend. The girls followed later with food and supplies for the weekend. With everything set up, we chilled for a few hours and prepared the bike. Once the rest of the crew arrived we made a plan for starting the bike first thing in the morning, we all got some sleep ahead of Friday's action. Friday morning, we ran into a bit of nitro mischief. Even though the bike had sounded great just two weeks earlier, it now didn’t want to idle properly. We took our time resetting the barrel valve and idle settings. We weren’t in a rush to make the first qualifier - this is about testing, not chasing points (yet). We also got some excellent advice from seasoned friends in the paddock, including multiple European champion Read more