The Accidental Racer

30/10/2026

It is, after aii, Halloween...

30/10/2026

Here we are. Set up and ready for drag demos at Flame and Thunder tomorrow. If you can't be here, you can keep up with events on Santa Pod's livestream.

27/10/2026

Just two old blokes still drag racing.
146 years young between us. Robbies first races were 50 years ago and mine 46 years ago - that's 96 years of racing experience between us as of 2026.
Round 2, Greenlight Nationals from a couple of years ago, it's bracket racing, so there is a delay on the tree. Robbie's reactions are still spot on. He runs a Honda SP1 drag bike with wheelie bars and I'm on a 2017 Triumph Street Triple.

20/10/2026

We will be there - but not as spectators, we are there with Asbo doing drag demos throughout the day. Come and say Hi.

13/10/2026

It's official.
I have an entry at Flame and Thunder and I am on the official entry list.
Looking forward to the end of season bash and putting in some decent runs on Asbo. I will also take Asbo Too and see if it will run the full quarter on the back wheel.
Bring it on. 😁

It starts with drag racing. Then monster trucks appear. Then stunts. Then jet cars. Then, just when you think it’s over, we have a full-blown fireworks display to finish the day off.

30/09/2026

Septegenarian September silliness. And you thought I was daft for drag racing motorbikes at 70... Two minutes of me doing other 2 wheeled madness.

23/08/2026

Whoops I did it again... 0.07 red.
Hey ho. I've had a great weekend running Asbo Too. Learnt lots about the nanny systems on it. Made inroads into taming them and will contemplate what next.
That's the end of Greenlight for me. Good luck to Andy Frankland in the next round and well done running 12.55 on a 12.55 dial in on his TRX.
I'll.post a full write up over the next day or two.
And in other news - why does it take forever to pack everything away?

23/08/2026

Phew. Round 1 win against Chad. Unfortunately he red lit, but it was still really close at the line.
I broke out, but only by 0.008, so a quick tweak for Round 2.
It was Chad's first meeting and outing on this bike. His numbers over the weekend show that he will be competitive in future events.
Thanks Lisa Rushton for the video again.

23/08/2026

That's qualifying done, no improvement as the computer said no and the TC worked overtime right through 1st gear.
We have Chad Green in round 1, a newcomer to the class, but is running well on his newly acquired bike.
Pictures courtesy of Eurodragster

23/08/2026

Day two of the Greenlight Nationals. One more qualifying run around 11.30ish then into eliminations.
A c**k up in q3 led to no time recorded and improvements by others pushed me down to p12. No pressure then!
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Hopefully today will see much less downtime than yesterday.