The Fast Show
Car Show on Sunday 14th April 2024
With Saturday Night Special RWYB on 13th April & Weekend Camping
Welcome to The Fast Show at Santa Pod Raceway, the first performance and modified car event on the Santa Pod calendar. Featuring huge club stand displays, Run What Ya Brung, Sports Compact Drag Racing, Drift Rides, Stunt Displays, Jet Car, Trade Village, Caterers, Fun Fair Rides and much more. There’s something for everyone whether your car is about “show” or “go”, a modified hot-hatch, a retro classic or a supercar.
Saturday is a "Saturday Night Special", a RWYB day with plenty of track time running until dusk. Weekend ticket holders get to stay on site and enjoy evening entertainment in Fuelers Bar, while Sunday is the main show day when all other aspects of the show take place.
Early Ticket Prices NOW End 5pm Tuesday 2nd April!
What's On At Fast Show
The drag strip will be open for you to take your own car down the track with timing data at ETSlips!
Signing on for RWYB is now online. You will still need to visit the Sign On Office to show your driving licence and your race voucher e-ticket before hitting the track. Please note an Admission ticket is required in addition to your RWYB Race Voucher.
Sign-on costs £40 for 3 runs. More info on the RWYB page.
- Best Reaction Time
- Quickest ET (Road Legal)
- Quickest ET (Non-Road Legal)
- Quickest ET (Bike)
- Commentator's Choice Award
If you want maximum track time then come for the weekend as there is a RWYB on the Saturday with free camping for weekend ticket holders. Please note you must purchase your Race Voucher and sign on in advance for Saturday Night Special RWYB from the online ticket shop as you would for RWYB on Sunday.
If you can't wait until The Fast Show, visit www.RWYB.com for a full calendar of RWYB dates at Santa Pod Raceway.
Autoglym Show & Shine
If you’ve got a great looking show car, why not apply for a spot in our Show Car Paddock at the heart of the show?
Open to all types of cars – modified, classic and retro. If it looks great and is in top condition, we want to see it. It’s 100% FREE to enter, and there are trophies and Autoglym prizes for:
- Best of Show
- Best Engine
- Best Interior
- Best Exterior
- Best Modified
- Best Stance
- Best Wheels
- Judge's Choice
Spaces are limited and therefore pre-entry is compulsory.
Show & Shine Entries are Now CLOSED.
Organisers reserve the right to refuse entry. The organisers decisions are final and no disputes will be entered in to.
An awesome Jet Car will be thundering down the strip. Jet Cars develops thrust equivalent to more than 10,000hp and can run the quarter-mile in 5 seconds with a terminal speed of 270mph!
Why not make The Fast Show your first club meet of the year? All clubs welcome, classic, modern and modified can all be found at The Fast Show. You could even organise a club competition on track.
All the way from Malta, Team Maximum Lock will be performing their synchronised, close formation driving and drift show using Nissan Skylines and Nissan 350zs.
Two Brothers Racing Stunt Team
The team consist of "Vandal", "Toddy" and "Trina". Vandal and Toddy have been riding together for ten years, pushing each other to the limit to learn new tricks every time they ride, resulting in the highly skilled, adrenaline filled show you see today. Vandal has been the UK street bike freestyle champion three times and Toddy was the 2016 UK Champion.
The Fast Show Sports Compact Shootout
Some of the quickest "Compact" cars in the UK will be competing in a Drag Racing Shootout at The Fast Show.
Open to FWD, RWD and 4WD cars with compact engines (4, 5 or 6 cylinders and rotaries).
Entries limited to 20 cars qualifying for a 16 car elimination ladder.
Full details on the Santa Pod Sports Compact Shootouts page.
If you like your cars rear-wheel drive and sideways, make sure you catch some of the drift action in the Drift Arena.
Drift Rides will be available for those wanting to experience the thrill of drifting first hand.
If you are interested in trying drifting for yourself then Santa Pod holds regular Drift What Ya Brung days, full details are at www.DWYB.co.uk.
A tight course will been created with a series of obstacles that will need to be negotiated as quickly as possible.
Attending the show will be the World's 1st and original, multiple frequency SPL competition format for finding out just how loud your car audio sound systems can truly play Ultra Low Frequency bass. Propper Droppers test hundreds of different systems a year, with their scoreboards holding over 1000 contestants.
Kicking off the Fast Show 'Live Stage' for the highly anticipated 2024 show season - the masters of magical music return stronger than ever to ensure you have some pep in your step whilst soaking up the atmosphere of the Fast Show.
Kings of the scene Richie Don, DJ Lies, DJ Ginge and with MC Stallion on the Mic will all be providing punchy beats - rolling basslines and lyrical wizardry wherever you may be. Expect games, giveaways, and a few special guests for good measure!
All the fun of the fair with Dodgems, Waltzers, Arcades, Candy Floss and Sideshows! (All days)
Tokens available indivually or in bundles: Get 27 funfair tokens for £25 or 55 tokens for £50 and really keep the kids busy for hours! Each token counts as £1 when redeemed. (Tokens can be purchased via cash or card from the token counter in the middle of the fun fair and are non-refundable.)
Ride Prices (tokens): Dodgems - 5 (1 or 2 in a car), Extreme - 4, Waltzer - 4, Sizzler - 4, Trampolines - 3, Kids Rides - 3. (Only Tokens, No cash will be accepted on rides)
There will be a wide variety of traders at The Fast Show selling everything from performance and tuning parts to ICE and even the beats to play.
There is a licensed bar and caterers on site selling food and drink. You can pay for items on site from our catering units and Pod Shop with contactless card payment or cash. There are cash machines in the catering area and Pod Shop. View Caterer details.
There is a normal RWYB Saturday, so if you fancy two whole days of track action, Evening Entertainment and want to camp over for free with your mates, then get a weekend ticket; tents, caravans and motorhomes are all welcome.
Tickets to The Fast Show include entry to Kit Fest. In conjunction with The Fast Show, North West Kit Car Owners Club and Santa Pod Raceway have joined forces to host KitFest From Tigers to Cobras, Lotus 7s to Caterhams, you’re sure to see them all. KitFest will be open to all kit car owners to come and enjoy the festival vibe with the added bonus of racing each other out on the famous quarter mile. kitfest.co.uk
2023 Gallery
View photos from The Fast Show 2023 on the Facebook Photo Gallery, and watch the video on Santapod.TV.
Santa Pod Raceway
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