Rotorstock 5 Report - 9/10th Aug 2008 in association with the Mazda Rotary Club

Read the full Rotorstock 5 report below and check out the photos in the Rotorstock 5 Gallery.

Rotorstock 5 took place at Santa Pod Raceway on the 9th & 10th August 2008, and unfortunately, dire weather predictions for Saturday proved to be accurate, and the dragstrip didn’t turn a wheel all day on Saturday. The Drift What Ya Brunger’s got good value from their tyres though, and there was good banter in the café and bar from those that had made the commitment to the whole weekend.

On Sunday however, the story was quite different, and we woke to sunny and breezy Santa Pod, which quickly got the track dry and the action underway. Once again, there was Drift What Ya Brung at the top of the pits, and the club stands filled up with all the cars that had stayed out of the atrocious weather the day before.

Over in the Meguiars show car paddock on Sunday, a small but top-quality collection of cars gathered to fight it out for the Show & Shine trophies. It was an all-Mazda top 3, but each was a worthy winner.

Taking the “Best of Show” award was Mark Cadwallander’s pearl Orange Mazda RX8. A stunning and flawless exterior combined with a luscious custom interior made this the top car.

In second place was Ian Searle’s orange and black RX7. With an outrageous wide-arch Veilside bodykit, great paintwork and simply stunning proportions, it was tempting to give this car the best of show award, but it had to settle for second in the face of such tough competition.

In third place was the immaculate Mazda Eunos (MX5) roadster of Jay Spendlove. The exterior and interior had largely been kept in excellent original condition, and he had done a simply stunning job of dressing up the engine bay.

The track was open for the Run What Ya Brung competition, the HKS Drag Series, and the Club RWYB competition.

Starting with the RWYB, the winners at the end of the day were as follows:

Class A – Front Wheel Drive Yasir Dar Honda Civic 11.7986 @ 117.93mph

Class B – Rear Wheel Drive Mark Salem Mazda RX7 12.4887 @ 116.06mph

Class C – 4 Wheel Drive Robert Comber Mitsubishi Evo 8 FQ320 12.8168 @ 110.11mph

Class D – Non Road Legal Keith Carr Toyota Supra Mk3 11.3426 @ 117.04mph

Mark Salem also went on to win the Inter-Club RWYB competition for his club “FDUK”, and had a tough battle in many races making an exciting and interesting competition.

The FTOC and MX5Nutz.com clubs failed to qualify after the super-harsh one-shot qualifier, and the top 8 clubs went into the knockout stages, which resulted in a superb turnout for rotary-powered cars taking three of the final four places. Congratulations to FDUK and Mark Salem, and thanks for everyone who took part.

WJPC JapNCrazy		WJPC Club Jap		Club Jap FDUK - Winner
Skyline Owners.com Club Jap
FDUK SJCC		FDUK Mazda Rotaru Club
Mazda Rotary Club HJSCC

The HKS Drag Series once again put on an excellent show on track, with the headlines writing themselves- Steve Whittaker took the Jap drag racing scene to the next level with an astonishing 7.7 second run followed by a 7.9 run in his Mk3 Supra. Guy Chamberlain also stepped things up in the front-wheel-drive world with a 10.2 second run, and there were some close races throughout.

FWD CLASS SUMMARY
Guy Chamberlain, Honda Civic Type R (10.289 @ 143.82)
defeated
Douggie Gemmell, Honda Civic Type R (12.185 @ 116.69)

STREET CLASS SUMMARY
Johnny Mckeon, Nissan Skyline GTR R32 (9.954 @ 139.83)
defeated
Gary Passingham, Nissan Skyline GTR R33 (10.523 @ 129.84)

PRO CLASS SUMMARY
Steve Whittaker, Toyota Supra Mk3 (8.864 @ 132.85)
defeated
Geoff Rance, Mazda RX8 (9.611 @ 141.10)

Read a full report on round 3 of the HKS Drag Series at www.japdragseries.co.uk.

A massive thanks to everyone that supported the show despite the iffy weather. We hope you had a good time and we’ll see you back at the Pod for the JapShow Finale in October.

A special thanks go to the Mazda Rotary Club for their continued support.

Rotorstock Rain-off values: Because Saturday was completely rained-off on the track, we are offering a full rain-off value of £15 for a Saturday ticket, and £10 on a weekend ticket. If you wish to take advantage of this rain-off value, hold on to your ticket! You will need this to claim your rain-off value against any Santa Pod event ticket up-to and including Rotorstock 6. Please telephone 01234 782 828 for details on how to claim.