What Are National Hot Rods?

THE CARS. Today’s National Hot Rods, whilst outwardly resembling contemporary “hot hatch” road cars, are in fact purpose-built racing machines. More akin to Touring Cars in construction than road cars, they consist of a full tubular steel spaceframe on which are mounted tough kevlar panels in an exaggerated, lowered-and-widened customised style. Featuring full spoilers and other aerodynamic aids, some of the most popular styles of body are Vauxhall Tigra, Renault Clio Williams, Audi TT, Peugeot 206cc, Peugeot 206 GTi, VW Corrado, Opel Corsa GSi, Ford Fiesta RS and Mitsubishi Colt.
Naturally they run full race-specification suspension and shocks on fat, slick, control US Hoosier tyres, and designated wet weather rubber. Whilst any 2.0l 8V engine can be developed for use in Nationals, the popular engines of choice are the newer 16V GM, Ford Zetec, VW and Peugeot blocks.
A comprehensive rule book governs these 240+BHP beasts.

Text source: http://www.nationalhotrod.com

To find out who much effort goes in to building a National Hot Rod visit Anatomy of / how to build National Hot Rod.

National Hot Rods Facebook page is full of pictures and a great way to chat to other Hot Rod fans. Worth a look....

What are Classic Hot Rods?

The classic hot rods were introduced to the oval circuits in 2005 after Garry Witcombe approached incarace with the idea, the formula was to be based on the hot rods of the 1960's and early 1970's with a pre date of 1976.

The formula was aimed at mini's, escorts mk1 and 2, and Anglia’s. The 1st meeting was to be held at Hednesford Hills Raceway, the home of hot rods, although only 5 cars raced, there were many other cars around the track at different stages of construction for people to view.

By the end of the 1st season fields had reached a staggering 13 cars, this just showed what the formula had to offer, and if that wasn't enough the constant turnout of Polly, Lee and Bland, all world champions of the past really got the mouths watering.
It was as if we had all stepped back 30 years but with a few more grey hairs.

During the 1st season it was also decided that the formula should be charity based, with all drivers prize money along with collection money going to charity, by the end of 2006 the drivers and organisers had raised £5000 (yes that’s thousand) for cancer research.

Everyone associated with the classics would like to take this opportunity to Say a BIG thank you for your contributions and your constant support.

http://www.chr.racingdrivers.co.uk/

Classic Hot Rods

Cartoon car from

http://members.home.nl/cartoonz/cartoonzhome.htm