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60Super Sunday,
Blue Monday
The highs and lows of York’s Hot Rod Reunion.
Words & photography: Martin DrakeThere has always been plenty to do over
August bank holiday, but the one that
has always been a must on the to-do
list is York Raceway’s Hot Rod Reunion,
with a selection of NSCC, Super Cup,
American Super Stock and Sportsman
ET Rounds to watch all day, along with
Run What Ya Brung. The start line was
set and ready for a full day’s racing on
Sunday morning, along with the sun
putting in an unexpected appearance.
The racing was in full flow, and if you’d
pre-booked your rod or custom you got
free entry for the day to show off your
ride in the show’n’shine area alongside
the track. Julian Webb had the Split
Second Jet Dragster making two runs a
day to wow the crowd.
York Raceway had also booked arock band for the Sunday night, plus a
burlesque dancer to keep you busy, but
as the night unfolded, the sky started
to drop small water droplets on us.
Everyone hoped that it would pass
during the early morning and Monday’s
racing would start mid-afternoon, but
the weather gods were against us
and just as it looked as if it was about
to stop it would rain hard again. This
went on all night and all day until the
PDRC finally called it at 3pm and racing
was cancelled.
This weekend is also the one people
hold dear to their hearts as on the
Sunday night, racers, hot rodders,
friends and family all gathered together
on the track to honour Kasey Dixon-
Grainger, a man we all loved andrespected who tragically lost his life
in a top end accident at this event in- The day ended with the biggest
Cacklefest, one you felt right through
to your very core, headed by father,
Paul Dixon-Grainger, with mum Tanya
Dixon-Grainger pressing the starter
button to unleash the green light for
10.1 seconds of noise in honour of
Kasey’s personal best time. After the
Cackle, Paul and Tanya had invited
everyone back to camp for a BBQ in
Kasey’s honour so everyone grabbed a
beer, a burger and had a laugh knowing
he would have done so, too. Rumour
has it that Martin Green was busting a
few moves on the dance floor as well, a
fitting night for a fantastic man. Race In
Peace, Kasey Dixon-Grainger. AC M
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