Straightliners Events Joins Sponsors of BDRHoF Gala Dinner
The British Drag Racing Hall of Fame (BDRHoF) has gained another supporter with Straightliners Events announcing that it is joining the list of businesses sponsoring the Gala Awards Dinner being held at the historic Oatlands Park Hotel, Weybridge, Surrey on November 18th. The event will see drag racing pioneers honoured with induction into the Hall of Fame and the presentation of the Lucas Oil Global Achievement Award plus Sydney Allard Media Awards for photo journalism, written journalism and video journalism.
Straightliners Events is established over 20 years ago by Trevor Duckworth. Its ethos was to make motorsports sprint and speed events more accessible to motorcycle enthusiasts by removing much of the red tape yet retaining the safety and all other aspects of a motorsports event that enforced rider and spectator safety. It has opened doors to thousands of motorsports enthusiasts and spawned a cult following of not only motorcycle fanatics but also the car tuning fraternity.
Trevor has spent 47 years in the sport and holds 27 World Records and numerous British National Records over 1/4 mile, kilo and mile – on both two and three wheels. His Straightliners Events business continues to grow and is now involved with a range of meetings that encompass Championship Sprints, Drag and Drift meetings and Speed Events. The venues include Santa Pod Raceway, East Kirkby (Lancashire Raceway), York Raceway, East Jurby on the Isle of Man, Elvington, Pendine Sands, Dakota Raceway in Devon and Spitfire Raceway in Cornwall.
Details about all these events and how to enter can be found by visiting the Straightliners Events website at https://straightlinersonlineco.uk and/or www.facebook.com/StraightlinersNewsChannel.
Trevor Duckworth said, “There is a great deal of cross over between those attending Straightliners Meetings and the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame Gala Awards Dinner. Many of its …
BDRHOF Benevolent Fund Update
The trustees of the BDRHOF Benevolent Fund would like to thank all those that have contributed to total contributions of £1,518 so far. Trustee and treasurer Simon Groves said ‘Many thanks to all those that have contributed through the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame Gala last November, and for further contributions from Santa Pod Racers Club, Avon Park International Racers Association and Pennine Dragway’.
The BDRHOF Benevolent Fund was established and registered with the Charities Commission in 2016 to create a professional fund raising platform to support injured racers and the Air Ambulances that support the tracks. A bank account has been set up and a BT MyDonate internet fundraising page is live at https://mydonate.bt.com/charities/bdrhofbenevolentfund
Fund raising efforts in 2017 will be focused on the key events with BDRHoF presence: The Main Event, Dragstalgia and the European Finals. At the Main Event there will be one bucket collection along the bank and at the nostalgia marquee in the morning and one in the afternoon, on each of Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Collections will be announced by commentators at an appropriate point in proceedings, please give generously by placing cash in the donation buckets.
The BDRHOF Benevolent Fund is grateful to Santa Pod Raceway for granting us permission to raise funds in this way.
There will also be collections at BDRHOF events and through corporate giving by sponsors. Our overall 2017 target is £10,000 which will give us resource to make a sizeable grant to those in need.
The BDRHOF Benevolent Fund is run for drag racers by trustees who have had many years’ experience in the sport. Trustees are: Stu Bradbury, Simon Groves, Robin Jackson, Ian Messenger, Graham Beckwith, Ian Marshall and Phil Cottingham.
The BDRHoF Benevolent Fund has been created as registered charity no. 1167197 and is run …