The Excitement Nationals 2004 - Shakespeare County Raceway April 10th - 12th

Words By Chris Dossett, pictures by the crew

Got to the track. It was raining. Had coffee and tried to warm up. Still raining. Put up the frame for the awning. Still raining. Watched some DVDs. Still raining. Decided to pack up. Found we hadn't used anything. Still raining. Went home.

However, as it turned out there wasn't a lot to write about. You will remember, if you read the race report from the last meeting, that the car was ready to roll. And roll it finally did on Sunday afternoon, all the way to the pairing lanes where a problem was found with the lever for the second fuel pump. An attempt to rectify the problem on the spot proved fruitless and alas the team had to return to the trailer without running.

That was it for Sunday.

And that about sums it up for what turned out to be a very disappointing weekend as far as racing goes. On reflection the title of 'Excitement Nationals' couldn't have been more misleading! The weather however is one of the few things that we cannot do anything about and to lose so much of a meeting to the rain is actually quite rare. Despite what you might think about British Bank Holiday weather! On the bright side this is the shortest race report I have ever written so you have been spared the usual inane ramblings that you have come to enjoy/expect/dislike/dread on these pages.

In a moment of absent-mindedness I had left my camera in the trailer overnight on Saturday. (Well how was I to know that the baby would choose that night to emerge!). And when I collected it on Monday afternoon I discovered that someone (probably Lee) had decided that a race report of a rained out meeting with no photos would be unbearable. So here are some of the best of the pictures that I found. Please don't write and complain, these really are the best ones!

The Showtime Racing brains. Bob Jarrett at the back, Bill Sherratt in front of him. Nigel Payne to the right. They are not bored. They are thinking really hard! (Oh alright they're bored). (I'll show you how the flash works at the next meeting Lee!)	The Showtime Racing tractor unit Leyland Daf 95 series. It's blue.
The Showtime Racing generator It's next to the trailer. Er...the things coming out of it are cables....are you still reading this?	A Showtime Racing top end bloke Bunch is reading a very interesting article on airbags for motorcycles...

Showtime Racing are next in action at the second round of the Nitro Funny Car Championship at Santa Pod Raceway's Main Event on the weekend of May 28th - 31st. See you there!

You can see more reports and photos from this meeting on Eurodragster.com, Dragsterworld, Togs Drag Racing Page,  Sharkmans Top End Tales, Feel The Noise and Bad Boys Imagin. They're all great, check 'em out!