2008 Autosport International Trade/Press Days Photos ©Tog, Kirstie Click on the thumbnails for a larger view, click on your Browser's Back button to return. As you walk into Hall 6 you are greeted by a display from Eurodragster.com News sponsor Lucas Oil Products which includes Paul Knight's Championship-winning Super Comp Firebird... ...and The Mob Fuel Altered. Eurodragster.com Home and News sponsor VP Racing Fuels are again in attendance with a colourful display.... ...Steve Wood of Motorshack showed us this new oil and other liquid absorbent, named Isol8, which is made of natural fibre and does a great clean-up job. Our environmentally-constrained friends in Scandinavia might like to check this stuff out. More in our report. The latest Showtime Fuel FC was on display next to a food court... ...which was a perfect place for it to attract attention. Your reporter thinks that Anders 'Charley' Karling's new Supertwin is the best-looking drag bike ever built, full stop... ...Charley had the chance to talk to this visitor in his own language. The Panther Racing UK Super Gasser in the pits, wearing Santa Pod Raceway decals for its appearances in the Live Action Arena. Andy Frost's Street Eliminator Vauxhall had the honour of pulling the first burnout in the live show. Eurodragster.com Home and News sponsor Andy Robinson's Studebaker Pro Mod is in base carbon fibre as the new body only recently arrived. The drag racing live show was opened by Joe Kellett and Matthew Seamarks' Junior Dragsters. Tom and Luke had a bit of a race against time to fit a new starter motor to Andy Robinson's Pro Mod before the first show on Thursday. Each motorsport discipline taking part in the show had its own pit area. Matthew Seamarks strapped in and ready to open the show. Joe Kellett ready to play his part. Matthew Seamarks gave it some serious welly in what must have seemed a very small arena at the rate he was moving. Andy Frost opened the Smokers Meet on Thursday... ...barely had Frosty's smoke cleared when Conrad Stanley came rolling out of the fog... ...then all we could see of Andy Robinson was a ghostly Pro Mod making its way through Conrad's smoke. But you'd better believe we could hear it. On to Friday, and Tim Anderson of Racepak and Todd Ryden of MSD are both visiting from the USA. Both companies are looking to get more involved in Europe. Jim Usher explained Fuel Altered to a couple of visitors. John Verburg and Oscar Romano of Ferrea Racing Components who have a large share of the valve market. Ian Arnold of Arrow Precision is the latest sponsor of the Showtime Fuel FC team. œrlikon Balzers' stand included this picture of Showtime and the company have renewed their sponsorship. Conrad Stanley, Trevor Graves and the Panther Racing UK team pushing down to the Arena entrance for their second performance today. Andy Robinson and his team entered from the other end of the Arena. Your reporter thought he'd overdone the heart medication when he saw Santa Pod Raceway's Top Fuel Dragster flown from the ceiling. A jobsworth threw your reporter out of his trackside position at the Live Action Arena on Friday despite having been stood in the same place on Thursday. Moving to a public area your reporter rediscovered the perils of indoor arena photography. Perfect lighting whilst Andy Frost lined up... ...then the lights were turned down just as Frosty's tyres started to boil. Conrad Stanley came from the other end of the Arena and from this angle looked like a Rocket car with the smoke behind the Firebird. Andy Robinson's crew told him that this was his best indoor burnout so far. Jerry Clayton asked us to post what he said was a rare shot of the driver working on the Studebaker's engine. "And I know what I'm doing, too!" riposted Andy Robinson. Eurodragster.com Home and News sponsor Sunoco Race Fuels have a classic rotating sign on their stand. Return to Event Index