If you want to see the world’s fastest shed, a motorbike with one wheel and some other weird machinery, head to Pendine this weekend. It’s once again the venue for a speed weekend with a difference as some slightly eccentric individuals pitch their talents against one another on the sands which have been used to set land speed records for decades. … [Read more...]
Pendine speed bid in April
Land speed racer and record-setting motorcycle rider Zef Eisenberg and his MADMAX Race Team have got a new car speed target in their sights. On the weekend of 6-7 April 2019, Zef will aim to become the first person to achieve a British land speed record on bike and car within a year. The goal is to hit 200mph and beyond on sand in a crazy 1200hp specially-built road legal Porsche 911 Turbo … [Read more...]
Newslines 21 September
Straightliners European and World sand / land speed event in South Wales will see many unique classic and some of the most powerful street legal motorbikes in the UK in action this weekend. Also Zef Eisenberg, Ultra speed rider and founder of sports nutrition brand Maximuscle will be aiming to beat his world sand record of 201.5mph achieved in May on his 350hp supercharged MADMAX motorbike … [Read more...]
Autograss Championships promise dramatic conclusion
There is all to race for at the Red Roses National Autograss Championships 2018 at the Castle Lloyd raceway as the drivers gear up for the biggest events of the 2018 autograss race season from next weekend. The 2018 PRG Trailers Sponsored Men’s National Autograss championship and the Ladies & Juniors National Autograss Championship promise a day of action and drama. An expected 400 cars … [Read more...]
200mph attempt at Pendine Straightliners weekend
The very high speed Straightliners event returns to Pendine this weekend. The most powerful street legal motorbikes will attempt to break the 200mph barrier on the sand which sustained world land speed record attempts over 80 years ago. At this weekend's event participants and spectators will see a range of motorbikes, karts, three wheelers and maybe even a shed in action. All … [Read more...]
Straightliners aiming for Pendine this month
Straightliners annual UK, European and World land speed event will take place at Pendine in mid-May. Straightliners Pendine event is the European version of the iconic Bonneville Salt Flats in the USA speed record meeting but without the very high cost of getting there for Europeans. At this event on 13 & 14 May, participants and spectators will see some of the unusual custom built … [Read more...]
Records fall at Welsh sand speed event
Many new British records were set during the Straightliners event at Pendine last weekend. It was the first time that the Bonneville vehicle classification system was used on sand in the UK and many records were established. Despite the unpredictable weather of the first day over 40 riders from as far a field as France turned up for action. The range of vehicles stretch from the most up to … [Read more...]
Wales to host Straightliners speed attempts
Straightliners will host its May speed event in 2016 but this year it will stretch to a week with two days in South Wales. There will be speed events at Elvington, North Yorkshire and Pendine. At these events participants and spectators will see some of the most powerful motorbikes and cars in the UK in action. They may even be some weird and wonderful four wheel vehicles including … [Read more...]
British Autograss Championship returns to Pendine
This weekend will see high-octane autograss racing return to Castle Lloyd farm Pendine with the South Wales Autograss League hosting the opening round of the 2016 British Autograss Series. If last year’s BAS meetings are anything to judge, the Carmarthenshire track could see up to and over 400 cars racing on one of the longest autograss tracks in the UK, and with ladies also racing as well as … [Read more...]