Ultimate Street Car 2014
Ultimate Street Car 2014
ULTIMATE STREET CAR - Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd August 2014
USC at Santa Pod Raceway is the Largest, Loudest, Hottest and Fastest, modified car festival in Europe featuring Run What Ya Brung public track time, Drag Racing, Music, Club Camping, Traders, Show & Shine, Drifting, Stunts Displays, Jet Car and much more, it's the UK's most extreme Car Show. Gates open Friday 9am.
WHAT'S ON AT USC IN 2014!
RUN WHAT YA BRUNG
Get your car on the most famous quarter mile in Europe and race your mates! Prizes for fastest in class. £20 for four runs on the track, with full performance print-out. Track open all three days. Don't forget your driving licence if you want to join in!
View the RWYB page for full details and classes.
New for 2014 - The Team Mile: A RWYB competition where we’re looking for the 4 quickest racers who combined, form the quickest team at USC.
There’s £200 up for grabs for the team that submits the lowest total ET (elapsed time) of 4 runs from 4 different cars over the weekend. Detials on the RWYB page.
MUSIC
USC hosts three music zones with top-name DJs, bands, amazing light shows, hot dancers and awesome tunes, so bring your mates, get a three-day ticket and have a party!
The first acts to be confirmed for USC 2014 are MTV Club Night in the Dance Tent on Friday featuring Shy FX, MC Stamina, R3WIRE & Varski, with Cruise Control and The Boxettes on the stage. On Saturday it's artists from So Solid Crew on the stage and Bass Box in Fuelers Bar featuring Richie Don.
Further details on the Music page.
RACE WARS TRACK ACTION
FWD Drag Series sponsored by Competition Clutch: A championship for all front wheel drive cars including European and Japanese with the top cars running 8 and 9 second quarters.
Full details and competitors at http://www.fwddragseries.co.uk.
Jap Drag Series: Championship drag racing from Europe's fastest Japanese cars. Witness 8 second cars battling it out in heads up races.
Full details and competitors at http://www.japdragseries.co.uk.
AUTOGLYM SHOW & SHINE - Sunday
The USC Show & Shine features the best show cars in the business. But there's room for you too! Anyone with a great car can enter, just turn up on the day.
Prizes from Autoglym and trophies for best in class plus NEW FOR 2014 - £1000 prize money for Best in Show. More info on Show & Shine page.
SHOW PADDOCK - Saturday
No prizes, no judging, just somewhere cool to park your car if you want it to be seen on Saturday. If your show car is buried deep in the jungle of the campsite, then head on round on Saturday morning, and park up on some tarmac where your car can be seen. Please park back in your camp area overnight.
DRIFT RIDES
Some of the country's top drifters will be giving people the opportunity to experience the sideways driving, tyre smoking art of drifting with passenger Drift Rides available.
If you are interested in trying drifting for yourself then Santa Pod holds regular Drift What Ya Brung days, full details are at http://www.DWYB.co.uk.
HANDLING TRACK
If you've got a car that goes around corners like a go-kart, then why not have a crack at the handling circuit? It's FREE to enter and just for fun, but it's yet another way you can play with your car at USC, and you don't need mega-power to have fun. In fact, the top cars on the handling curcuit are nearly always the little 'uns.
SHOW & GO
If your car looks great and has some serious power then Show & Go is the competition for you. Points are scored both on the track and in the show paddock. Full details on the Show & Go page.
CLUB DISPLAYS & CAMPING
If you have 10 or more cars coming then you can book a club camping pitch. Further details and booking form on the Car Clubs Page, the first clubs to book get pitch priority.
BURN OUT CONTEST
Torture your tyres for the crowd’s amusement in the gladiatorial-style burnout contest. More info on the Burn Out page.
FLAME OUT CONTEST
Saturday night at USC is "flame night" as the biggest flaming exhausts in Europe compete to amaze and amuse the crowd with an awesome fire show! More info on the Flame Out page.
MISS & MR USC COMPETITION
The annual Mr & Miss USC competition has created heroes and careers … and as ever, YOU can be part of the legend! If you want the chance to WIN £200 CASH, and if you want to be in all the magazines, this is the time and the place.
All it takes is a lot of guts and huge sense of fun. You don’t have to have the model physique or the face of an angel… but it can of course help. We’ll be testing competitors skills with a series of mini games but it's the audience who have the final say, and winning them over is the ultimate aim.
Open to competitors over 18 years old, and may not be suitable for young spectators.
JET FUNNY CAR
The 270mph Fireforce Jet Car driven by Martin Hill will be taking to the track to blow you away!
JET PEUGEOT
For the first time at USC, Herve Franquin's Peugeot 205 Jet Car from France will be lighting up the Live Action Arena.
MONSTER TRUCK
The monster truck Swamp Thing will be bringing car crushing carnage to USC for your entertainment.
STUNT RIDER
Motorcycle stunt rider Lee Bowers will be showing off his jaw-dropping motorbike stunt skills.
FUNFAIR
All the fun of the fair with arcades, dodgems and all manner of wild rides to make you feel ill, spin, twist, flip and thrill you.
STUNT DISPLAYS
Multiple world record breaking stunt driver Terry Grant will be back at USC, performing precision stunts in his ever growing collection of cars.
SOUND OFF COMPETITION
EMMA-UK, The UK's No1 car audio competition comes to USC.
We have all aspects of car audio covered, with some of the loudest and best sounding cars the UK has to offer. With a range of classes to suit all, from beginner to expert.
MOBILE DYNO
The Rapid GB Dyno will be at USC.
Allowing anyone to get a full power and torque readout and some tuning advice from the experts using some of the latest and most accurate mobile dyno kit available.
TRADE VILLAGE
There will be a huge variety of traders selling everything from car parts to clothing.
CARS FOR SALE PADDOCK
If you've got a car you want to sell, park it up in the Cars For Sale Paddock, stick your phone number on the dashboard, and wait for the calls to come flooding in. And the best bit? It's FREE for both buyers and sellers!
Pole Dance Shows
Take one pole, one music track and one hot girl, and what have you got? A pole-dance show! Free entry, simply pull up a beer and enjoy.
Strictly OVER-18s ONLY
Lapdance Club
If you like the pole dancing, then you’ll love the lapdance club. Book yourself a private dance and sit on your hands, these girls are HOT!
Strictly OVER-18s ONLY
RADIO CONTROLLED CARS
A variety of 1/10th scale electric radio controlled cars including drift cars will be racing on a special track where the public will be able to test their skills along with the experts.
FOOD & DRINK
Caterers and bars will be open around site all weekend with food to suit all tastes.
USC PHONE APPS
If you've got a smart phone then there are two apps available to use at USC. The Santa Pod app is free and has information on all Santa Pod events including the USC timetable. 1320GO is a paid app that shows all the track timing data live. Full details on the USC Phone App page.
NITRO FM - 96.2
Nitro FM will be broadcasting the track commentary during the day, and some banging beats by night. Nitro FM is also a great source of prize give-aways and a chance to get your messages read out on air. Have your say: Text “POD” plus your message to 88222 when you're at the track.
NB: This is not a premium service so should be included in your free services if you have them. Otherwise, all messages will be charged at your standard network SMS rate.
SANTA POD RACEWAY
USC is held at Santa Pod Raceway, the UK's premier Drag Strip in the middle of England on the border of Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire.
For full venue details please visit http://www.santapod.com.
POLICE PRESENCE
Please be aware that on the routes leading to Santa Pod Raceway, local Police will be carrying out Speed Enforcement Operations during the event and they will also be targeting other traffic offences in relation to Seat Belts, use of Mobile Phones and Illegal Number Plates etc.
So who wants to go to this and see what USC has to offer.
Ticket Prices for the weekend £66.00
Interested:
Paid:
i'd rather not tbh