Hednesford banger racing pic, 1973.

[danthecapriman]

A bit closer to the threads op.

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HHOE03Am2Bw

 

Ipswich 1985, check out the pace car at the start.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pJqN6FzMP3o

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=by_c4jCJmC0

 

Arlington, mid 70's. Bangers and stock cars. Some interesting cars on this one.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tVjfrPV5R6g

What's the blue car at about 0:11?

[Junkman]

A Humber.

[Junkman]

[Junkman]

Parential guidance advised for SVM members.

 

[AnthonyG]

The old ones seem to involve more actual racing and less driving into each other, or maybe that reflects the fact they were filmed by ITV and not Gaz with his camcorder.

 

Far madder than old banger racing is 'production car racing' where, it seems, anybody could have a go in the car they drove to the track.

 

This one from 1975 includes a Mustang convertible being buzzed by angry Minis, the Mustang driver doesn't have a helmet or even a seatbelt on! A weird mixture of nutters and professionals, someone in a brand new RS2000 and Martin Brundle's dad in a Celica which executes an epic spin.

[quicksilver]

^ That's just brilliant. What a bizarre selection of cars, no cages and no helmets    That massive Chevy didn't last long and I love how they just left it there blocking most of the track for the rest of the race. Health & Safety? Never heard of it...

[Justin Case]

Oh to have been around in South Carolina in1957

 

 

*Of course they weren't bangers then

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

from what I can gather now days there more interested in just ramming each other than actually racing.

[Junkman]

Stockcar racing in Europe follows a certain scheme. A typical race day comprises the following.

 

- There are the heats. The first x number of participants of a heat make it to the final. Say the first eight.

- Let's say there are three heats, the first eight from each go through to the final, which makes it 24 cars in the final at this time.

- There is a "consolation" race, where all participants that haven't made it into the final yet can participate. Let's say the first six make it into the final, if the track limit is 30 cars.

 

Each track has its own maximum number of cars, hence these figures can vary from track to track.

 

- Then there is the final, and the winner of the final is the winner of the event.

- Then comes an all-comers, aka helter skelter, aka 'Grand National' (in BriSCA F1). This is open for all participants who still can/want to race. In banger racing, this is the destruction derby.

 

 

In the olden days, banger racing was kind of a nudge-and-spin formula, culminating in the DD if you wanted to totally destroy your car, because it wouldn't have been good enough to sustain another full meeting anyway.

This has changed. Nowadays you have two groups of participants. One group wants to battle it out like in the good old days and just win the race. They are called the 'Rodders'. The other group is in it from the onset just to create as much havoc as they can, they aren't interested in winning anything. This latter group also tries to create the most spectacular wreckage possible and they usually use 'rated' material for doing so. Many of them have 'S!' painted on the back of their cars, so Rodders can decide whether they want to just pass them, or shove them up the wall. I can explain what this 'S!' comes from if you want to.

[chaseracer]

I can explain what this 'S!' comes from if you want to.

 

OK - I'm intrigued...

[Junkman]

That's what I was afraid of. Why does a lazybones like I am have to type that much?

 

The 'S!' originates with German student fraternities. A fraternity with this symbol after its name is "schlagend", which means they indulge in fencing.

You challenge a member of an 'S!' fraternity and he is likely to ask you for a fencing duel, which can be quite violent (Note: the members of 'S!' fraternities in the medical field can't properly fence, guess how I know...). In banger racing, you get someone with the 'S!' on the back of his car against you, and he will do anything he can to annihilate you.

And actually expects you to pay him back with interest. I.e., he expects you to engage into a duel with him.

 

Please note that in banger racing, this only applies to on track activities. Off the track the usual comraderie prevails.

[Junkman]

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[fotorabia]

i like the pretty colors...

 

 

 

 

[Junkman]

Some of them are true works of art.

 

 

 

 

[danthecapriman]

Love the Iron Maiden artwork on that bonnet!

[Junkman]

I think his sister made it.

[oldcars]

Love the green granada? with the tyres dressed 

[Junkman]

Yeah, and an impeccable green Ghia seat.

Some of those guys take great pride in their cars.

[tooSavvy]

What are the BritishRail sleeper bolts - sticking out several bonnets?

 

TS

[D Spares & Tyres]

We used to call them daggy bars. Not sure why. Big clamp that hold the bonnet on.

[MrDuke]

Perhaps they look a bit like dags? [/pikeystereotypejoke]

[D Spares & Tyres]

Never heard them called that. Always thought dags were the crusty bits of shit on a sheeps arse

[Junkman]

I have heard them being called daggy bars, but their real name is shuttering bolts.

They are normally used in construction work.

 

[D Spares & Tyres]

Thats the ones!

 

We also used to use acroprops and scaffolding to make the A-frame roll cage behind the seat. Thats about all I know about building

[Junkman]

[Junkman]

[sierraman]

They are the repair plates to rectify wall tie failure

[Junkman]

They are predominantly used in making casings for casting concrete.

[sloth]

 

this is now being restored after it was raced.

[HMC]

^ Picturing that xk when restored on one of those glossy classic car mag adverts.......  ' competition history'  if only they knew it wasnt le mans