Performance, Tuning & Modified Show Report

The PTM Show 2009 has been and gone. The the report below and view more photos on the 2009 Gallery page.

The Performance, Tuning and Modified Show took place on the 10th May 2009, and what a gloriously sunny day of big BHP it was. With 6 modified-car race classes and the RWYB competition track, the event attracted some of Europe's fastest cars, including the fastest front wheel drive cars in Europe, the fastest road-legal car in Europe, the fastest Japanese cars in Europe and the fastest rotary engined cars in Europe.

In the Run What Ya Brung competition, which ran over two days, the following cars came out victorious after a hard-fought battle on a hot and sticky dragstrip:

Class A – FWD Guus Vander Meij Honda Civic 12.4364 @ 113.28 mph

Class B – RWD Jeff Thurston Ford Mustang 10.5987@ 133.24 mph

Class C – 4WD Vinesh Solanki Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2 11.9339 @ 114.62

Class D – Non Road Legal Robin Orthodoxou Methanol Altered Dragster 7.5241 @ 176.42 mph

The Show & Go competition was also open to the public, allowing anyone taking part in the Run What Ya Brung the chance to also score points for the appearance of their car. Once each car had taken a turn on the track, they headed to the show paddock for judging. The following cars topped the tables, with a very close top-3:

1st Place: Mark Lillyman Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 Show: 165 Go: 128

2nd Place Stewart Cheesman TVR Griffith Show: 160 Go: 128

3rd Place Keith Cheetham Nissan Skyline R34 Show: 150 Go: 132

The full points table is on the Show & Go page.

From the hordes of excellent race vehicles present in the invited race classes, the following drivers took the honors:

HKS FWD Winner: Neil Knight, Honda Civic Runner Up: Douggie Gemmel, Honda Civic

HKS STREET Winner: Johnny McKeon, Nissan Skyline GTR Runner Up: Gareth Owens, Nissan Skyline GTR

HKS FAC MOD Winner: Mark Moseley, Nissan Skyline GTR (uncontested)

HKS PRO Winner: Leon Green, Toyota Supra (uncontested)

Euro Sports Compact Winner: Andy Waite, Mk1 VW Golf Runner Up: James Hodson, Mk2 VW Golf

King Of Europe Winner: Andy Frost, Vauxhall Victor Runner Up: Jon Webster, MG

For a full race report, check out Eurodragster's excellent coverage here: www.eurodragster.com/santapod/live/2009ptmshow/

Away from the dragstrip, the drift track was kept smokin' with endless lateral g-force, and in the afternoon, the handling track had an entertaining mix of contenders handbreak-turning their way to a very close-fought competition. Philip Bowles took the trophy at 4pm with an amazing time of just 22.35s. The full table is on the Handling page.

Thanks to everyone who came along to the PTM Show, we hope you had a great day in the sun at the Pod. See you back at the track soon!

View more photos on the 2009 Gallery page.

The next round of the HKS Drag Series is at the JapShow www.JapShow.com.
The next round of the Europ Sports Compact Series if at USC www.UltimateStreetCar.co.uk.

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