Junior Drag Racers to be honoured again at British Drag Racing Hall of Fame Gala 2016

The British Drag Racing Hall of Fame is delighted to announce that Junior Drag Racers will again be honoured when the Gala Awards Dinner takes place on Saturday 19th November at the Sheraton Skyline Hotel, Heathrow Airport.

The Hall of Fame Gala is the most prestigious night of the year for Britain’s drag racing community. Last year, for the first time, the top three Junior Dragster and Junior Drag Bike finishers in the UK National Championship were invited, with their parents, to attend the occasion for their accomplishments to be recognised before the gathering of distinguished guests from Europe and America. 2016’s young drivers and bikers will share the evening with the new Hall of Fame inductees along with leading figures from the States such as Don Schumacher and Paula Murphy, who brought the first American Funny Cars to Santa Pod in 1973, and the founding president of the FIA Drag Racing Commission, Carl Olson.

BDRHoF chairman Stu Bradbury commented, “While the Hall of Fame’s prime purpose is to recognise drag racing achievements of the past, we’re particularly pleased to welcome and celebrate the rising new generation of racers too, and we salute the sponsors whose generosity and foresight have allowed us to create this opportunity. It’s a wonderful thought that some of today’s young achievers might one day, perhaps, return to the Gala stage for induction into the Hall of Fame in their own right.”

Paige Wheeler and Billy Everitt, runner up and third place in Lucas Oil Junior Dragster UK Championship
Once again, the Junior tables at the Gala will be sponsored by Atlantic Fluid Tech Ltd. the Santa Pod Racers’ Club, US Automotive and Lucas Oil, and the young racers can expect to take home some valuable mementoes of the occasion. The Hall of Fame is grateful to Lizz McCarthy and Wayne Jackson for their help with arrangements.