Editor background: ROBIN JACKSON
First drag racing encounter: early 1960s,
back-page feature in a children’s comic (wish I had kept
it).
First drag racing regret: missing the 1964
International Drag Festival when it brought top NHRA stars to Chelveston,
near Wellingborough. I’d planned to bicycle over but, come the morning,
just couldn’t be bothered.
First drag race attended: Easter 1967,
Santa Pod.
First US drag race: 1974 NHRA
Supernationals/World Finals, Ontario Motor Speedway, California; plus
Irwindale (old) and Fremont – all long gone.
Throughout 1980s: photographed and reported on NHRA racing for various UK
publications, stretching from Autosport to Penthouse
(!).
2005-2009: operated
Blueprints For Travel Ltd., developing and managing drag racing tours for
Trailfinders and Grandstand Motor Sports.
2007-present: appointed press
officer, MSA British Drag Racing Championship.