It’s been a while since we’ve exclusively attended a car show where our sole purpose is to setup our trade stand and talk to as many of you guys as possible. So when the opportunity came up to display at Santa Pod Raceway for the game changing DMAXX250 Cars + Kebabs event, it was something that we had to get onboard with.
With our showroom boxed up, we loaded it into our lorry along with our new Civic FL5 and Tsuki, our K22 turbocharged Honda NSX and headed to the Northamptonshire drag circuit late on Monday evening.
An early start saw us get the stand setup and put into position ready for a very busy day ahead. We had a variety of products on display from the likes of WedsSport, Yellow Speed Racing, Wiseco, Competition Clutch, Pagid Racing, OMP and many, many more.
Our cars were also drawing in the crowds too. It just so happened that where we’d parked Tsuki, next to the Petrolheadonism stand, there was also another NA1 NSX lining up next to ours. It was pretty incredible to see the differences with them parked side by side. We were big fans of the BBS LM’s that this one sat on too!
Alongside our cars and product displays we were also giving out some free Coilovers.co.uk air fresheners and flyers with an exclusive show discount code on too (the code is still live until midnight tonight by the way!)
Of course, we couldn’t travel all the way to Santa Pod Raceway and not have a go at any drag racing. Unfortunately, Tsuki wasn’t ready to post any 1/4 times due to some technical issues but Tegiwa director and resident racing driver, Luke Sedzikowski, stepped up to the pass in his Porsche Taycan Turbo S. The electric powered Porsche was obviously greeted to a round of boo’s at it lined up, encouraged by none other than Jamie from Officially Gassed. That didn’t deter look decimating his opponents though. With 4 passes driven throughout the day and a best time of 10.6 seconds, Luke was buzzing that he’d got himself a 10 second car!
Around the show it was clear before we arrived that there wasn’t going to be a shortage of supercars.
However, it was mega to pick out an abundance of performance Japanese metal including some very spicy Honda’s dotted around too. After all, DMO does love a bit of VTEC!
It was also great to meet new faces in the industry too like the chaps from Auto ID as well as catching up with old friends like Phil from Milltek Sport and James from Liberty Walk.
We thought that the show was a real game changer in terms of a shift in car culture here in the UK. With the feeling that many shows seem to have become a bit stale over time. We really enjoyed the variety of cars that were on display, and there was always something different going on. At one point we were watching the likes of DMO, Yiannimize and Digga D dropping the tunes on stage, whilst a jet car was ripping up the drag strip behind us, all whilst the echo’s of V12’s were giving it big licks during rev off!
Check out our highlights video from the day below on our YouTube channel that really encapsulates the atmosphere. Big shout out to Spencer, our videographer, for smashing it out the park on these videos as always.
A big thanks has to go out to the DMAXX250 team for putting on an incredible show and kindly inviting us to display. It’s always great to chat to you guys and learning about your projects and builds, which we’re always incredibly humbled by.
After attending this show, we’re now super excited for our very own Cars & Coffee as we takeover the Seighford Airfield on 2nd July. Don’t forget you can grab a ticket for that on our website, and if you pre-order, you’ll be in with a chance of winning an OMP Steering wheel!
You can check out our full selection of images on our Flickr page or by clicking on the gallery below.
Finally, you will have no doubt seen our unfortunate disaster that happened on the M1 on our journey home across social media. Luckily, our team are all safe and the cars will be live to see another day, even if they are a bit smokey! Thanks to everybody that sent us a messaged or got in contact with us, we really appreciate it.
We’ll see you guys at the start of next month as we head to Brands Hatch for the next two rounds of the Time Attack Championship and Drift Pro. See you there!
