Racing them

During the life of the horizontally opposed flat four, we went to "BUG Jam 2000" (BUG Jam 1999 sounding like a sci fi series, and Bug Jam 2001-so yesterday).
Held at Santa Pod international Drag circuit in the UK.
We rolled south out of Leeds joining other bugs on the M1, before queuing for hours in the country lanes.
A night spent in the tent no more than 3 feet from our neighbours and ten feet from a mobile DJ passed all too slowly but in the morning we were good to go!
Exactly like car heaven I didn't know what to see first which was how I came not to sign up for the drag racing. You had to be 14 years and have long sleeves, and sign a waiver for the usual death problem. The long sleeves is a British Motor sport archaic rule, ok to be smashed to pieces, but lets not get those arms cut!
The cars and vans lined up in matched pairs (there were professional VW racing beetles in attendance) and ran the quater of a mile in around 25 secs! I know 3 or 4 is the norm for the tv dragsters but this is the real world!
The racing beetles went about 12 secs, they ran a few Golf Gti's all modern and quick with their skirts, big exhausts, and baseball cap wearing slackers, best did around 18!
I believe their are street racing clubs for VW`s in California, here in Toronto we are plagued with illegal street racing and they haven't even the decency to drive cool cars .
So todays message, if there is one is, if you are going to do something dangerous, stupid or both do it in style. The world will forgive you, and if not, hey you still look cool......