2016 Event Report

Thunder Road 2016 took place on Saturday 6th August at Kendrew Barracks in Rutland. Drivers and Supporters enjoying some great summer sunshine and the usual VXR hospitality.  Some serious competition took place too on the former main runway.

Fastest on the day was MyM8V8 with a speed of 177.59 MPH in his Vauxhall Monarao CV8. However it was extremely close with pah250 snapping at his heels with a speed of 177.42, just 0.17MPH adrift.

Class D also produced a very close fight with  ringram scoring 171.91 MPH just 1.05 MPH over mikeyb1987. Both best scores on their 3rd runs of the day.

Simon VXR went over 11 MPH quicker than the rest of Class C in his Vauxhall Vectra VXR.
 

arc16v and Elliott Howard were the head and shoulders of Class B. Both nearly 10 MPH clear of the rest of the class. The former taking the Class win by 3.56 MPH.

Class A had just two entries with Buxton just having the legs on DV1989.