Recent Team News:

06/05/2008: Work Commitments & Website Updates

Due to work commitments for this coming month, both Les and I will struggle to have time to provide any significant updates to the website.

However, this does mean that in June we are likely to be doing a lot. Please stay tuned for any new items of interest.

Kind regards, Scott

29/04/2008: Old Scans of Photos Taken Long Ago

We found these old photo's recently and thought we would put a few up here for you all to enjoy looking at. Some of them were from very old bikes of mine. Enjoy!

29/04/2008: Mr Stedman in NASTy Mugs

Mr Stedman kindly sent me a picture of himself and his bike Taz for inclusion in the NASTy Mugs section of the site, and one I thought I would attach to here to show you a nice side-on of Taz.

28/04/2008: My Friend Chelsea Came Visiting

Hi folks, I just wanted to say hi to a friend of mine Chelsea that came visiting recently. I thought it would be nice for her to see herself on a website somewhere.

I hope you have a good time at school. Don't worry, it's only a few months to go before the Summer Holidays. :)

22/04/2008: Storm Gig Dates

08-May-2008     Norwich Brickmakers
10-May-2008     Gorleston Lord Nelson
20-June-2008    Norwich Edward VII
21-June-2008    Gorleston King William IV
25-July-2008    Lowestoft Triangle
26-July-2008    Coltishall Railway Tavern
09-August-2008   Gorleston Lore Nelson
30-August-2008   Gorleston King William IV
24-October-2008  Lowestoft Triangle
08-November-2008 Gorleston King William IV
15-November-2008 Norwich Brickmakers
06-December-2008 Gorleston Lord Nelson
19-December-2008 Gorleston King William IV
27-December-2008 Oulton Lady of the Lake


For Bookings contact:
07939 313250 or 07526 493494

22/04/2008: NAST Bikes and The Sunday Club

Some nice pictures of some of the other NAST members bikes, as well as the new Sunday Club Logo attached to my bike. Click on the title of this news piece to see the pictures, or have a look in the gallery.

08/04/2008: Kirsty from our Recent Photo Shoot

We met Kirsty at the recent Photoshoot. She is just starting out on her modelling career, and has offered to do some promo work for us. We would like to wish her all the best with her career, and we look forward to doing some work with her this season.

If you click on this link to the full news article, you will even see a photo of Kirsty

01/04/2008: Event Notes Up - Easter Thunderball 2008

We have put up some notes about the Easter Thunderball which I was working at recently. The event was fun, albeit not that productive on the racing side due to the surprise weather. However, you can find these notes about the Easter Thunderball 2008 here on the Events page.

01/04/2008: A Polaris Update

Spec has built the expansion chambers which are the biggest ones he has ever constructed to date. However, now that we have them fitted so many other things can happen, i.e. seat rails, and where we are going to put things like the raditaor, fuel tank, fuel pump, etc.

Sadly there are no photographs as we have a new camera, and I haven't figured out how to use it properly yet.

This was just a brief update to let you all know, and that there may be more news with some photo's in the coming weeks/months.

01/04/2008: Email we received regarding the Cooper Jap V Twin Race Car

Now how is this for a bit of news. We posted that article a while ago regarding a Cooper Jap V Twin Race Car - Wow!!!!!, and just recently we received an email out of the blue from James Good.

Quote - James Good:
I happened to come across your website and saw some pictures of a Cooper V Twin you pictured and commented upon. Its owned now by a David Fyfe in Scotland but was my father's (David) Hill climb Championship winning car of 1961. Just out of interest, where did you see it?

I just thought I would post that here and say thanks to James for having contacted us. It is a lovely little car, and well worth the time we spent corresponding. Thank you also for that little piece of history, and I hope she is an championship winning car for her new owner.

01/04/2008: New Team Sponsor

The team has a wonderful new sponsor that has joined our proud collection of sponsors. SKILLNET has joined us recently, and more details regarding them can be found on either our Sponsors page including their contact details.

07/03/2008: NASTy Mug's

Well, here is a new piece of news for you all. We have decided to do a little secton on the SuperTwin's as we felt that whilst we talk about many people fairly regularly, it is not that easy for people that do not know the people of whom we speak to associate the names with faces at the track.

So we decided we would put together a small section about NAST, and more importantly all the Members that comprise the National Association of SuperTwins. This way, hopefully, people will be able to know who we are talking about, and perhaps even approach any of us if they would like to talk all things drag bike racing.

Just a Note for SuperTwin's Members: If you do not like the photo we have here for you, please feel free to send us another photo you would prefer to have us use instead. Also, if you are missing from the list and would like to be added, please also inform us so we can correct the oversight!

26/02/2008: Photo's from the Tail-End of Last Year

Just some photo's from the tail-end of the 2007 season. I thought some of you might enjoy looking at these. Just click on the title to this news article to see them.

05/02/2008: New to 2008 season

We have bought a camcorder, made for filming extreme sports, so the plan is to take lots of footage from the front of my gas bike, the side, the back etc. and put it all on my web site. We might even put a few on U-tube, then you can all see what I see.

05/02/2008: Causing a STORM

A great Yarmouth based band, now making it on the Norwich scene. I have seen this band at least half a dozen times and they are brilliant, they do covers, all the ones we know and love and boy do Storm get the place rocking. If you get the chance to see them it's well worth it, and so that you can recognise them here are a few photos.

05/02/2008: 2008 Calendar's All Gone Gnome

Well the little Gnomes and Pixies came in tanks and helicopter gun-ships, and raided the Gnome wearhouse where we had kept all the 2008 Calendars. Fortunately for us, we had all sold out so the only thing they managed to escape with was the card-board boxes, and perhaps a pair of my old smelly socks (you know what Gnomes are like).

Next year will be a special 5th Anniversary Calendar, so I would have to say now book early to avoid disappointment, as they went like a flash this year, rather like our bikes! hehe

05/02/2008: Mik's Caravan

Mik at Stiks, one of our many calendar sponsors, and a damn fine tattoo artist, has kindly donated to our team a nice little caravan for this season. As you may remember our caravan fell in half on the way home from the National Finals!! Thank you very much Mik

22/01/2008: Calling ALL Super Twins NAST Members!

Hi all! Well this is a new one that you probably weren't expecting! I'm wanting a picture of each of you. I am planning to put together a page or two about Super Twins and it's members, and I thought it would be nice to have a photo of each of you on the page, so if people are interested in talking Super Twins and see us at a track, they may just recognize someone.

If I don't already have a photo of you, please can you email one to me at the usual email address, so we can get this little project of mine up and running. If you don't have my email address, just use the Contact Page, and we will get back to you, at which time you will then have it.

18/12/2007: Santa Pod Racers Club Perpetual Awards for the 2007 season

Once again the Santa Pod Racers Club Perpetual Awards are with us, this time for the 2007 season. We have been nominated as one of the six Best Looking Bike's, with a nice shot of Tilly 3 in full Streamliner!

It is a vote based system to show support for bikes, and we would obviously be happy if anyone would like to vote for us. However, if you choose to vote for us, please only vote once. It's rather smart anyway, as it will only allow one vote from an internet address, but we don't want any vote rigging or anything of the likes, we would just like you to vote once if you think it's a nice bike in the competition. You can find more details about the awards by following this link to the Santa Pod Racers Club Perpetual Awards for the 2007 season

18/12/2007: Holli B on Bennett's Bike Insurance Babe Search!

Oi oi oi! Well if it isn't someone we already know that's taking part in the Bennett's Bike Insurance Babe Search, AND doing it in Supertwin Clothing! What a girl! Go on folks, go give a vote for her, you know you want too. Holli B on Bennetts Bike Insurance Babe Search

18/12/2007: Cooper Jap V Twin Race Car - Wow!!!!!

I saw this beautiful car last Saturday tea time; it's got a load of race history and is to die for. What a tool!!!! Behind the lucky driver sits a V twin 1000cc Jap motor, imagine that lump in a Gas frame. I know it's not a bike, but it's the best Super twin car I've ever seen, enjoy the photos.

Cheers everybody

Leso

18/12/2007: Happy Christmas All!!!

Happy Christmas Folks!

Here is hoping you all have a lovely Christmas time, as I am not likely to be updating the site again until in the New Year. Wishing you all well at this time of year, and a happy break from work!

Have a very merry Christmas period, I know we will be. :)

18/12/2007: PolHarris Drag Bike

Progress and lots of it. George has been right into this project, Top Man. It's now sat on the workshop floor, on its own wheels and everything. I know there is still a lot to do but haven't we come a long way. Exhaust pipes are next on the list, they are going to be huge and take up a lot of room, so they need to be made soon. As ever, I took loads of photos, enjoy having a gander. Next update will be 2008!!! (won't be long now then)

Cheers everybody

Leso

04/12/2007: Strealiner Section To Expand On

Hi folks, just to let you know we have put up a new section we will likely be expanding on in the future. It is to do with our Streamliner.

We are hoping we can detail more about the work we did to get it to the point she is at today, but since someone kindly handed us some photo's of the ever talked about Jay Upton's bike "The Edge", which was soooo heavily talked about whilst we were building our streamliner, though amazingly enough we had never seen it until the first time ours was run in her full paint job at Santa Pod.

We thought there might be a few amoungst you that would like to look a both bikes, so we started with a little visual comparison. There are quite a lot of differences, but it's interesting to look at the pair.

04/12/2007: Supertwins Clothing

Holli B from Studio64 has kindly worn some of our clothing line, and I just thought you all would like to see some of the new SuperTwins clothing. If you click on the heading to this news article, you will be taken to a page which shows you all the pictures we have received.

If anybody would like to buy some items of clothing, please contact SuperTwins directly.

04/12/2007: Magazine Appearances

Brit Chopper Magazine should be out around 15th December (Issue 10) the article on Tilly III is in it. Anybody wanting to buy a copy of the mag should go to the website via the link above, and you can order it from there. (Unfortunately not available in the major newsagents shops)

Streetfighters also have an issue which came out today, numbered 167. This one has a great write-up abotu SuperTwins on page 90-91 folks.

02/12/2007: Computer Woes

Hi folks, just Scott here to let you know that Les is currently having computer issues. His machine is rather dead, so any Contact made via the website might not be replied to for a while. We will keep you informed when it returns to life once again.

27/11/2007: New Photo's from Scrapheap Challenge

These pictures were taken whilst I was on Scrapheap Challenge in November 2007, the Drag Sled's episode, which was the semi-finals which of course we won.

27/11/2007: A very interesting Electric Drag Bike

Here are a few links to a very interesting drag bike someone made, that was Electrically powered, and extremely quick to boot.

KillaCycle on youtube

KillaCycle Website

08/11/2007: Don't forget the Scrapheap!

Don't forget this Sunday 11th November at 17:15 is the showing of Scrapheap Challenge where Les is partaking in the fun!

01/11/2007: An Exploding Harley Picture

Well if you click on the link to this news article, you will see a truely wonderfully timed photo of Hans Olav Olstad's Super Twin Top-Fuel bike, Ligthning

30/10/2007: Some Streamliner Photo's from September

Here are some photo's for you all from the streamliner, from a trip to Santa Pod back on September 15th.

21/10/2007: Snowy Weekend at GLS Engineering

Snow mobile Gas Bike Update

From Weekend of 20th & 21st October 2007
At GLS Engineering Workshop in Yorkshire

Saturday - Day 1

As most of you know we are building a new Gas Bike, a real one off, using a Polaris 900 2-stroke twin engine, and George Laycock (GLS Engineering) is building the rolling chassis (and more). I haven't been up to see G&L for a while, so it was nice to see the bike again, and it has come a long way. George wants it on its' wheels and off his jig by Christmas (this year). Something else needs to go on there, but….. I can't say what it is (top secret) but I have got a photo.

I have never really done any frame building before so it was nice to go on a two day course at Georges' - him the master and me the student. We had the log burner going, Planet Rock playing, a pot of coffee and some roll ups - the stage was set.

We had a vice each, files, hacksaw and all of the above. My first job was to make a long piece of box section fit into the frame, from mid ships to the rear end (nice and strong) left and right hand sides. While I got lost in doing this and fight into the port side George was fitting the lower front cross member come bottom engine mount. I really did enjoy the filing and fitting, nice and steady, until you end up with a prefect fit. I took loads of photos.

I took it step by step and then with the port side done it was time to start again with the starboard side. I was pleased to get that side done by Tea Time. Boy was it time consuming but a very rewarding day was had by all.

Sunday - Day 1

It wasn't too warm on Sunday morning so our first job of the day was to get the fire going. Now that the box section was in it was tube time - uprights. Same deal, and again, a prefect fit. George had done loads and worked out a few more things. NICE.

I think next time I go up to Yorkshire I will enrol in the full five day course. Prices start from …………….

No only joking, but I will be up there again soon and I'll give you all another up to the minute report (with photos).

Big thank you G&L for looking after us so well

Leso

12/10/2007: Scrapheap Delayed

Hi folks. Sadly not long after we posted a reminder about the up-coming episode on Scrapheap challenge, we received an email stating that things had been rescheduled again by channel4, and that the new date and time for the episode are as follows:

Sunday 11th November at 17:15

09/10/2007: Scrapheap Challenge Fast Approaching!

Shameless plug I know, but the Scrapheap Challenge episode I appear on is fast approaching!

Do not forget to stay tuned to Channel4 on the 21st October, most likely around late afternoon or early evening, though I can't tell you for sure at the moment because the website deosn't list their TV schedule that far in advance.

09/10/2007: More Magazine Mentions

The Team appears in Street Fighters this month, latest issue, which is the November issue and I think is number 165. NAST have also got a full page write up in there guys, it's a great write-up, so well worth a read!

06/10/2007: Postal Strikes and Posting 2008 Calendars

Hi all! We just wanted to remind some of you who may have ordered your calendars by post that there are going to be a series of Postal Strikes, which I believe started on Friday, and will continue into this coming week.

We just wanted to let you all know that whilst we have been selling calendar fast, there is no need to worry, as we have plenty of spares still, and will be sending out new orders as soon as we can. You will just need to be patient with them, as they will likely not arrive quickly, as the massive backlog of post will have to be processed by the posties. I would expect to treat this coming few weeks like a bit of a mini-christmas, the post will be slow, but it will likely all make it in the end.

05/10/2007: An Update on Contacting Us Problems

Hi everyone! We just wanted to let you know that we've had some issues in recent months with the Contact Us Page. Sadly it wasn't emailing Les to notify him of new contacts.

However, don't worry, we always store the message and then tried to email it to Les and Lyn. We have your messages, and will get them to Les, so there is no need to resend them.

Les just wanted me to let you know that whilst he is away this weekend, he will do his best to get in touch with all of you after he returns late Sunday sometime.

02/10/2007: Les Harris 2008 Calendar Available Now!

Yes, the Les Harris Racing 2008 Calendar is available Now!

The new coming season's calendar is now available, and we started selling them at the finals this past weekend. We completely sold out of the stock we took to the final's weekend, though don't worry, we have more available!

They are available for their usual price of a mear 5 Pounds! Order your copy quickly, either by calling us, writing to us, or using the website Contact Us form.

02/10/2007: New Speed PB for Tilly 3!!

Les won the final, against Chris Mott at the finals this weekend just past! Chris still won the championship on points. back in the semi's, but during the final we also achieved a new speed PB on Tilly III of 139.75 mph with the full streamliner! The photographers everywhere were taking photo's of Sundays final run where the streamliner was on the bike, and even the crowd were quite snap-happy.

The team is looking for a new Caravan! If you have an old one, or know someone that is selling theirs, we may be interested to hear about it. Just use the website's Contact Us page to get in touch!

So far, we have sold about 70 Calendar's, all of which were sold at the Finals this past weekend. This is wonderful, because that was all the stock we took with us to the Finals! I would like to thank everybody that bought calendar's at the track, and that came to see the weekend. It was a great weekend.

Saturday was a bad day, lots of oil downs all day, and come 8pm they were managing a few runs but it was not in a good state really, as we were slipping everywhere. It definitely made for interesting runs!

28/08/2007: New PB on Revised Tilly 3

In the recent runnings we have had good news!

Previous PB was 9.75s
New PB's run:
- First run of the weekend: 9.56s at 136 mph
- Second run of the weekend: 9.52s at 138 mph

It was the first time the team made it through to a final in a while, first trophy in a while, and first time as fastest qualifier in a while. Sadly we were beaten in the final by 0.02 of a second, which just shows it was a fast and close final. That having been said, the team was still elated in our performance.

The weekend was dry for the whole duration, which made a lovely change to have such good weather with us!

Sadly the track got worse as the weekend went on, which was the experience of everyone, as times got slower and slower throughout the weekend. Everyone's best times were listed on the Saturday. That aside, it was a very productive and successful weekend, and we are all happy to have done so well since the intense cahnges to Tilly 3.

It just goes to show how much of a difference the new changes have made over the old configuration.

07/08/2007: The Main Event

The Main Event
May 25th to 28th 2007, Santa Pod

Sunday
Good afternoon from a rained out Santa Pod, it's Sunday and the only thing that has gone up the track is the tractor!! As regular viewers will know, I do a write up after most events, but, because of the rain and we are stuck in our caravan I'm writing it now. I'm writing in the style of Pulp Fiction, back to front, inside out, etc. Today the racing was called at 3 o'clock, it's rained all day, a washout and a great shame, but then there's nothing we can do about the weather. So for the rest of the day it's 'beer o'clock'.

Friday
Sunshine, dry, just right! This time it's only steve and myself working cos Dave can't make it, too much work to do at home/workshop etc. So Steve and I have got 46 bikes to scruitneer by Saturday morning at 10:30 - that's when the first qualifying sessions start. OK so it's only 46 bikes between two of us but they are all Pro Class bikes, Top Fuel, Supertwins Fuel, Funny bike, Comp Bike etc. There are no 9.50 or Super Street which I think is a great shame and a backwards step. It's just not the same without them.

I started work at 8 o'clock, only because no one told me we should start at 9 - still never mind. Steve soon joined in and we got stuck into doing the bikes that were ready and here, some turned up late but that didn't matter. I think it's the first time I've been at the track for the whole day and not watched anything run - too much to do in the pits. I do enjoy checking the fuel bikes etc, I just get lost in it (it that makes sense).

It's also nice to meet the riders that I only see at these big meetings. I would like at this point to thank all the riders for the cups of tea and coffee they made us during the day, and thanks to Steve Willott, Jackie and the crew for the invite to the birthday party (and the JD of course) Nice one. We worked all day at a steady pace and called it a day at around 7.30 pm.

One bike I checked (and have before) I would like to take home with me, it is the Pro Stock Buell from Denmark, ridden by Tom Tinndahn, which ran an ET of 7.2. WOW nice, very nice, but….. in order to buy one, a 2nd hand one at that I would have to sell my house. I did mention this to my lovely wife Lyn, but as this is a family show I can't print what she said. No would have done!!!. Just look at the photo below.

The Buell - I want one!!!

Gold star for effort goes to the Hells Angels Supertwin Top Fuel team. Stefon and the team were testing the Harley the weekend before here at Pod and blew the crank, busted a rod etc, etc, too much advance and nitro mix. Friday morning they didn't have a crank etc. By that night it was all re-built and running, well done everyone who worked on it. It was good to see them do a run on Saturday (by the way thanks for the folders they came in handy).

Waiting for bits

Wot no engine

Broken I think

The 'What could possibly go wrong?' award goes to Carine Sjutti from Sweden and her Supertwin nitro Harley. In her first run (and last) at 60 ft there was a big bang! I knew it wasn't good when her crew chief picked up half of a piston ring from the track, Oh dear, well that's the end of that motor. Just look at the photos and see for yourself.

Anyone good at jigsaws (No OK then)

The big bit doesn't look good either!

Now, as you know, I have built (with lots of help) a Streamliner fairing for my Gas bike, so when I saw Michael Ponca's Yamaha from the Czech Republic, I felt better. So it's not only me that does extreme things to their bike. He has stream lined the rear end (see photos below). No I'm not fitting one onto my bike, but whether he is going to do the front like mine I don't know.

Not only did he build the bodywork himself he painted it as well!!!!

Pitted next to this bike was another Czech bike, a Kawasaki, I just had to take a photo or two of it. Now I think this makes me a pro photographer, as when I had taken the photos, Otto who rides the bike gave me two cans of beer for my trouble. Thanks Otto very nice of you.

Not bad photos EH???

Saturday
8:30 start, 10 bikes left to sort out before 10:30, plus other issues that I won't go into. By 10:30 all the bikes had passed scruitineering, so time to go to the start line for the first session, and what a session. I am very lucky to be on the start line watching these pro bikes run (and get paid for doing so).

Top marks go to Steve Carey on his Top Fuel bike the Purple Princess for running a new PB of 6.6 at 201 mph and later a 6.80. Also well done to Loranz Stauble for keeping his Supertwin Top Fuel Harley away from the wall, close call or what!!!!

Another Brit who got a PB for mph was Turbo on his Top Fuel Harley, well done, good team work (and hope your foot gets better soon Steve). Steve is a top man for turning up with his foot in a cast to work on the bike. By the way I wish a speedy recovery to Brum after breathing in too much Nitro fumes (tear gas) whilst pushing Turbo back across the line after a stonking rolling burn out.

Turbo's bike and crew

I did enjoy Saturday, well done to one and all.

Lyn and I stayed in the caravan Saturday night and tuned into Nitro FM - Naughty Nigel what a star!!

Monday
Race day - or not as the case was. It still had not stopped raining and the wind had got up. Game over. Lyn cooked us a lovely breakfast. Steve and I went to the Marshall's meeting. Got the Transit out and the caravan, by which time I was wet and very cold! We left the site at 2:15pm and headed for Fox Food, which has now become our local!

The Buell (that I like) team were at the Fox and we got chatting and I was introduced to Chip Ellis who was over from the USA. He had come over to help out at the Main event (like you do).

When we got home that evening I watched NHRA Drag Racing on Five US and there was Chip racing his Buell - small world or what? (and I thought I got home fast)

So to sum up - we had two wonderful days and two awful days. The saving grace of the weekend was Nitro FM from 7 am to 10 pm. The jokes that were texted in to the station were so funny, even the ones Nigel couldn't read out.

Take care everyone and see you at the next big meeting at Pod, Euro Finals.

Cheers everybody

Leso

25/07/2007: Sadly Missed A Chance

Sorry folks, I was hoping to have had enough time to post another piece of news before I went to Germany, but this just hasn't happened. I will be back Saturday, and hope to have it up for you then.

Take care all, Scott

28/06/2007: Stuart's Funeral Information

Date: Friday 6th July 2007 at 16:30
Place: Telford Cramatoriam, Red Hill, Telford

No flowers please. Donations will be split between National Association for Bikers with a Disability (NABD) and the National Canine Defence League

Afterwards at: Shifnal War Memorial Club, Shifnal (excellent venue) where (in Annettes words) there will be 'tea, sandwiches and sympathy' first, followed by a party celebration of Stuart's life with at least 4 bands and a 'Rock Night' will take place.

All Stuart and Annettes friends are welcome.

If there are any questions, please feel free to email Les. If he is able to answer them, he will do his best to.

27/06/2007: A Very Sad Day. Loss of my Great Friend Stuart :(

It is with a huge whole in my heart that I bring the news that this morning my good friend Stuart has passed on. Annette informed us that he passed on peacefully in his sleep during the night. Words cannot express how sad this day is. Lyn and I are heading up to see Annette now.

For those that may not know, Stuart and Annette are some of our oldest friends, and one of our kindest sponsors. We have had the fortune of knowing them for some time, and this terrible news has many of us in the team very upset.

Our hearts and support go to Annette.

25/06/2007: Pat Ginn, TJ O'Brian's Wife, Sadly Passed Away

TJ O'Brian's wife Pat Ginn sadly passed away Saturday 23rd June, 2007. Our deepest sympathies go out to TJ, family and all her friends. She was wonderful fun at the races, and will be deeply missed by so many.

For those that would like to say something, there is a Tributes to Pat Ginn Page on EuroDragster. This link will take you stright to the page.

08/06/2007: Scrap Heap Challenge, 21st October 2007

For all those fans of Scrap Heap Challenge, the new series is already starting to be broadcast and is on the ever regularly reliable Sunday early evening time-slot.

We are now allowed to tell you a little about this year. We would recommend those of you that are fans of the series, or even those that just want to laugh at us after the show, might want to make a date in their diary for a particular episode, in which Les will be appearing as one of the team's Experts.

On 21st October, UK Channel 4 in the early evening, which I think might be at approximately 1745 ish (thought if I was you, I would check on the day for the actual time, as it might be moved in the mean while) a Scrap Heap Challenge Episode Titled Drag Sleds will be broadcast.

It was a great pleasure to take part in this program, and I've held my tongue until I was told I was allowed to let people know. You are now officially in the know, and I do hope that many of you will enjoy the evenings entertainment, and look forward to the comments and emails that will likely follow it.

Take care all, Les

06/06/2007: Meet BSB Riders Night

Hi All

We have posted a new Event on the evening of the 25th June where you can meet British SuperBike Riders. The Event details contains more information about the event, and the aim. I would ask that you all give it a read, it seems to be a nice idea.

18/05/2007: Shed of the month visit 18th – 20th May 2007

Last weekend Lyn and I set off for Yorkshire to visit George and Lorraine Laycock, as we often do. They live in the middle of nowhere a real chill out zone! The track that leads to their cottage is nearly a mile long, how wonderful.

Just look at this view, approaching the cottage:

The view from the cottage:

George has a little shed, and over the years that we have been going there the new big shed has taken shape and George is in there working. This is a view of George's Shed:

I got the idea for shed/workshop features from Chris of Brit Chopper magazine. Every man needs a shed and there are even books about men’s sheds.

When I first saw the big shed it was an open fronted barn (as you can see from the pic above and below) it is a proper workshop, well done George. On this visit we had take up 2 very large speakers that Lyn’s dad made years ago, I was going to have them for my shed but they are far too big. They sound really good and now they have gone to a really good home.

The AJ's and the Speakers:

Inside the shed – I love sheds:

It’s great looking around in workshops, it’s the place to be on a Saturday afternoon (just before going to the pub). Tinkering with a race bike or whatsoever, and there is always a race bike or two to look at and a very nice race car that George is sorting out for himself.

Mr. Collier’s bike:

The hill climb car (being re-built):

The Saturday afternoon pub:

Before that’s race ready George is going out in his old car, a Grenfell Special, it has an ali body with a 4 litre flat head V8 under the bonnett – Nice!!!. A Grenfell sounds like something out of The Last of the Summer Wine!!!.

Grenfell pictures – isn’t it wonderful:

The Grenfell lives at George’s dads workshop, another place I love visiting, and a whole story all on it’s own. So next time you see George out on the track on one of the many bikes he has build you will know where it was made.

If you would like your shed/workshop featured send it in cos it’s good to see where it all happens.

02/05/2007: Streamliner and Sponsor News

Hi everyone! Well if you look at the Event on the 29th of April 2007, you will see pictures that were taken at the sprint where the bike was run with the Streamliner in place to test. The grey primer coat was already on, and it is this week going for a complete paint job.

We are glad to mention that we have had a successful few runs there, and will be looking forward to racing Tilly 3 in her new look very soon!

That isn't the only news we have for you this evening either! We have a new sponsor joining the team as of today. Weatherleys Motorcycles have joined the team as a sponsor. We have known the folks at Weatherley's for a very long time, and are very happy and grateful for their faith in us.

16/04/2007: More Streamliner News

Given the other recent news, this just seems like bad timing, but here it is anyway.

We have had the carbon fibre Streamliner fitted and ready. It is actually going to get a basic paint job today before it is used in it's first runs at the end of this month. If you click on the link formed by the title of this news piece, you will see the pictures, and they will also appear in the Gallery.

15/04/2007: Death of a Great Friend

It is with much sadness we received news of the death of a very good friend of ours, a man that co-built Tilly 2 with Les before she was ever run. Sadly Ian Dwyer died in a road accident on Good Friday. He will be dearly missed by all, and great sadness extends across a wide selection of family and friends. Our thoughts are with his family at this time.

03/03/2007: Ahh the Streamliner in All Her Glory, Fresh Out of the Mould

Ah some more shots for all those of you curious as to how things are progressing on the Streamliner front.

Mark Duckett from Brit Chopper Magazine kindly took these shots this morning whilst we were chatting about it. If you follow the link that makes up the Date and Title of this news story, you will see the specific pictures attached. Otherwise, check out the gallery, they will also be visible in there.

02/03/2007: Not Long Off Work

Ahh well, that wasn't a long break for Holli B. She is already back to work and Studio64 have kindly sent us some new photo's.

23/02/2007: Snow Mobile Pictures and Streamliner Movies

Hi folks! Well here we are, some more things for people to look at.

Firstly, there should be 5 pictures of the Snow Mobile engine and the frame that is going to be it's home in the future.

Secondly, here are some movies (well, were supposed to be pictures initially) of the Streamliner that will be fitted to Tilly 3 hopefully before the season even starts. Don't worry, the movies do actually start at 3 and go to number 5. :)

Streamliner Movie 03
Streamliner Movie 04
Streamliner Movie 05

15/02/2007: NAST (SuperTwins) News

Some news for all the NAST (SuperTwins) members. Don has kindly provided some articles about recent events. Sadly I was unable to attend the Riders and Driver meeting recently, and Don very kindly offered to go in my place. Firstly, a big thank you Don, that was greatly helpful and appreciated.

I have put these two documents up on the site for all those interested to read. The links to these are as follows:

NAST (SuperTwins) Press Release
Riders and Drivers Meeting Report

13/02/2007: Snow Mobile Pictures Coming This Week

Just as a note of warning for people, I've got some pictures coming later this week showing the Snow Mobile Engine based bike progress. Stay tuned.

13/02/2007: Stalky Pleased With His Trophy

Stalky was very pleased with his trophy from this season. Sadly he has many things to sort out this season and will not be participating in the racing. However, he does seem to enjoy racing and is already planning to be back racing next season!

13/02/2007: An Error in the Previously Listed Event Dates

IMPORTANT NOTE FOLKS:
There was an error in the previously listed dates for this season, specifically the June Summer Nationals at Santa Pod. It was incorrectly listed as being on the 9-10th but is actually on the 16-17th!

13/02/2007: Support Party Advertised in the Calendar - Date Moved to June/July

This date is being cancelled, and moved to a time when we are hoping the weather is more likely to be suited to having fun, and camping out. At present this is likely to be in June or July, and further information will be provided a little later on once we know more.

07/02/2007: Magazine Mentions

A big thank you to both Street Fighters and Back Street Heroes for their recent coverage and articles. They have printed the NAST race dates for this season and some other news in their March issue in both cases!

07/02/2007: Sponsors Fitness Aide

Avelease have donated a 15 gear mountain bike to help Les get into shape, so you may see a gnome riding along the riverbanks in Norwich, don't be afraid! You're eyes aren't deceiving you. :)

07/02/2007: Friends Newborn

Holli B & Lance have given birth to a little boy by the name of Logan! Congratulations to you both, should I say all three of you, and hope the sleepless nights are grown out of quickly. :)

07/02/2007: Slow Mobile Project

Progress has been made in that we meshed it up to an existing frame and learnt alot about how it's going to have to be positioned. A big thank you to Steve French for lending us the rolling chassis. We are now in the process of building a one off chassis so we can put everything where we want it, so that it looks like the end of the season before we can possibly even test run it.

07/02/2007: Black Racer Update

Crank cases now back together after having been machined to accept the 1475 cc mellenium cylinders. Now in the process of rebuilding the engine in time for the start of the new season, with the associated testing hopefully and some sprints before the official seasons races.

Dave May now has the petrol tank, and is going to do some new paint work for us including the Gnome logo.

07/02/2007: Tilly III News

Now in a position where the streamliner body work plug/mold is ready to take the first fibre glass production which will be used for fitting purposes, before it gets made in carbon fibre. Dave May, again, is taking care of the paint work/job and the first test session will be the 29th of April, at the first sprint of the year at Wattisham.

07/02/2007: Santa Pod - Dinner and Dance

First Dinner and Dance attended in my 10 year career, which was a wonderful night. It was wonderful to see around 500 people there in all their evening best, and it was a fun night all round. I collected trophy on behanlf of Stalky, who was runner up this year in Supertwin Street. Congratulations Stalky! Here is hoping you'll keep chasing Dave.

25/12/2006: Happy Christmas and a Wonderful New Year

Here are seasonal thoughts (or end of season for some of us) going out to you all. We wish you all a great and relaxing Christmas, with a speedy New Year and Season coming for us all. We know we are looking forward to what the year has in store for us, and hope you are also!

Les & Lyn

11/12/2006: Chairman of SuperTwins

Les has been voted in as the Chairman of the SuperTwins Association as of 11th of November 2006. If people would like to know anything about the group, if you would like to know about getting started in drag racing, have queries and questions about your bike and it's specifications, or anything like that just to get in touch.

11/12/2006: Tilly Dietary Adjustments

Tilly 3 has gone on a diet, and she has had a lot of things changed to make her lighter. She is also having a complete streamliner faring made in the coming months in carbon fibre.

11/12/2006: 2007 Calendars

Calendars are going well this year, as we've started selling them a little earlier, as we started having them available from the last event of 2006. Over half have already gone out the door, so if you fancy a calendar this year with some great photo's, that will be helping support the teams racing in the coming season. All these funds go into the team coffers! We even had the pleasure of getting one of this years calendars signed by Jules Holland himself after his recent visit to Norfolk's UEA on the first night of his new national tour! What a result!

11/12/2006: Scott Collier's 10th

Scott Collier's 10th birthday was a wonderful event! An absolutely blinding night had by all, ending in a blur for many, but more importantly Scott was really happy with the present we had brought for him. He now has his on personalized Les Harris Crew jacket in his size, that we are reliably informed he wears everywhere, to school, etc! We are very glad you like it Scott!

11/12/2006: Trophy Sponsor Offer for 2007 Season

CompuPay have stated they would like to sponsor the trophies for this coming season, and we'll keep you updated if things change.

11/12/2006: Selling the Horded Junk

Les has recently been selling lots of his many horded things on ebay, and it's all been going great so far, for a person that was kind of a technophobe less then a year ago, he's well up with emails, web pages, and selling stuff on ebay (with Lyn's occasional help of course). If you see anything for sale with the tag gnomeracing that you fancy, then just feel free to get in touch, perhaps we can do a private deal. It's all well and good having a collection of 28 bikes, but when you start running outta space to keep them, you gotta consider other options. Queen Bitch may even be up for sale if people are interested. :)

11/12/2006: A Grunt Worker Up For Grabs

A 6.2 litre Chevy pickup is up for sale, or perhaps for quiz raffling. This might be ideal for someone that does a lot of towing, or hauling of heavy items in the back.

11/12/2006: History in the Making - Black Racer

Black Racer is making a comeback for both Les' and Black Racers Tenth year of racing! The engine is stripped and ready for machining to accept some brand new 90 cubic inch barrels, fresh from the states in the last quarter of this year!

Les wants her back out for next season in time for some sprints, and at would like to do at least one round in the season for super twins, and will also be showing at the Bulldog Bash in the Custom Tent for those that would like to check her out Ten years on!

She will be getting some new paintwork to blend in with some of the old, and original paintwork. Dave May of J & J Body Repairs will be sorting this out at the early part of next year to be ready for racing time!

A photo shoot is planned for Backstreet Heroes for as soon as she is back together in her full splendour!

Over the winter period we are hoping to start documenting all of the history of Black Racer, and will start putting up more information about the bike, and photo's in the coming months. Watch this space, and keep an eye on the bikes section when we've made these changes!

11/12/2006: The New Bike, That Once Was a Secret

A new project that was under wraps can now be talked about. We have for some time been planning the build of a bike based around a snow mobile engine. It's a Polaris 900 Twin Two Stroke engine, and we have it and the transmission and a possible choice of two chassis' to put it in to test before building a one of chassis for it to live in, once we know a little more about how it interacts with the frame. Our good friends at GLS Engineering are taking care of the engineering work.

11/12/2006: Some 2007 Season Race Dates

We've got some new race dates for SuperTwins, and these are definite dates, not provisional:

• Avon Park - Round 1 - Unknown Name as Yet - 4/5-7th of May 2007 - First bank holiday weekend in May
• Santa Pod - Round 2 - Summer Nationals - 16-17th June
• SuperTwins has a stand at the Bulldog Bash this year, between the dates of 9-12th of August
• Avon Park - Round 3 or 4, depending on any we may fit in earlier - Last bank holiday in August, 25-27th August 2007
• Santa Pod - Round ? - National Finals - September 29-30 2007

Waiting on two more meetings to be confirmed or not, but we'll keep you updated. Also there will be dates and updates in Backstreet Heroes and Street fighters magazines through out the year. Great press coverage!

11/12/2006: Some Truck Tacking

Keith Bale of Bale Engineering is sorting out the team Race Truck in the coming weeks, thanks again Keith!

11/12/2006: New Season Photo Shoot

We've organised a photo shoot for one of the coming rounds at Santa Pod with Suzie and Jenny, from Shifnal, two sisters that have been long time supports of the rock nights in Shifnal, and have just managed to climb mount Kilimandjaro, for charity! Well done girls, what an awesome effort! We are all so proud of what you've achieved, and good luck with the coming years new challenges!

11/12/2006: 2007 Sprint Dates

Sprints dates and times will be coming out in the coming weeks, we are just waiting to hear on their details, so keep your eyes open we will be bringing Black Racer and Tilly 3 in their new looks out to play!

11/12/2006: NAoDB Charity Rock Night

End of November Les and Lyn attended yet another Rock Night in Shifnal, and had a wonderful time. Thanks to everyone that helped, involved or attended the event, which raised something like 1200 pounds for National Association of Disabled Bikers! Two bands played this event, V8 and Gatecrasher, and V8 have already agreed to play at our AGM in the final quarter of the coming year (2007 if anyone is reading this as an old post)! Great effort from all!

01/11/2006: 2007 Calendar New Sponsors

New sponsors for this years calendar: Keith Bale of Bale Engineering, Anna of A Multitude of Sins, and Shaw's Newsagents and Convenience Store in Norwich. Thank you both for helping to support us this coming year!

19/10/2006: Fixed Some Gallery Images

Some kind soul pointed out that a few uncensored images made it past our checking process and were published. Thank you for the information, and we have removed those images. :)

19/10/2006: Scott Collier on TV!!

Our friend Scott Collier from Jade Racing is to be on TV this coming Saturday, on CBBC between 1145-1200, on BBC2 during Sportsround! How cool is that? You can check the BBC scheduled times here: CBBC What's On Details

03/10/2006: The New 2007 Team Calendar

Our new 2007 season calendar is available now! Details are available on the Team Funds Special offers page, which you can get to by clicking on this link: Les Harris Drag Racing Team - 2007 Season Calendar.

If you are interested in a calendar, please either phone us, or use the Contact Us page to send us an order along with your contact details, Name, Telephone Number, and Address.

We hope you will enjoy the calendar, the fine photographs, and the reminders for dates of importance next year.

02/10/2006: The Finals Weekend at Santa Pod

This weekend was sadly badly affected by the weekend. It was awful on Friday with a huge wall of water, yet surprisingly Saturday started very well indeed with wondrous blue skies, and the first round of runs went pretty smoothly, and just after starting the second round it started raining.

Sadly that was the end of the weekend as far as racing was concerned. It stopped all running from Saturday onwards, and Santa Pod eventually called it a day just before 1400 on Sunday, as the rain was still coming in waves, no sooner had they dried the track after a downpour then it started raining again.

It was a fun social event non-the-less, with a large racing community attendance. It was just a shame that very little in terms of racing was to be had that weekend. I think almost all classes will now have to end with the points from the last tables, which is a shame for all those closely matched near the tops fighting it out. Lets hope the weather in the start of the 2007 season starts with a little better treatment of the people below it. :)

Kind regards, Scott

08/09/2006: Svein "Gotten" Gottenberg died at Mosten Raceday

Svein "Gotten" Gottenberg sadly died Friday 1st September in an accident at Mosten Raceday in Denmark.

It is a very sad time, and I am sorry the news is late here, but there are a few places of interest for those wishing to read the tributes being made to Gotten.

Super Twin Drag Bike Association Memory of Gotten
The STDBA also have a short letter heading their Home Page currently.
Svein Gottenberg Tribute Page @ Blogspot

07/09/2006: The Pat Ginn Appeal

Quote from King Racing Gossip:
Details of the account set up for donations to the Pat Ginn appeal have now been published.

"We collected £800 at Hockenheim" said Matthew Wright, who is organising the Appeal. "Craig Gibbs donated his Super Modified prize money, Tina Gibbs made an additional donation, and we made some money from T-Shirt sales. We have had a lot of pledges and now there's an account to pay into so you know what to do."

Bank: Barclays
Account name: The Pat Ginn Appeal
Sort code: 20-20-37
Account number: 23409724

30/08/2006: New P.B. from The Mob!

Congratulations to all at The Mob for their wonderful work recently! Jim achieved a new P.B. of 6.982 seconds crossing the line at a huge 204.56 mph!!!

Well done to you all, its a great team result!

20/08/2006: News Regarding the Next Race

I have just been informed today that our friends at Studio64 and CompuPay will both be sponsoring trophies at the up coming event.

Apparently Studio64 have graciously offered to sponsor the trophies for the Supertwin Top Gas category, and Compupay for the Supertwin Street, which we think is wonderful news! We are all looking forward to the next race with eager anticipation!

16/08/2006: News from other Events

Just recently the team attended the NAST E.T. Weekend, and Les sent me a short write-up of things from that weekend.

Also this weekend just passed was the 20th Anniversary of the Bulldog Bash which Les and Lyn have been kind enough to have already sent me notes about. I hope you guys all enjoy the read until such time as I can get my hands on some pictures for the event as well. :)

Scott

15/08/2006: Ahh the Photo Shoot

Ahh the photo shoot of July. Well there is a huge selection to view folks from this Photo Shoot, lots of The Mob, and some corkers of a vehicle painted by our mate Dave May, called Chaos, as well as some really nice ones of Les, the bike, the van, the Tim and the Camera Man ;).

Some more news about the recent Bulldog Bash 2006, it's 20th anniversary tomorrow!

08/08/2006: Contact Us Restored to its full Glory

Hi folks!

Last night I was made aware that the Contact Us form wasn't working. We aren't sure when this happened, but it must have been during our recent update. For those of you that may have been trying to contact the team, we are deeply sorry. For those of you with Les' mobile number, it might be worth texting him if you can't get in touch again in the future.

I can only think this was a SIE (Scott Induced Error) sometime recently, but thats what you get sometimes without sufficient caffeine deposits to keep these software engineers working correctly ;)

Anyway, it should be working again now, and we wouldn't mind a few tests from any looking at the site.

Two more CD's have arrived from the recent photo shoot, and we will be choosing what to show soon. There are a lot of our friends at The Mob, so there will be a mix of cars and bikes for you all to look at, as well as some extras <wink wink>.

Kind regards, Scott

27/07/2006: Ok the new Gallery Approach is Live

Hi folks! Very sorry for the delays in updating, but the hot weather has been causing lots of problems with peoples computers, so I've been rather busy. :(

However, the good news is that the new approach to the Gallery is live and working now. Please be patient, as we may have not yet inserted some of the older pictures. We have a huge history of photo's, so it may take us a while to sort them all out, but by default the pictures are all sorted by date from most recent to oldest at the back. This means that any new pictures we post for any event, news article, or anything we can link pictures too will actually also be seen in the gallery. :)

Some tweaks to this new approach will come in the next few weeks, as well as The Team Diaries with any given luck, and the time without distractions. ;)

Kind regards, Scott the Techie

18/07/2006: Photo Shoot was a Great One!

Well the photo shoot this weekend was wicked! We were the only bike there with a couple of cars, and a good ten models all to ourselves! Come rain, wind, sleet or snow I'll tough out the modelling!

We had some wonderful shots taken, so hopefully in the coming week or so we will have some great new picies for everyones enjoyment!

10/07/2006: Changes to Gallery Soon

I just thought I would offer a word of warning to all those of you that love the Gallery on our site. I will be making an update to that section related closely to the changes I've made recently. This will mean any time we add images to whatever (news, event, etc) they will automatically be listed in the gallery as well. The down side is the gallery will then be hundreds, if not thousands of pictures strong in no time! There will be ways to filter things a little, but more importantly all these images will be linked to things in the future, so if you go an view any team members particular details, you will also see all the photos that team member is in (once we've done the work linking everyone and everything in a photo to each other).

07/07/2006: Re Changes - Most of the Hard Work has been Done!!

Right well that took longer then expected, but all has gone smoothly with the updates and upgrades in the background. There shouldn't be any major issues, but if you do come across a problem, please feel free to email me or use the Contact Us form to submit notes about any errors you encounter, and I will try to address them. :)

You may not have noticed much difference yet, but in the coming days I will be removing certain pages, updating others, and entering more content I have some photos for. The majority of this past few weeks work is mostly non-visual, so you probably won't notice much has changed on the site yet. However, these changes will make it easier for people to enter data including the team diaries we have planed shortly, and also the ability to add pictures. Doesn't sound like a lot until you start seeing that we will be indexing each bike, event, team member, location about each photo, as well as their photographer! This will make it easier to you to see only images that might interest you, say for example, relating to Stalky, or the CompuPay Express, just as two examples off the top of my head.

I may also start noting down some of the techie stuff in my own diary articles at some point in the future, but for those bike lovers out there I know some other people are wanting to share information about particular builds and bits of work they've been working on that they haven't had the means to do so. This should all start showing its face in the coming months.

Kind regards, Scotty :)

03/07/2006: A Change Behind the Scene is Coming

Hi folks. I know a few of you have been wondering whats been happening with the site recently, and I will try to fill that in a little (for those that might be technically interested).

I was meaning to update the site with a few changes, but after watching how we had been using the site for the past few months, I had wanted to make some changes to the structure of the data you may not see, and to bring a few new features to certain parts of the site we are hoping to developing in coming months.

These changes brought with them some unwanted or expected technical issues which hopefully have now been addressed, but a few more changes may be required, and some testing before things go live. When they do they will allow us to be a little more selective about some aspects of the photo's, allowing us to only show photo's that might relate to a specific person, machine, event, location, etc.

This is one of many changes we had planned for prior to the availability of a diary for the team members.

Please to excuse us if the site may have a period of time where it is being updated sometime this week.

Kind Regards, Scott

19/06/2006: Summer Nationals

Well this weekend was a mix of good and bad. Les did his first red light ever, on the first run of the competitive Sunday. Les admits himself having been trying a little too hard that day. Les got awarded a Red Light by the Scruitineers in the fireup lane after they had sourced one from the spare Christmas Tree. Hehe :)

Stalky has had another great weekend, having done a 10.5 run, and finished runner up in final again! Some more metal work for his shelf, hopefully with some celebratory liquid.

A surprise birthday party thrown for Lyn during the weekend, which really took her by complete surprise! We hope she had a great evening, and a lovely relaxing time. We hear it was very entertaining, and she had a good time.

16th July Les is acting like another model again, with a planed Photo Shoot, including 10 attractive models (wink wink) and Tilly 3 will be keeping company with some other drag racing vehicles for a days shooting. Hopefully we will have some more news and picies for you sometime around that date!

At the end of next week, after Les' weekend of fun, he will be doing work on Tilly 3 trying to play with the ignition curve to see if her performance can be improved some, with possibly some more information for you at a later date, or even an article for reading.

We also will have the dyno runs that Compupay Express had documented, the results of which will be coming shortly for review as well.

12/06/2006: 2006 Football Shirt Sponsors

Well its that time of year that is making many people happy, and to join in with things our friends at the James the 1st public house are selling Shirts for the event, of which they are kindly donating a proportion to The Team.

All those football fans amoungst you, we dearly look forward to any support for the team. Have a fun sporting filled time folks!

14/05/2006: A great Woodbridge sprint weekend!

Sunday was the only day we went in attendance, and were we blessed with perfect conditions or what?! It was perfect, which is lucky for us because Saturday seemed to be quite bad weather. It wasn't just good because of that though, oh noo! Can you believe it, not two weeks since the last race, and Stalky has again set a new PB of 10.35 seconds! Not only that, but Les ran a 9.95 seconds which we believe was the fastest time of the day.

It really was a wonderful day because Stalky managed to put in something like 15 runs, and Les got 6 or 7! Les even had the opportunity to ride someone elses bike, how kind was that of the other chap!

13/05/2006: Our friends at GLS Engineering

Our friends at GLS Engineering now have a new website. You may want to check it out some time, its pleasant on the eyes. Nice one George!

05/05/2006: Mechanic gets some new clothes!

Now how about this for spoilt hey? Team members not only having jackets, but also new clothes! Now we really have spoilt them. Take a look at Bod's new overalls wearing team colours.

30/04/2006: A Shakespear Nationals Trophy

Sorry for the late update of the site folks, but I have been down with the local lergie, and its taken its time to part company with me. Must be just such a good holiday retreat for viri :)

Well what a weekend. Some great racing was had, with Stalky doing himself and everyone else proud with a new PB and just 10.537, now only 0.4 of a second behind Mr Jones! This landed him a new little piece of metal for his mantle-piece! Go Anti-Gnome! You can see a picture of his smiling self and the metal here on the 2006 Shakespear Nationals page.

Mr Floyd also did his team proud with yet another run in the 8 second mark, and hopefully this time around it will be good enough to get a record. Congratulations lads:

Supertwin Gas ET: 8.870 seconds, John Floyd
Supertwin Gas speed: 144.94 mph, John Floyd

We sometimes stop at Fox Food on the way home, and of all the times we've been there it took us a while to recognise our team in a painting on their wall. Check out the photo's of the painting. Not only do the Thunderbolts in the painting bear the team yellow and black colour scheme, but the one in the forefront also wears the identifier LH being the same initials as Les Harris. Now how freaky is that, this place has always been a favourite of ours because of the nice little pub, great good and people.

28/04/2006: Its Avon Park Again Baby

Well folks its the start to another weekends racing in the SuperTwins at Avon Park in The Nationals.

We also have made some changes so as to list some Past Events of Interest on the home page. This will list some other events for which we may have some pictures or words from Les and the crew. In particular we have changed the Ally Pally and the Woodbridge Sprints pages just recently.

Team jackets are now up for sale! You can find some pictures of the jackets on the Special Offers page, but I will update them at some point in the future with clearer, closer and more detailed shots of the back of the jacket.

Mark ("Dave" as Les always calls him) Pointer has sent us some wonderful photo's of his Outlaw Anglia. Its an amazing beast of a small car that they have worked very hard on recently, and have achieved figures exceeding 2000 break horse, yes you read that correctly, two thousand! We have knocked up a little page with a little information and the fine photo's he had sent. You can view the engine in the beast here.

18/04/2006: Easter Thunderball at Santa Pod

Well Les wasn't racing at this event, but rather he was working. Yep, on with the scruitineer cap, and round looking at peoples bikes. I hear it was a great weekend with plenty of things to be seen, and a whole heap of hot air balloons playing around in the wonderful blue skys.

You can see some of the pictures of things from that weekend here, on one of the past events pages. Keep an eye out for Roel Koedam's bike, its the one that all shiny, neat, tidy and polished. It really does look well kept. 2006 Easter Thunderball.

13/04/2006: Site Events Page Updated

Well the Site Events Page has been updated. This includes two new links, one for the APIRA Power Nationals, and one for the Woodbridge Sprint that has just happened this past weekend.

04/04/2006: First Official Runs of the Season Hit Mother Nature

Well the first runs of the season came with the Power Nationals and have gone again. It was great to get back racing, albeit most of us probably in the rusty category, but just sad that the weather so often stopped play.

Most of us managed a single run on Saturday's qualifying, and the same again on Sunday during the racing. Whilst both Les and Stalky made it through to the semi-final's, the rain again stopped play for the rest of the day. Shame, because the runs were looking better then Saturday's.

Even sadder still, John Floyd's Team managed to get their bike to do an awesome 8.875 second run, which if they could have got a chance to do another run, may well have been a new world record! Got to feel gutted for the guys, but at least we know what sort of things we need to pull out of the bag to catch up with them this year. Its gonna be hard work!

30/03/2006: Team and Bikes Sections Had a Little Loving

We have provided some brief stopgap information for the Team and Bikes pages. These pages are due to be worked on and expanded a lot in this coming month, so expect them to change again as we start making them more dynamic and a little more personalised for each team member.

We also have a few links on the Events page at the top, listing some pages specifically knocked up with regards some past events, at least fo the short-term enjoyment of all. The Ally Pally and a brief whatnot about Les' Birthday and some Prezzies.

Oh yes, and did I forget to mention The Gnome has finally graced our presence on the page?

Well it appears today Les also received his clearance to scrutinize stuff more. Congratulations to him, as today he is cleared to be a Senior Scrutineer. (I daren’t ask if this is like an OAP pass at drag racing events, nah only kidding Les). Well done, I hear it normally takes people a little longer then this to be approved, so well deserved chap!

Today we also have a Team Funds Special Offers page, which we hope some of you will take a look at. A little bike looking for a nice new home.

20/03/2006: A Sad Day for Everyone

Sadly on Monday a good friend of the Team suddenly died. We were all gutted to hear this, and would like to extend our deepest condolences to the wife and family of Mr Terry Gibbs. We are so sorry Tina.

Terry was the Events Manager and organiser of the Xtreme Wheels International Show that we exhibited at only a few weekends ago. I am very glad we had time to chat that weekend, and am going to dearly miss him. It is such a tragic loss for Drag Racing, as he always has done so much for the sport.

19/03/2006: Test and Tune Runs this Sunday

Well this weekend was the first set of runs of the season, testing the bikes at Santa Pod. On my second run I was paired with John Floyd and wasn't upset with my time of 9.817 seconds, but even more pleased for John with his time of 8.959 seconds, which is the fastest for a Top Gas Twin that I am aware of, and had this been a real event and recorded as such, would now have been a World Record!

Very Big Congratulations John and the Team for such an excellent run! You can all see the Time Slip here, showing a copy of the recording of the run!

This weekend Stalky also had a very good run, recording a 10.8 on The CompuPay Express, which deserves a mention. Perhaps just a good start to the year.

04/03/2006: Les' Birthday Parteh Thingy

Many thanks to everyone that came to wish Les the best, and helped make it a very enjoyable night, well up until I left of course. The rest were still partying on heartily at the point I had to cave and get some kip, though I am sure they kept making it a great party. :)

Here's hoping everyone made it home without toooooo many scrapes, bruises, and encounters with the pavement, or at least have some humour to let us know about hehe.

28/02/2006: It's Les' birthday, and he'll cry if he wants to...

Happy Birthday Les!. Here's hoping you have a great start to your new year, and many many fun parties, including this evening. :)

I am sure there are many incoming birthday wishes, and we just hope you enjoy yourself thoroughly.

Don't forget to tune in later in the coming weeks for more photo's from the Ally Pally, and the stories folks that attended may have for you all. Apart from the normal cost of all things London like, I hear it was still humour, apart from to the wallet of course. Hope everyone bought Les enough drinks for his Birthday too. :p

19/02/2006: Happy Birthday Annette!

On behalf of Les and the Team we would like to wish Annette a very happy birthday, and a great start to the new numbers year for her and Stuart.
Along comes a song... Happpyyyy, naah just kidding.

10/02/2006: We have a new website

Well I hope you can all see we have a new website and hosting services provided for the team kindly provided by adecs.

In the coming months we are going to change the whole way the site works, and it will be some very clever stuff. We hope you will all enjoy it.