About Us

York Raceway has been hosting drag racing since the '70s. What's drag racing in 12 words? A 1/4-mile sprint race, from a standing start between two cars. Simple, but it gets more interesting as it gets more complex. Soon it's all about power, control and reaction. And before you know, it can be taking control of you. At York, spectators become participants and participants become racers...!

York Raceway has good access, ample parking and is one of only three permanent drag strip facilities in the UK. It is equipped with world-class TSI timing equipment, which gives you a printout from each run, with your reaction time, 60', 1/8 mile and 1/4 mile times and speeds to 1/100mph and 1/1000second.

York has a great, friendly atmosphere and a reputation for efficiently run events and a weather profile similar to Brighton's!

From rodders to modders or classics, we run a number of series to provide for all to race or RWYB. The Northern Drag Racing Championship is the bracket (ie handicap racing) series, the Hot Rod Challenge series for 'heads up' racing, plus the American Super Stock series and the 2NZ series for tuners and modifiers. There's something there for everyone, spectators and racers alike, hit the 'What's on' button for more, or go to events.

How to get there

York Raceway is east of York, on the old Melbourne airfield, near Seaton Ross. It's a signposted 12-mile country drive from junction 37 off of the M62.

How to get racing

Gates open at 8am on race days, scrutineering from 9 am, sign on at the PDRC Office (or at the Tower for run what you've brung) and the track opens at 10am.

Signing on to race? How to beat the queue!

To race, you need to be a member of a recognised club, PRDC (Pennine Drag Racing Club), York Raceway’s drivers’ club. PDRC recognises Shakespeare County Raceway’s or Santa Pod’s equivalent. So you need to complete the PDRC membership form.

To race, you also need a race licence. An MSA licence will do, or an IOPD licence, which you can download the application form here. The licence costs £10* for one year, or £5 for a single event (*includes PDRC membership subsidy of £5).

And you need to complete two race entry forms. When you complete the new entry form, your details will subsequently be added to the database, so there’s now no need to re-do a form for each event, providing there’s no change to your details. In future, for the next round, just get scrutineered, simply re-sign at the PDRC office and you are gone in 30 seconds (as opposed to the usual 60 seconds). The second entry form to complete is the participant’s contract.

Finally, there is the temporary (RWYB) permit, this enables you to run some RWYB passes, in case you need a bit of a shakedown or some track time outside of competition. There’s no additional cost for this, so you may as well do it!

Send completed forms and payment to:

Mrs. M. Lyon, PDRC Membership Secretary
Flaxfield,
Lindholme Grange,
Thorne Levels,
Doncaster,
DN8 5TE

Admission:

Free parking and free grandstand seating

Admission for 1-day events:

Adult:                                                       £10
Teen (13 to16 inclusive):                        £5
Accompanied children (12 and under):  FREE

Admission for 2-day events:

Adult:                                                       £15
Teen (13 to16 inclusive):                        £7.50
Accompanied children (12 and under):  FREE

Family ticket: 2 adult admissions, 2 accompanying teens go free

Track fees:

RWYB fees: £30 per day (2-day events are £40)
Race fees: £40 per day (2-day events are £60)

Camping:

Series logos

There is a logo for each series, which you can down load here, so you can get your local vinyl cutter to do some graphics for your car You can have just a little one on the rear window, or turn it into big groovy graphics floating down the side of your car - it's not mandatory, but you might like to!

Please note that we mustn't allow any cans, bottles etc to stray (or be thrown!!) into the grass (there's plenty of bins around anyhow). We need to camp in the 'mown zones' and not drive cars through fields too! Barbeques are fine, but not camp fires. This really is important, we don't want to loose the camping, but it also jeopardises the future of York Raceway.