Surrey Street Rodders

30th Anniversary - Wheels Day
Rushmore Arena

Wheels Day for me is the “must do” show to start the year with, and this year the Surrey Street Rodders are celebrating their 30th Anniversary.

I left the house at 5.30 a.m. dodging milk floats and Post Office vans as I made my way to the motorway, an hour later I had reached passport control and an hour or so later than that, arrived at Rushmore Arena, greeted by what I first thought was a fluorescent weapon of mass destruction, but on closer inspection realised it was Nick Shanley in his works Hi Viz jacket!! Phew what a relief!

A very welcoming cuppa later and the rest of the crew arrived, so we all set about setting up.
The variety of vehicles arriving was truly awesome, Rods, Drag Cars, Yanks, Trucks, Custom Bikes - you name it, it was all there, and by midday the place was buzzin’.

The customary good weather had brought people out in droves, John Price was the compere for the day and a couple of good quality bands played throughout the day, it all went to make a truly great start to 2004.

Prize giving was mid afternoon, the NASC Pick going to Mark Grant and his Green and Flamed Model A Sedan, it’s been around for some time now and is still as fresh as when it first hit the road, check it out at the next show.

One thing I can’t make out is why people seem to leave so bloody early! If your havin’ a good time (and everybody was) you normally don’t want it to end, (well I don’t anyway) it’s not as though you’ve got work the next day. (although I did).

The old Brooklands site that was previously host to this event is now intended for development, so it had to be moved to Rushmore Arena, near Aldershot, which has been fraught with complications. The fact that the event went ahead at all, let alone was a huge success is testament to all the hard graft from Surrey Street Rodders.

Well done guys, we’re all lookin’ forward to next time.

Mark Ashman