USC - Ultimate Street Car
Car Show on Fri 31st July to Sun 2nd August 2026
USC at Santa Pod Raceway is the Largest, Loudest, Hottest and Fastest modified car festival in Europe featuring Run What Ya Brung public track time, Drag Racing, Music*, Club Camping, Traders, Show & Shine, Drifting, Stunts Displays, Jet Car and much more. It's the UK's most extreme Car Show!
Beat the queues on Friday with a Thursday Arrival Pass and enjoy the Thursday Music & Fun Fair! Weekend Tickets are also required.
What's on at Ultimate Street Car
What's on - Music
Evening Entertainment*
(Thu, Fri & Sat)
USC hosts four music zones, the Main Stage, the Dance Tent, Fuelers Bar, and Ultimate Street Bar, with top-name MC's & DJs, amazing light shows, hot dancers and awesome tunes, so bring your mates, get a three-day ticket and have a party!
Full USC 2026 Line-up Coming Soon! First Acts:
Evening Music is NOT included with Day Tickets. Free as part of your sporting event weekend ticket. *Weekend Tickets are also required.
What's on - Track
Run What Ya Brung - RWYB
(Fri 9.30am - 8pm, Sat 9.45am - 8pm & Sun 9.45am - 5pm)
The drag strip will be open for you to take your own car down the track with timing data at
ETSlips!
A crash helmet is mandatory for all participants!
Sign-on costs £40 for 3 runs.
The first batch of race vouchers are available to Buy Online. Subsequent batches will be released on the day of the event on a first come first served basis. Jet Car
(Fri, Sat & Sun)
A Jet Car will be thundering down the strip with an engine that develops thrust equivalent to more than 10,000hp, powering it down the quarter-mile in 5 seconds!
USC Sports Compact Shootout
(Fri, Sat & Sun)
20 of the quickest "Compact" cars in the UK will be competing in a Drag Racing Shootout at USC.
Open to FWD, RWD and 4WD cars with compact engines (4, 5 or 6 cylinders and rotaries). Entries limited to 20 cars qualifying for a 16 car elimination ladder.
X58 Shootout
(Sat & Sun)
The ultimate sleeper class, these cars may look stock but run down into the 8s with B58 or S58 engines. Expect cars from tuning houses like Serks and Osprey.
Drag Karts
(Sat & Sun)
The Ultimate UK Drag Kart Shootout - An exciting line-up of weird and wonderful karts from across the UK will be racing each other out on the famous quarter mile this USC. These crazy, motorbike engine karts have always been a crowd favourite and just seem to get quicker and quicker!
What's on - Live Action Arena & Drifting
Burnout Competition
(Sat)
Torture your tyres for the crowd’s amusement in the gladiatorial-style burnout contest.
Flame Out
(Sat)
Saturday night at USC is "flame night" as the biggest flaming exhausts in the country compete to amaze and amuse the crowd with an awesome fire show!
Handling Track
(Fri)
If you've got a car that goes around corners like a go-kart, then why not have a crack at the handling circuit? It's FREE to enter and just for fun, but it's yet another way you can play with your car at USC, and you don't need mega-power to have fun. In fact, the top cars on the handling circuit are nearly always the little 'uns.
Drift Rides
(Fri, Sat & Sun)
If you want the ultimate sideways fix but wince at the thought of taking your own car, why not jump in with one of our pros who will give you the ride of your life for £20! Take a smokey trip around the Drift Ride Arena for some adrenaline filled fun!
If you are interested in trying drifting for yourself then Santa Pod holds regular Drift What Ya Brung days, full details at www.DWYB.co.uk. What's on - Show Cars
Show & Shine
(Sunday)
The USC Show & Shine features the best show cars in the business. But there's room for you too! Anyone with a great car can enter, just turn up on the day.
Show Paddock - Saturday
(Sat)
No prizes, no judging. Just somewhere cool to park your car if you want it to be seen on Saturday. Please remove your car and park back in your camp area by 3pm.
What's on - Daytime Entertainment
Mr & Miss USC Competition
(Sat)
Want a chance to WIN £200 CASH? then the time and the place is 3pm at the Dance Tent. (All contestants will have their admission cost refunded too!). All it takes is a lot of guts and a huge sense of fun. You don’t have to be a super model or totally ripped… but it can help. We’ll be testing competitors’ skills with a host of mini games but it’s the audience who have the final say, so you need to win them over. Open to over 18s only. Register at the Dance Tent 30min before to take part.
What's on - Around Site
Dancers
(Fri & Sat)
Stage Dancers: The gorgeous Bass Honeys will be performing on the Main Stage Friday and Saturday evenings, including fire breathing and much more.
Trade Village
(Fri, Sat & Sun)
There will be a huge variety of traders selling everything from car parts to clothing.
Cars 4 Sale Paddock
If you've got a car you want to sell, park it up, stick your phone number on the dashboard, and wait for the calls to come flooding in. FREE for both buyers and sellers!
Fun Fair Rides
(Fri, Sat & Sun)
All the fun of the fair with Dodgems, Waltzers, Arcades, Candy Floss and Sideshows! Please bring cash to minimizing queuing times.
Food & Drink
(Thu, Fri, Sat & Sun)
Caterers and bars will be open around site all weekend. There will be a wide range of food and drink to suit all tastes. In Licensed Bars under 18s must be accompanied by an adult, no under 18s after 11pm.
There are cash machines in the catering area and Pod Shop.
Camping / Clubs
Camping is included with all weekend tickets but if you have 5 or more cars coming then you can book an Allocated Club Camping Pitch.
Further details and booking form on the
Car Clubs Page, the first clubs to book get pitch priority.
This year, camp for longer and beat the queues on Friday with
FREE Thursday Arrival! for Club Campers.
(Weekend Tickets are also required. Full Ticket Info)Pamper Pod
The Pamper Pod is equipped with mirrors, electric points, dressing tables and chairs, you can freshen up in the morning or get dolled up for the evening. So whether you want to straighten that frizz, create some curls or apply that lippy, come along to the Pamper Pod and make yourself festival ready.
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Santa Pod Raceway
Santa Pod Raceway is the UK's premier Drag Strip in the middle of England on the border of Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire.
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