Editing Santa Pod Raceway (section)

{{Short description|Drag racing venue in Bedfordshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
{{Coord|52|14|18.43|N|0|35|43.56|W|type:landmark_region:GB-BDF|display=title}}
{{More citations needed|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox motorsport venue
|Name          = Santa Pod Raceway
|Location      = [[Podington]], [[Bedfordshire]], [[England]]
|Image         = Santa Pod Raceway finish line gantry.jpg
|Image_caption = The finish line gantry at Santa Pod Raceway
|Events        = {{Ubl|[[FIA]] European Drag Racing Championship|[[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] European Drag Racing Championship|[[British National Drag Racing Championships]]}}
|Operator      = Trakbak Racing
|Layout1       = Dragstrip
|Surface       = Concrete (from 2018)
|Record_time   = 03.58 seconds
|Record_driver = Sammy Miller
|Record_team   = Vanishing Point Rocket
|Record_year   = 1984
|Record_class  = [[Funny Car]]
}}
'''Santa Pod Raceway''' is Europe's first permanent [[drag racing]] venue for {{Convert|1/4|mi|ft m|0}} and {{Convert|1/8|mi|ft m|0}} racing.<ref name=Basics>{{Cite web|url=https://santapod.co.uk/basics.php|title=Drag Racing Basics|website=SantaPod.co.uk|publisher=Santa Pod Raceway|date=n.d.|access-date=23 November 2023}}</ref>  Located in [[Podington]], [[Bedfordshire]], England, the drag strip was built on a disused [[World War II|Second World War]] [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) [[airbase]], known as [[RAF Podington]]; once used by the [[USAAF]]'s [[92nd Operations Group#World War II|92nd Bomb Group]].  The drag racing venue opened at Easter in 1966, and it is now the home of European drag racing and hosts both the first and last round of the [[FIA]] and [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] / [[Union Européenne de Motocyclisme|UEM]] European Drag Racing Championship, along with the [[British National Drag Racing Championships]].  It has also been the venue for the annual Bug Jam weekend since 1987.