Marangoni Ultimate Street Car, modifying gone mental
Cancel the Holiday.. block out your diary, because once again, it’s time for the magic and mental motoring mayhem that is Marangoni Ultimate Street Car.. and for 2011.. everything has been turned up to.. well, ’11!’
If you’ve never been before, let me enlighten you with the elevator pitch. The finest drag strip in Europe. 35,000 modifying disciples. The UK’s most superbly executed show cars. The best bands, DJs and tuners. Are you in yet? USC has justifiably achieved the status of ‘legend’ on the show calendar, and a single visit will soon tell you why. No other show packs as much into three days, with real heads-up quarter mile action playing out against a backdrop of high-octane antics that make a night out with Charlie Sheen look like lunch with Mother Theresa!
Top level drag racing is the order of the day, with Euro Sports Compact drivers battling it out in the kind of times that make Ferrari owners weep into their leather. Or, if you prefer, why not wander over to the drifting area where sideways is the new forwards and tyre smoke is the new oxygen.
In addition to a head spinning line up of acts like current hot ticket, Chase and Status, BCM and Skepta, you can rely on the Ministry of Sounds ‘Addicted to Bass’ tour to fill in any gaps. You can bank on a (literally) record breaking line-up of stunt performers, Monster Trucks, Jet cars and show cars.
Ever ones for a challenge, we’ve even added a live build area where our carefully assembled team of spanner wielding artistes will be standing by to rip apart and rebuild a stock hot motor into a modified thing of beauty over the show weekend. Yep, as the show parties on in the background, our long-suffering team will be gutting a tuner-scene favourite back to a shell before commencing with a full-bore rebuild including chassis, roll cage, interior, induction, wheels, brakes and full race graphics. With only 3 days to do what takes most tuning houses at least a full week, plus of course, the added pressure of 35,000 petrolheads… and a TV crew. Oh yes! almost forgot to mention, the entire show is being shot for Eurosport and Motors, so if you, your car, your missus are camera friendly, who knows, you might end up on the telly! Actually, seeing as we are on drinking terms with the producers, we might even put in a good word for you!
Of course, elsewhere on site, there are simply acres of space for club camping, hardcore BBQ action and chance to kick back with a cold beer and recant your tales of quarter mile heroics. Stock up before you arrive, and you’re free to park up the motor and seriously over-indulge for the entire weekend as everything you need is on site, with several bars and even a lap-dancing club!
Sprinkle on a side order of live stage, Lowriders display, Burnout and Flameout comps and the Autoglym showcar paddock and pretty soon, it becomes the ultimate road trip weekend away. You’ll kick yourselves if you miss it, so don’t!
We’ll see you there guys! Check it all out at ultimatestreetcar.co.uk.
