Racing lovers were out in force over the weekend with Straightliners Events holding their ’Tynwald Drag Racing’ event at Jurby airfield.

As well as the drag racing the ’world’s fastest shed’ was an added attraction to thrill the fans.

When Kevin Hicks, from Oxfordshire, decided his old V6 Volkswagen Passat needed a makeover, he turned it into a wooden shack on wheels.

Kevin spent £5,000 and seven months on the transformation.

It is still a V6 Passat underneath, with 190bhp and four-wheel-drive.

The vehicle has been deemed road legal and can reach a speed of 88 miles per hour.

In the racing there were classes for bikes and cars.

The junior class in the bike racing was won by Levi Baber while the 600 Supercup was won by Lee Woodcock.

In the 11.10 class, Gilbert Cook qualified in number one spot and went on to take the class win.

The 10.10 class saw Liz Charman beat local man David Atherton in the final to take home the trophy.

A great battle ensued in the 9.10 class with some close times posted in qualifying with Alan Morrison junior beating father Alan Morrison senior to the top qualifying spot. But the final saw two other competitors triumph when there was a dead heat between Finlo Hughes and Mark Pathan for first place.

Phil Wood took the fastest time of the day trophy with an 8.85 second run reaching 172mph.

In the car section Tom Atherton beat Josh Callin to take home the winning trophy in the 15.30 class.

The 14.30 class was won by Ian Merryweather while the 13.30 class went to Kieran Baxter in his 1.6 litre Honda Civic, who performed a giant killing act beating Geoff Burchill in his 7.2 litre Willys.

In the V8 engined drag saloons, Lee Pike was fastest with a time of 9.88 seconds reaching 138 miles per hour, beating Sean Milton in his Morris Z van into second place.

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