USC - Ultimate Street Car
Car Show on Fri 1st to Sun 3rd August 2025
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
Music | Track | Live Action Arena | Show Cars | Daytime Entertainment | Around Site
(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!

(All Days)
You don't have to wait till the evening for the entertainment to start at USC with the Ultimate Street Bar open during the day on Friday, Saturday & Sunday! Plus Thursday evening for those with Thursday Arrival Passes.
The Ultimate Street Bar is situated near the Bankside Shop and will be the perfect place to chill out and put your feet up. There will be DJs from afternoon through to evening and a licenced bar.

(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!
Signing on for RWYB is online but you will still need to visit the Sign On Office to show your driving licence and your race voucher e-ticket before hitting the track. (An Admission ticket is required in addition to your RWYB Race Voucher)
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.

(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!

(Sat)
Torture your tyres for the crowd’s amusement in the gladiatorial-style burnout contest.

(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.

(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.

(Sat)
Daniel is still boasting one of the largest and most loyal social media followings in the UK! He has had many characters including Dapper Laughs but in his stand up, he brings the laughs, and looks back on the mischief, the mistakes and the madness of his career so far. Plus support from award winning comedian, Kevin Sheppard.

(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.

(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.
Pole Dancers: Take one pole, one music track and one hot girl, and what have you got? A pole-dance show! Free entry in Fuelers Bar. Strictly OVER-18s ONLY
Lapdance Club: If you like the pole dancing, then you’ll love the lapdance club. Book yourself a private dance and sit on your hands. Strictly OVER-18s ONLY

(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!

(Fri, Sat & Sun)
All the fun of the fair with Dodgems, Waltzers, Arcades, Candy Floss and Sideshows! Please bring cash to minimizing queuing times.

(Sat & Sun)
Volt Tour is the world's first all-vehicle action show using EUC, E-Bikes, E- Scooters, one wheel and electric mounting board on various different ramps and boxes to showcase the skills with the very best riders in the UK. Watch riders launch themselves off a 7ft ramp or trying some trickier moves on the various different mini ramps and boxes.

(Fri, Sat & Sun)
Attending the show will be the World's 1st and original, multiple frequency SPL competition format for finding out just how loud your car audio sound systems can truly play Ultra Low Frequency bass. Propper Droppers test hundreds of different systems a year, with their scoreboards holding over 1000 contestants.

(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 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)

(All days)
There will be a real beach located next to the Ultimate Street Bar. So bring along buckets & spades for the kids and deckchairs to relax in.

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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