At American SpeedFest, Brands Hatch fills up with V8 stock cars, racing pickups, American muscle, barbecue and a Country stage. More than 40,000 people turned up last time. Kent appears to be coping.
If you’ve ever watched a Kenworth rolling across an American highway and thought you’d quite like a go, Britain has a surprisingly good answer: Clive Shaw Trucking will hand you the wheel.
V8s, slide-outs, onboard generators and even a motorhome with its own garage and rear patio. Signature Motorhomes doesn’t just sell American RVs in Britain — it does the awkward work of making them legal, usable and serviceable here.
Valley Gas Speed Shop started with one bloke chopping roofs and building cars on the side. Twenty-five years later, the Andover workshop is still doing the same essential thing on a much bigger scale: taking American hot-rod thinking and making something properly British out of it.
