It's a drag in Umm al Quwain

Last night we went down to Umm al Quwain to the drag races which are held there the first weekend of the month. There's more photos here. We 'accidently' got into the VIP parking and then wandered down pit lane looking at all the cars. While we were looking at the cars, we met Joe Lepone the American racer who is in Dubai to establish the drag races and train the drivers. He showed us one of the cars which has 2,300 horse power and has more take-off power than one of the space shuttles. The meeting didn't start until late because of Ramadan, scheduled start was 9pm but the first race finally got under way about 10:30pm. We watched the races until the driver of one of the Supras blew up his engine half way down the track and showered the track with oil and engine parts holding everything up. By this time it was nearly 11:30 and with an hour drive back to Dubai we headed for home. We'd already done a bike/car run to Hatta in the morning, we don't waste our weekends!