Coyote Dancers @ Tepnakorn Motor Sports Complex

Drag racing is a popular if niche motor sport across the world, the noise, smoke, style and razzmatazz of the events drag in thousands of aficionados, and in Thailand this genre is reportedly popular and well-attended, so its time to check out this scene. There are two 1/4 miles strips in the vicinity of Bangkok, and one, the Tepnakorn Motor Sports Complex, is a modern, purpose-built track located just off the Rama II highway about 50 kilometres out of the city on the long stretch down to Samut Songkram. Events run at the Tepnakorn Motor Sports Complex every Saturday night with practice starting in the daytime as the action winds up to a climax in the early hours of Sunday morning. Surprisingly the track is pretty easy to find, and heading down the Rama II highway it suddenly looms large on the right hand side following a dearth of the landmarks shown on Google Maps. It's a sea of floodlights, a sprawling car park, banging noise and a huge, unmissable illuminated sign angled close to the road. If only every destination in Thailand was as easy to find.
All-in-all its a pretty good complex and one that looks like it is set - judging by the ample crowd - to have an ever bigger and better future. The Tepnakorn Motor Sports Complex is the brainchild of Bangkok businessman Sittichai Sirithatthamrong who is a keen proponent of drag racing and drove the ambitious project to fruition. He's enthusiastic and at the heart of the action; and his dream a reality that is now being enjoyed by many people tonight. There is a break in the action on the tarmac and it offers time to check out the car park where six pick-up trucks, lavishly transformed into integrated mobile sounds systems, and featuring glittering paintwork, are parked back-to-back in two rows, booming dance music through a plethora of speakers which is complemented by flood of lights flashing to the beat. The sound and the light show is controlled by a pair of DJs at a mixing desk alongside. Topping it all off these highly modified trucks feature a "dancer floor" section and half a dozen pretty and energetic Coyote style dancers are wiggling their stuff to the delight - and rapt attention - of a the crowd.

The pumping music stops eventually, the lights flicker and fade, the dancers vacate their 'podiums', and the main action is all set to kick off. The "main act" tonight is Raoul Blanchetti, known as the Fastest Man in Thailand, who holds the record down the 1/4 mile in 7.260 seconds.

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