Leadership Experience Days
Burnout to Breakout
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE – 2026/27
The UK’s only Drag Racing leadership experience.
Where the strip meets the boardroom, and performance becomes visible.
- Reward your team
- Challenge your clients
- Go somewhere they’ll never forget!
The Experience – £950+ VAT per delegate | Min 12 Max 16
- Private use of 2 Santa Pod Mustang race cars
- 3 timed runs, 2 coached and 1 solo
- Live Jet Car demonstration (270+ mph)
- Private hospitality with catered lunch
- Performance debrief, timing data & trophy presentation
No racing experience required | Professional instructors | Full safety briefing | All equipment provided.
Drag racing is one of the few motorsports where women have competed alongside men at the highest level for decades. It’s about performance, not gender. That’s the principle of Burnout to Breakout, everyone participates and races together
Where The Strip Meets The Boardroom
At Santa Pod, performance isn’t hidden
- Every reaction time is measured
- Every decision has consequences
- Every result is visible
The same principles that separate winning drag racing teams from the rest are the principles that drive high-performing businesses
Before the lights count down, everyone knows the objective. Great teams don’t waste energy on confusion
When the moment comes, hesitation costs time. The best leaders make decisions and execute
Championships are won in a hundredth of a second. Business growth comes from continuous improvement, not occasional breakthroughs
The driver gets the glory, the team delivers the results. High performing organisations understand that success is never individual
The start line creates pressure you cannot replicate in a meeting room. How people respond reveals behaviours that are often invisible in day-to-day work
Every run generates data. Every result creates learning. The most successful teams review, adapt and improve.
Burnout to Breakout gives your leadership team or clients a structured, high impact day that makes performance visible, measurable and unforgettable. The debrief is where the strip and the boardroom become the same conversation




Why Drag Racing?
Performance becomes visible
At work, hesitation is often hidden
At the start line, it isn’t
Whether you’re entertaining VIP clients or energising your leadership team, use the strip as a test for real performance.
Every participant experiences:
- Pressure
- Decision making
- Focus
- Accountability
- Competition
- Improvement
Santa Pod is the home of British drag racing for 60 years
- A venue built entirely around performance, reaction time and execution
- Every run generates data
- Every run creates feedback
- Every run becomes a conversation
- The strip accelerates behaviours that already exist inside teams
Why This Doesn’t Exist Anywhere Else
Private use of Santa Pod facilities and race vehicles.
Reaction times, race times, measurable improvements.
Learn from people who perform under pressure every weekend.
Turn track performance into business conversation.
Professional photography and video for internal comms and LinkedIn.
Most corporate events are forgotten within weeks. This one is talked about for years.




Who Is This For?
Strategy, decision making and performance.
Competition, motivation and confidence.
An alternative to hospitality suites and golf days.
Building confidence under pressure.
Rewarding success whilst maintaining momentum.
Creating shared experiences strengthens cultures.
The Day
The Experience – £950 + vat per delegate – Min 12 / Max 16
Whether you’re entertaining VIP clients or energising your leadership team, you use the strip as a test for real performance.
The Day – What’s Included
- Catering
Breakfast arrival at Santa Pod Raceway & catered lunch in private hospitality - Race Cars
Private use of 2 x Santa Pod Mustang race cars - 3 runs
Coached | Dual Control | Solo - Timed runs
With professional marshalling - Instruction
Structured briefing and performance debrief - Timing
Timing data for every run - Awards
Trophy ceremony - Jet Car
Live Jet Car demonstration (200+ mph) - Souvenir
Professional photography
The Day – Sample Itinerary
- 8:30 am – Arrival & Breakfast
Coffee, bacon rolls and welcome briefing on arrival at Santa Pod - 9:15 am – Performance Briefing
Safety briefing, car orientation and session structure explained - 9:30 am – The Tree
Practice with the lights on the track - 9:45 am – Mustang Run 1
Passenger run with an experienced tutor. Feel the launch - 10.30 am – Mustang Runs 2 & 3
With your instructor, then solo. Your strip, your run - 11.45 am – Jet Car Exhibition Run
Watch the Jet Car live from your own VIP area: 270 mph in under 6 seconds. Unmissable - 12pm – Catered Lunch
Sit down lunch in private hospitality - 1pm – Awards Ceremony
Performance debrief, data review, presentation




Weather Contingency & Alternative Format
Bad Weather?
If the strip is unavailable due to weather, Santa Pod’s drift programme gives you access to a drifting passenger experience with Santa Pod’s own cars, with experienced drifters and delivers another high octane thrill ride.
An alternate date can also be arranged.
Cars
In exceptional circumstances the Santa Pod Raceway Mustangs may be replaced with equivalent cars.