{"id":1361,"date":"2025-03-06T09:21:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T09:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonc144.sg-host.com\/?page_id=1361"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:23:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:23:14","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/santapod.co.uk\/about\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1361\" class=\"elementor elementor-1361\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c995e45 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4c995e45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66e7b109 e-con-full page-divider e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"66e7b109\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-154f68f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"154f68f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"93\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/santapod.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Divide-2-Offwhite-dark-1.svg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-647 lazyload\" alt=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"93\" src=\"https:\/\/santapod.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Divide-2-Offwhite-dark-1.svg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-647 lazyload\" alt=\"\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfb22af e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cfb22af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4714f28 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4714f28\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d5fd68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0d5fd68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Legacy Fuelled by Speed<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85a55da e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"85a55da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d299e5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d299e5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There\u2019s more to Santa Pod than meets the eye. From its USAF roots to becoming Europe\u2019s home of drag racing, Santa Pod has built a legacy that\u2019s as loud and proud as the cars that tear down the strip.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6573cf e-con-full page-divider e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e6573cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1e28ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c1e28ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"93\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" 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