Brett Featherstone, a dedicated drag racer from Wheeley, Essex, has made an incredible return to the drag racing scene after a 25-year break. Brett competes in the Pro ET class at Santa Pod Raceway, and his 1969 Chevrolet Nova named "Nova Scotia," has quickly become one of the standout entries in the field.

Brett has earned numerous trophies with the car, including clinching the top spot in the 2024 Pro ET Championship.

A Plymouth Duster Pro mod drag racing car on the track with a large illuminated sign that says 'PRZYM' in the background.
Logo with the text 'Isaacs & Tramm' in bold black letters with gray shadowing.
Plymouth Duster Pro mod Race car on a drag strip with a cloudy sky overhead and Santa Pod's digital scoreboard in the background.
A race car driver wearing a black helmet and racing suit, standing next to a white race car with black and white lettering near the front. The driver appears to be inspecting or working on the car, with a car in the background and other people around.

Having a one piece fibreglass front end, We were contacted to bring “Nova Scotia” to life with a custom paint job that captured the essence of the car’s factory counterpart. We were tasked with painting the entire front end of the car to look stock, hand painting all the grille, trim, badges, chrome details, number plates, and headlights. The detail extended to every part of the front fascia to ensure it had a factory, authentic feel looking like a steel car out on the track.

However, we secretly took the design a step further by painting on a number plate that reflects the cars story. The plate was a nod to the car’s origin- Nova Scotia, Canada, where Brett originally bought the car before shipping it across the ocean to the UK. matching the number plate to the car’s race number, creating a truly personal connection to the vehicle’s racing history.

A white Plymouth Duster Pro mod at the starting line of a track, with a digital timer display and a sign reading 'SANTA POD' in the background, under a partly cloudy sky.
A white Plymouth Duster Pro mod race car with black accents at a drag racing event, with a person in a black racing suit standing near it. Several spectators and crew members are in the background, A sign with the text 'NGK Spark Plugs' .

The Duster made its debut at the Easter Thunderball event in 2013, with a focus on competing and contending in the MSA British Pro Modified series from the outset. with the car consistently running low 6 second 1/4 mile times. In 2018, the Duster made history by becoming the first-ever turbocharged Pro Mod car in Europe to win an MSA Pro Mod event. Demonstrating the car’s engineering and performance capabilities.