Drag Racer (song)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Drag Racer" is an instrumental song by the Doug Wood Band.

It was written and performed by the little-known Doug Wood Band in 1976 but since then has been better known as the theme song to the BBC's snooker coverage.

It was released as part of the "BBC Snooker Themes" EP, released on BBC Records in 1984 (RESL 144), and is credited to The Douglas Wood Group. This version, however, differs slightly from the original 1976 recording, as sounds of snooker balls have been added to the start of the track. For this reason, the copyright date is shown on the record as 1982

The original track without the modifications can be found as track 6 of the CD "The Great Sporting Experience", published by EMI in 1998 (CD GOAL 1). This is credited to Doug Wood Group, licensed from Studio G.

BBC Sports no longer use this particular track on their snooker coverage, instead it has been heavily updated and remixed by Tim Baker of T Minus 50.

During the coverage of the 2008 888.com World Snooker Championship, the BBC have began to use the original version of Drag Racer again, during session breaks on their Interactive service. It is played over a caption of forthcoming matches.