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After the disappointment of missing out on the FIA Pro Modified title, Andy Robinson bounced back with a new PB of 6.054/235.19 in qualifying backed up with a 6.069/223 in the third session, but the latter came at the expense of a broken crankshaft resulting in a late night thrash to get the Robinson Race Cars Studebaker ready for eliminations. On the Sunday Robinson dropped off a couple of tenths of his qualifying pace, but defeated his two closest championship rivals Bert Englefield and Graham Ellis to take his second MSA British Drag Racing title in three years.
Kev Elliott and Bert Englefield were also on personal best form over the weekend. Englefiled lowering his ET mark to a 6.489 in the occasionally errant 38 Ford Coupe, whilst Slyfield demolished his own marks off the trailer with a 6.699 being a real surprise having only broken into the sixes a couple of weeks earlier. A 6.528/212 proved it was no fluke from the mainly steel 41 Willys Sedan.
