MSA British Drag Racing Championship

Round 3: Summer Nationals, June 19-20Kevin Slyfield recorded his maiden Pro Modified victory in round three of the MSA British Drag Racing Championship at Santa Pod Raceway. Slyfield clocked a personal-best terminal speed of 213.11mph during qualifying and reserved his best elapsed time of 6.549 seconds for his final-round defeat of Graham Ellis.Ellis and Andy Robinson had been pre-race favourites but the former was ravaged by mechanical problems, while the latter suffered a semi-final defeat following a transmission issue.Results - Semi-finalKevin Slyfield, 8.855s / 101.97mph bye runGraham Ellis, 7.267 / 156.29  def.  Andy Robinson, 16.570 / 55.29 Results - FinalKevin Slyfield, 6.549 / 212.07  def.  Graham Ellis, 7.535 / 142.56Low Elapsed Time of the Event:  6.062sec. – Andy RobinsonTop Speed of the Event:  230.17mph – Andy RobinsonRound 4: European Finals, September 9-12

Championship positions (provisional) after Round 3 1 Andy Robinson – 262 points 2 Graham Ellis – 1893 Kevin Slyfield – 1624 Johan Lindberg – 1235 Mats Eriksson – 746 Adam Flamholc – 72


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