Round 16: Colerne, August 30Nick Algar retained his SBD Motorsport MSA British Sprint Championship title with victory at Colerne.The championship battle appeared to swing in Stewart Robb Snr’s favour during practice, but gremlins struck in qualifying with what Robb feared to be a dropped valve in the mighty Judd V8.The Scot was therefore sidelined, leaving the path clear for Algar, who duly took the win to seal back-to-back titles.Results1 Nick Algar (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 62.64s2 Terry Holmes (3.5 Lola-Judd/Swindon ERH) 62.88s3 Graham Porrett (3.5 Lola-Judd/Swindon ERH) 67.41s4 Terry Graves (3.5 Gould-Cosworth DFR GR37) 67.96s5 Jonathan Toulmin (1.5 Force-Suzuki PT) 68.32s6 Steve Miles (2.0 Van Diemen-Zetec RF96MM) 69.42s7 Phil Lynch (2.0 Dallara-Vauxhall F301) 70.99s8 Simon Clemow (1.5 Radical Prosport) 71.80s9 John Payne (2.0 Dallara-Vauxhall F301) 71.83sAndy Potter (1.0t Jedi-Suzuki Mk 4) FailedTom Potter (1.0t Jedi-Suzuki Mk 4) FailedStewart Robb Snr (4.0 Pilbeam-Judd MP88) DNS

Championship positions (provisional) after Round 16 1 Nick Algar – 122 points2 Stewart Robb Snr – 1203 Mark Smith – 954 Terry Holmes – 935 Jonathan Toulmin – 746 Colin Birkbeck – 74 7 Tom Potter – 648 Graham Porrett – 639 Ross Napier – 5910 Steve Miles – 5111 Phil Lynch – 4912 Steve Broughton – 47