MSA British Drag Racing Championship

Round 3:  Santa Pod Raceway, 23-24 June

Roger Moore scored a fine Pro Modified victory at the Summer Nationals to assume the championship lead.

Moore delivered a string of six-second, 200mph passes from his nitrous oxide-boosted Dodge Viper to take the trophy, including career-best figures of 6.665 seconds and 210.83mph.

Semi-finalist Graham Ellis, driving a turbocharged Plymouth Superbird, qualified on pole with the event’s low elapsed time and top speed.

Results – semi-finalAndy Frost 6.972sec, 210.11mph def. Philip Englefield 9.728, 126.30Roger Moore 6.869, 208.00 def. Graham Ellis – shut off

FinalRoger Moore 6.742, 208.88 def. Andy Frost – did not start

Low Elapsed Time of the Event:  6.179sec. – Graham EllisTop Speed of the Event:  239.03mph – Graham Ellis

Provisional championship standings1 Roger Moore – 190 points2 Graham Ellis – 1733 Andy Frost – 1464 Philip Englefield – 125= Andy Wright – 125


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