MSA British Drag Racing Championship

Round 2: Santa Pod, 27-29 May

Low qualifier Bruno Bader scored a scintillating victory at Santa Pod with a five-second win over Michael Gullqvist.

Eliminations followed qualifying form with the top four qualifiers reaching the semi-final.

Among other competitors, Philip Englefield and Kevin Slyfield achieved distinction with career-best performances during qualifying and eliminations, both reaching the second round.

Image: Bruno Bader in action at Santa Pod, courtesy of Santa Pod.

ResultsTop three qualifiers1 Bruno Bader: 5.946sec. / 234.08mph2 Michael Gullqvist: 5.974 / 244.213 Johan Lindberg: 5.977 / 231.67

EliminationsSemi-finalBruno Bader 6.196sec/190.52mph def. Mats Eriksson 10.751/76.16Michael Gullqvist 5.997/242.52 def. Johan Lindberg 9.014/94.69

FinalBruno Bader 5.939/235.28 def. Michael Gullqvist 5.964/245.07

Low Elapsed Time of the Event: 5.939sec. – Bruno Bader

Top Speed of the Event: 245.07mph – Michael Gullqvist

Provisional championship standings1 Philip Englefield – 109 points2 Andy Robinson – 97= Michael Gullqvist – 97

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