UK National Finals

Words and Photos Ivan Sansom
10/13/05

he racing season ended in the UK with the National Finals at Santa Pod over the first weekend of October. Bitterly cold at times, but with the track in an excellent state of preparation and a bumper sportsman field, the curtain closed on the 2005 season at the end of an excellent meeting and the completion of the track and national championships.

Having won the Euro Finals to finish second in Europe, and a brief spell behind the tiller of The Mob Fuel Altered a couple of weeks previously, Rob Turner managed to overcome a tough Top Methanol field to take the MSA British Top Methanol title for the eighth time.

The beautifully prepared supercharged big block EDA dragster of Ian Tubb produces consistent mid seven second passes and did enough through the season in Super Pro to secure the 2005 National Points Championship.

Despite red lighting in the second round of Pro ET, John Atkinson was still beaming at the conclusion of the meeting having set a NPB at 9.04 on a double break-out first round victory that proved enough to hold onto his points lead in the very tough bracket.