During the last qualifying round at Atlanta, Robbins (near lane) paired up against Steve Kirk to settle the rain-postponed Outlaw 10.5 final from the previous ORSCA race at Huntsville Dragway. Robbins won and also went on to win the Atlanta event, while Kirk lost to Tim Lynch in the semis.

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"Yeah, this was a great way to end our year,” Robbins said after riding a holeshot in his 2002 Camaro to the 10-wide win over Tim Lynch on Sunday night. Earlier in the day he beat Steve Kirk for Huntsville honors. “We’ll all have to pick it up a bit over the winter, though, if we want to keep up with Tim (Lynch),” he added.

Joining Robbins in the ORSCA winner’s circle were Keith Szabo (Limited Street), Shane Stack (EZ Street), Roger McConnell (5.30), Michael Strickland (6.0), and Keith May (7.0). ORSCA backer Year One also staged a quarter-mile race for street-going cars on Saturday with winners including Nick Yarber (Open), Rob Roberts (10.0), Terry Dalton (11.0), Todd Baker (12.0), and Lester Hawkins (13.0)

OUTLAW 10.5

Woodstock, GA’s Lynch reaffirmed he has the quickest and fastest ride on 10.5Ws right now by qualifying his twin-turboed ’02 Mustang number one with a 4.476-second pass over the eighth at 167.69 mph, then setting an outlaw ET record of 4.466 at 168.47 in a first-round win over Dave Sheppard (despite sanctioning the race, ORSCA doesn’t officially recognize records set at non-points events).

With help from a crewmember, Tim Lynch (left) replaces the nose on his record-setting 2002 Mustang. Lynch was a picture of consistency on raceday, running 4.40s throughout eliminations and prompting crew chief and team co-owner Steve Petty to quip, “We’re just going bracket racing.”