Andy Robinson and the Anger Management Pro Mod team, fresh off the heels of a successful weekend at the Doorslammers event, scored yet another final-round appearance at the recent FIA Main Event, at Santa Pod Raceway.
The event started with a race within a race, the Carl Cox Motorsport series. This is a 5.90 index, all cars run, Aussie-style format race with a points system that sets up the final rounds. Many different combos entered, including screw blowers, roots blowers, turbochargers, 2JZ import cars, nitrous cars and a sole Procharger-equipped entry belonging to superstar DJ Carl Cox and driven by American Mikey Rees. The UK-based Anger Management team ran a strong 5.91 at 246 mph off the trailer which was good enough for No. 1 qualifier and put together a string of low 5.90 runs with the one exception being a 6.02, winning every round and placing Robinson into the B final, which he won with a 5.94.
Slowing a fully-fledged FIA Pro Mod car down to 5.90 is not the easiest thing to do; the team opted to tame the combination up to 250’, slowing the 330’ by around 5-6 hundredths, and then adding fuel and subtracting timing in the last eighth to keep the motor rich and safe.
“I figured if we could slow the car down to about 2.63-2.65 to 330’, that would reduce the possibility of tire shake and knock enough performance out of it to achieve a 5.90 quarter-mile e.t.,” car chief Luke Robinson remarked.
Getting back to normal levels of performance in time for qualifying in FIA Pro Mod seemed the bigger challenge, but the team persevered with a 5.86 at 246 mph, good enough for the No. 5 spot. An unusual heat wave hit the UK over the weekend, with temperatures of 93 Fahrenheit proving a challenge for both drivers and teams. The Santa Pod track surface scorched to over 124 degrees, which is seldom seen. The morning session remained relatively cool, with Robinson taking the first-round win with a 5.87 against Bruno Bader, but as the day went on and the temperatures increased, the team drew on data from the Carl Cox series to slow the car down and maintain traction in the early part of the run. This worked flawlessly, and Robinson earned his place in the finals against old adversary Andres Arnover from Estonia.
Arnover had the edge on Robinson in the final, his 5.94 besting Robinson’s 5.97, although the race was won on the line with a rare red light from Andy.
However, this marked the end of an extremely successful 10 days of racing for the Anger Management team, with 3 final-round appearances and proving the team’s ability to adapt and overcome.
The Anger Management/Robinson Race Cars team would like to thank their sponsors and performance partners, Star Racer belts, Mike Janis Superchargers, NGK Spark Plugs UK, Nimbus Motorsport, PAC Racing Springs, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Noonan Race Engineering, EZ Motorsports, PRS, BME Connecting Rods and Manton Rocker Arms, as well as a huge thanks to the dedicated and hard working ‘Anger Management’ crew.
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