Robinson Race Cars

It is truly an honour for our founder Andy Robinson to be selected by Drag Illustrated magazine in their inaugural Power 100 list. Andy has been selected as one of the top builders, it’s great to be selected alongside so many friends and contemporaries from around the globe. 40+ years in the sport of Drag Racing and we intend to continue for as long as we can.

Thank you Drag Illustrated for your ever growing contribution to the sport!

By now most of you will have seen the footage of the horrific accident that occurred last weekend between Ahmed Jamshiad and Matt Davison. A scene that looked AI generated or something out of an action film saw Ahmed’s car make a hard left turn, cross in front of Matt who despite all his efforts had no way of avoiding him, making contact and sending Ahmed’s car into a series of airborne spins. Ahmed’s car landed on the wrong side of the retaining wall, Matt made contact with both walls before coming to a stop. Thankfully both Ahmed and Matt upgraded their roll cages in the off season. It never hurts to overspec when it comes to safety equipment, and regardless of who your chosen supplier is, now is a great time to review your equipment and processes to be as safe as possible in any situation. Both Ahmed and Matt were able to walk away from this accident with minor cuts and bruises.

A big shout goes out to the marshalls that go out of their way to keep all the racers safe, especially Anthony ‘Butch’ Wilkins who did sustain some minor injuries in this accident but will make a full recovery. Thank you for everything you do ❤️

Photo credit Mk1Kieran

A racer who has been making headlines recently for #1 qualifiers in Comp Eliminator, smashing personal indices and event wins in FWD competition is Ahmed Jamshiad AKA Jammin from Big Man Ting Performance. Over the winter we upgraded the car to an SFI spec 25.1 safety cell, meaning there is no ET limit on the car. The safety cell is built within the confines of the interior, with the floor structure underneath the floor pan of the car. This was an ideal solution as Jammin likes to use the original pedal box and steering column support which suits his driving style. We extended the cage into the original suspension mounting points, tied into the engine mounting points (and strengthened the engine mounts), and clearanced the body shell for the big slick tyres. We also integrated our in house designed parachute mount kit, our parachute release kit, constructed a new rear wing and side skirts for the car. To finish we corner weighted the car and set the wheel alignment all round.

This build shows what is possible for the new wave of stock body FWD cars, as they enter into the 7 second zone.

Thank you to Phil Norman Brickfield VW for the great paint on the tubework and the pics, and to Julian Hunt for the on track pic.

A great video of Jacey Grant's Pro Import Porsche who smashed his PB at the recent Carl Cox Motorsport FIVE90 race with a 6.36!

Jacey Grant's fantastic Porsche 944 at the Main Event Santa Pod Raceway 2026 Jacey Grant with his 944 at the Main Event with some demo-runs --...

Well done to Jack Brewster for making huge strides in his RRC built 'Just Mustard' Pontiac Firebird, smashing his PB with a 7.00 at 194 mph. Jack runs a blown Big Block Chevy engine and Powerglide transmission in the Pontiac and competes in the Super Pro ET class.

Thank you to 𝙋𝙊𝘿 𝙒𝙃𝙀𝙀𝙇𝙎 for the great pic!

Well done to Claude Knopf for a huge new PB of 7.53 in his RRC built 3rd gen Camaro! This car was originally a Don Hardy Pro Stock car, but Claude wanted to update the car so we built a brand new SFI 25.1 spec chassis using top spec components such as Lamb struts, Precision Racing Suspension rear dampers, HC&D rear end, WELD Racing wheels and a Racetech USA 4100 seat. This car runs a naturally aspirated Big Block Chevy engine and despite having steel roof and rear 1/4 panels the car comes in at 2300 lbs with driver. Build pics to follow...

Doorslammers 2026 at Santa Pod Raceway was a huge weekend for RRC customers! Petyo Krumov from GND Motors bought his killer BMW M4 to us just prior to the event for a roll cage, rear baulkhead installation, Racetech USA 9119 seat fitting, and a 6 point harness. The team posted a great 7.73sec @179.96MPH run and made it to the semi final in the 5-6 cylinder class. Well done Petyo and the GND Motors team!

Please note, SFI recertifications at Santa Pod Raceway tomorrow (Tuesday 10th March)! We can only accept cash so please come prepared, we cannot take any other form of payment on the day. Please see the attached image for pricing. If you have automatic transmission external shields please also bring the associated straps/brackets! Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided by the kind people of Santa Pod, we look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

The UK leg of the SFI tour is nearly upon us, next Tuesday the 10th March at Santa Pod Raceway. The recertifications will be held in the Bankside VIP suite, starting at 10am and finishing at 4pm.

Please see the image for this years prices, please note, cash only can be used for payment.

We look forward to seeing you at Santa Pod on Tuesday!

Here is the SFI Tour 2026 Schedule:

Stop 1
England (Santa Pod, SPRC)
Tuesday, 10 March, 10:00am-4:00pm
Santa Pod Raceway
Hospitality Suite
Airfield Road, Podington, NN29 7XA.

Stop 2
Netherlands (DHRA)
Thursday, 19 March, 08:00am-12:00pm
Hotel Ibis Amsterdam Schiphol
Schipholweg 181
Bedhoevedorp 1171PK.

Stop 3
Finland (FHRA)
Friday, 20 March, 08:00am-12:00pm
FHRA Office
Teollisuustie 2
01800 Klaukkala.

Stop 4
Sweden (ME Racing Service AB)
Saturday, 21 March, 11:00am-5:00pm
ME Racing Service AB
Svetsgränd 10
781 72 Borlänge.

Items that can be inspected:

SFI 1.1-1.5 Clutch Assemblies
SFI 4.1 Automatic Transmission Shields (rigid type)
SFI 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 Bellhousings
SFI 14.4 Valve Cover Shields
SFI 29.1, 29.2, 29.3 Flexplates
SFI 30.1 Flexplate Shields
SFI 61.1 Turbocharger
SFI 15.3, 15.4 Wheels*

*Due to special equipment necessary to inspect Weld Wheels, we will be unable to inspect Weld brand wheels on the SFI Tour.Please contact us at Robinson Race Cars or ME Racing Service to arrange inspection/recertification of Weld Wheels. Wheels must be sent with beadlocks attached and tires removed.