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(8-8-06) HIGHLAND, MI - Brian Robbins gave racing fans a real treat Friday night on his way to a career best 6.26 at 226 victory in the Skinny Kid Race Cars Friday Night Heads-Up Racing Series at Milan Dragway. Since their mid-July start, driver Robbins and team owner Keith "Skinny Kid" Engling have been enjoying a season of victories in 2006.

Courtesy Of: Rob Kozak (08-17-05) HIGHLAND, MI - After their first IHRA Torco Race Fuels Pro Modified experience at the Motor City Nationals earlier this year the team of Keith Engling and Brian Robbins felt they had as good a chance as any to qualify for the 24th Annual Torco Race Fuels Northern Nationals. Engling and Robbins shocked many a fan and racer at Milan when they just missed the tough Pro Mod field by a mere 11 thousandths of a second. Planning to build on their IHRA legal 20 percent over tune up from the Milan event had team owner Engling and driver Robbins, very optimistic about their chances at Martin. "After running as well as we did in Milan we felt we could improve on what we did there and show everyone what his boat can do but, it just didn't work out like we had hoped," said Robbins referring to the team's unique '72 Hurst Olds.

Courtesy Of: Rob Kozak (8-16-2005) ELMA, NY - With just over 100 points separating the top five cars in points heading into the Torco Race Fuels Northern Nationals the Eaton sponsored Mike Janis team felt this was the race for them to gain ground on the leaders. With point’s leader Shannon Jenkins failing to qualify for the event that left the door open for Janis to gain some ground.

Courtesy Of: Rob Kozak (07-21-05) HIGHLAND, MI - After a runner-up finish at the 2nd Annual JE Pistons NMCA Hot Rod and Muscle Car Nationals in Martin. MI the duo of Keith Engling and Brian Robbins made plans to test their Allstar Performance sponsored 72 Hurts Olds against some of the IHRA's best Torco Race Fuels Pro Mods with a trip to 3rd Annual IHRA Dukes of Hazard Motor city Nationals in Milan Michigan. The Pro Edelbrock series regulars were at a bit of a disadvantage in Milan, not just because of the Olds lack of aerodynamics, mainly it was due to the difference in rules from Pro Street to Pro Mod. Two of the major differences are vehicle weight and blower overdrive. Minimum weight for the Olds in Pro Street trim is 2900lbs and blower overdrive is 29% while IHRA rules mandate a minimum weight of 2700lbs and only 20% overdrive. While the difference in rules were somewhat of a challenge to, car owner/chassis builder, Keith Engling he was able to make the best of what he had and nearly put his Skinny Kid's Race Cars built Olds into the tight field. We were able to take some of the weight out of the car but not enough to get down to 2700. The overdrive caused us some tuning problems but we learned from each run and it shows. Brian Robbins, driver of the Jan-Cen powered Olds, called the IHRA outing a "success" despite not qualifying. We improved on every run and were able to put down some career numbers for this team. I'd call that a success, said the 34 year old from Saint Joseph, Mi.