hile New Zealand drag racing legend Robin Silk was fighting cancer, it was always assumed that he’d beat it, like he beat everything on the strip. Sadly, Robin lost his battle on 17 May, and will forever be remembered as one of the sport’s humble achievers who was always good for a yarn. While famous for his Camaro that debuted in 1992, Robin’s racing career went back long before then. Making laps in everything from a Ford Pop–bodied altered by the
