Drag Illustrated Issue 114, October 2016 | Page 128

TOP 8

TOP FUEL ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( 1000-feet )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1
3.662
Shawn Langdon
Brainerd
MN
8 / 23 / 2015
1
334.15
Shawn Langdon
Mohnton
PA
10 / 8 / 2012
FUNNY CAR ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( 1000-feet )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1
3.822
Matt Hagan
Brainerd
MN
8 / 20 / 2016
1
335.57
Matt Hagan
Topeka
KS
5 / 20 / 2016
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1
5.103
Bill Reichert
Baytown
TX
4 / 1 / 2007
1
285.35
Don St . Arnaud
Pomona
CA
2 / 7 / 2015
TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1 5.360 Gary Phillips Kwinana Beach WAU 2 / 18 / 2016 1 275.56 John Lombardo , Jr . Gainesville FL 3 / 21 / 2016
NHRA PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( carbureted , quarter-mile )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1
6.455
Jason Line
Concord
NC
3 / 29 / 2015
1
215.55
Erica Enders-Stevens
Englishtown
NJ
5 / 31 / 2014
NHRA PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS ( EFI , quarter-mile )
RANK E . T . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1 6.519 Jason Line Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016
2 6.527 Vincent Nobile Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
3 6.530 Bo Butner Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
4 6.533 Greg Anderson Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016
5 6.550 Allen Johnson Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
6 6.552 Alex Laughlin Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
7 6.554 Shane Gray Kent WA 8 / 7 / 2016
8 6.562 Jeg Coughlin , Jr . Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
NHRA PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS ( EFI , quarter-mile )
RANK M . P . H . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1 212.93 Greg Anderson Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016
2 212.83 Jason Line Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016
3 212.66 Bo Butner Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016
4 212.46 Vincent Nobile Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016
5 212.26 Shane Gray Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016
6 212.06 Allen Johnson Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016
7 211.53 Alex Laughlin Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
8 210.97 Drew Skillman Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
Drag Radial Top 8 Lists Shown No Mercy !
As expected , the seventh edition of Donald Long ’ s notorious No Mercy event at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Cecil , Georgia , obliterated the standards for Drag Radial machinery . The shocker was the fact the event was run in far worse than the near-perfect atmospheric conditions the race has enjoyed . Heat and humidity slowed the pace through qualifying and only on the final day of competition did the weather cooperate .
Prior to the meet , a driver could gain a spot in the DI Drag Radial Top 8 with almost any run quicker than 3.90 seconds . By the time the winner ’ s circle ceremonies ended for “ Radial Versus the World ” Champion DeWayne Mills , Texan Jeff Sitton ’ s nitrous oxide injected , 864-cubic inch 2000 Camaro was the slowest car in the Top 8 at an insane 3.836 .
The drop of almost six hundredths of a second , ( a change of almost two percent !), was the largest yet and represents an improvement of fourteen hundredths of a second since the start of the 2016 season .
The DI Drag Radial Speed Top 8 is now 2.77 mph faster with no less than five drivers over
210 mph and that premiere group is separated by a mere 2.78 mph .
Of note , however , was the fact a supercharged entry , the blown Hemi-powered 2006 Pontiac GTO owned by Eddie Whelan and tuned by fellow New Yorker Jim Salemi of G-Force Race Cars , clocked under 3.8 seconds . Driver Joe Albrecht hit a 3.781 in the final round against Mills ’ all-time record for turbocharged record of 3.765 in the best conditions of the event to align the boost entries within three hundredths of a second of Stevie “ Fast ” Jackson ’ s controversial nitrous-aided 3.751 from April which remains the quickest Radial pass yet recorded .
Another Six-Cylinder Record for Ekanoo and White !
As if Ebrahim Mohammed Kanoo ’ s amazing line of drag racing vehicles have not already turned drag racing upside down over the past six seasons , yet another major performance barrier has been shattered by Bahrain ’ s most dominant racing operation .
To recap , the EKanoo Team ’ s 2015 Toyota GT86 , which still uses a Shane Tecklenburg-tuned 195 cubic inch inline Toyota powerplant with a single turbocharger , became the first six-cylinder machine to break 250 mph in a quarter-mile earlier in 2016 . However , Alabama driving star Gary White added to his list of records by becoming the first to exceed 200 mph in the eighth-mile with a staggering 202.20 mph on a 3.86 effort , ( the first half of a 5.854 / 235.47 quarter-mile run ), during the eventually washed-out PDRA Sunshine State Shootout at Bradenton , Florida . The sport ’ s only five-second six-banger has now achieved every possible standard for the combination
PHOTO : CHRIS SEARS
NHRA PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED TURBOCHARGED PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED SUPERCHARGED PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED NITROUS OXIDE PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
RANK E . T . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK E . T . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK E . T . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK E . T . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1 5.751 Jonathan Gray Gainesville FL 3 / 19 / 2016
1 5.461 Turki al Zafiri Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014
1 5.476 Frankie Taylor Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014
1 5.753 Mahana al Naemi Doha QAT 1 / 15 / 2016
2 5.772 Melanie Troxel Englishtown NJ 6 / 4 / 2011
2 5.565 Paul Mouhayet Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2015
2 5.588 John Stanley Las Vegas NV 11 / 22 / 2015
2 5.760 Rickie Smith Bithlo FL 11 / 14 / 2015
3 5.772 Brad Personett Englishtown NJ 6 / 5 / 2011
3 5.572 Eric Dillard Las Vegas NV 11 / 23 / 2014
3 5.645 Mike Maggio Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2014
3 5.768 Mike Castellana Dinwiddie VA 9 / 23 / 2014
4 5.773 Troy Coughlin Clermont IN 9 / 2 / 2016
6 5.597 Troy Coughlin Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2015
4 5.683 John Zappia Kwinana Beach WAU 1 / 9 / 2015
4 5.773 Khalid al Balooshi Doha QAT 1 / 31 / 2016
5 5.774 Don Walsh Las Vegas NV 10 / 31 / 2015
4 5.659 Steve Summers Norwalk OH 9 / 17 / 2015
5 5.706 Dan Nickelson Sonoma CA 3 / 3 / 2013
5 5.792 Bob Rahaim Jupiter FL 2 / 27 / 2016
6 5.775 Mike Janis Englishtown NJ 6 / 6 / 2015
5 5.669 Kevin Fiscus Norwalk OH 9 / 20 / 2015
6 5.717 Mike Recchia Union Grove WI 9 / 5 / 2015
6 5.812 Robert Patrick Budds Creek MD 9 / 26 / 2014
7 5.776 Rickie Smith Baytown TX 5 / 1 / 2016
7 5.730 Jose Gonzalez Las Vegas NV 11 / 18 / 2012
7 5.736 Khalid al Thani Doha QAT 2 / 6 / 2016
7 5.820 Jim Laurita Madison IL 9 / 28 / 2013
8 5.781 Mike Castellana Englishtown NJ 6 / 4 / 2011
8 5.736 Don Walsh Las Vegas NV 11 / 17 / 2012
8 5.738 Scott Cannon Englishtown NJ 10 / 4 / 2008
8 5.821 Khalid Mohammed Sakhir BAH 3 / 3 / 2013
NHRA PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED TURBOCHARGED PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED SUPERCHARGED PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED NITROUS OXIDE PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
RANK M . P . H . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK M . P . H . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK M . P . H . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK M . P . H . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1 259.66 Don Walsh Las Vegas NV 10 / 31 / 2015
1 274.83 Troy Coughlin Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2015
1 263.82 Mike Maggio Las Vegas NV 11 / 24 / 2014
1 251.25 Rickie Smith Jupiter FL 2 / 26 / 2016
2 258.71 Melanie Troxel Englishtown NJ 6 / 4 / 2011
2 274.33 Paul Mouhayet Madison IL 8 / 28 / 2015
2 263.77 Frankie Taylor Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014
2 249.07 Bob Rahaim Englishtown NJ 6 / 6 / 2015
3 258.07 Brad Personett Englishtown NJ 6 / 4 / 2011
3 272.83 Turki al Zafiri Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014
3 262.08 John Stanley Las Vegas NV 11 / 22 / 2015
3 248.75 Mahana al Naemi Doha QAT 1 / 15 / 2016
4 258.07 Rick Snavely Clermont IN 9 / 7 / 2015
4 269.51 Eric Dillard Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2014
4 258.42 Pete Kapiris Eastern Creek NSW 5 / 4 / 2013
4 248.25 Robert Patrick Budds Creek MD 6 / 20 / 2015
5 258.02 Jonathan Gray Gainesville FL 3 / 19 / 2016
5 264.08 Kevin Fiscus Norwalk OH 9 / 20 / 2015
5 257.48 Marc Meadors Sonoma CA 7 / 27 / 2014
5 247.57 Dan Stevenson Jupiter FL 2 / 28 / 2016
6 257.97 Troy Coughlin Madison IL 9 / 29 / 2012
6 263.62 Steve Summers Norwalk OH 9 / 18 / 2015
6 256.55 Dan Myers Famoso CA 10 / 6 / 2013
6 247.47 Mike Castellana Gainesville FL 3 / 19 / 2016
7 257.68 Billy Glidden Englishtown NJ 6 / 12 / 2016
7 262.95 Bill Lutz Budds Creek MD 4 / 15 / 2016
7 256.05 Von Smith Doha QAT 4 / 15 / 2009
7 247.38 Jim Laurita Baytown TX 4 / 25 / 2014
8 256.89 Michael Bowman Clermont IN 9 / 3 / 2016
8 262.49 Todd Tutterow Englishtown NJ 10 / 23 / 2012
8 255.15 Mike Stawicki Cayuga ONT 8 / 7 / 2010
8 247.11 Khalid al Balooshi Doha QAT 1 / 31 / 2016
ATTENTION READERS & RACERS : The Drag Illustrated Top Eight lists do not include the eight quickest elapsed times or eight fastest speeds recorded in each class . The Lists also do not reflect the eight quickest or fastest vehicles . The DI Top Eight lists rank the quickest and fastest drivers in each Eliminator category . The DI Top Eight rankings do not necessarily reflect the current National or World Records of any association . For current official world records , consult the sanctioning body or racing organization . Listings are not subject to verification or confirmation by any other runs . A claim to any record may be made by submitting all pertinent information and a photo or scan of a timeslip to bret @ dragillustrated . com . Performances recorded outside organized drag racing events are accepted in all classes except NHRA Pro Modified , NHRA Pro Stock , NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster , NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car , and X275 Eliminators . Testing results may be subject to additional scrutiny . Drag Illustrated reserves the right to refuse a claim for any reason .
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