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TOP FUEL ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( 1000-feet )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
FUNNY CAR ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( 1000-feet )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
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 )
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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 6.530 Greg Anderson Pomona CA 2 / 10 / 2017
5 6.547 Shane Gray Pomona CA 2 / 11 / 2017
6 6.550 Allen Johnson Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
7 6.552 Alex Laughlin Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
8 6.553 Erica Enders-Stevens Pomona CA 2 / 11 / 2017
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
8 211.10 Tanner Gray Pomona CA 2 / 10 / 2017
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Women are Now the Sport ’ s Performance Leaders !
Testing for the 2017 season produced the quickest elapsed times in the history of Top Fuel and Funny Car Eliminators but , for the first time in the sport ’ s annals , female drivers now claim the ET performance marks simultaneously in the two premiere categories .
Leah Pritchett , at the helm of the Papa John ’ s Pizza-backed entry from the Don Schumacher Racing stable , unleashed a series of 3.6-second runs at Wild Horse Raceway Park in Chandler , Arizona , during testing culminating in a 3.654 blast which surpassed Shawn Langdon ’ s seventeen month-old 3.662 set at Brainerd ( MN ). Pritchett also became history ’ s sixth-fastest Top Fuel Dragster pilot , ( 331.85 mph ), during the session .
At the same event , Courtney Force ’ s new Advance Auto Parts-sponsored 2017 Chevrolet Camaro posted an incredible 3.804-second Funny Car shocker which eclipsed Matt Hagan ’ s 3.822 standard from August , 2016 . Moreover , Force hit a best speed of 333.33 mph to become the fifth fastest FC racer ever .
At the NHRA ’ s opener at Pomona , Pritchett continued her dominance with a best of 3.674
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en route to winning the Winternationals and assuming the lead in the Mello Yellow Championship point standings . Courtney Force ’ s only loss came in the final round against Hagan ’ s Express Lane Oil Changes / MoPar 2017 Dodge Charger , ( also a DSR team car ), which earlier in the race tied his previous record ET , ( 3.822 at Brainerd , 2016 ), and his current all-time FC speed , ( 335.57 at Topeka , 2016 ).
Amid the flurry of female fuel performances , it should be noted the most prolific woman racer in Pro Stock Eliminator , Erica Enders-Stevens , still owns the all-time NHRA speed mark for the class at 215.55 mph , ( set at Englishtown , NJ , in 2014 ), and held the title of World ’ s Quickest Pro Stock driver , ( 6.461 at the same race ), for nearly an entire season before it was taken by Allen Johnson , ( 6.463 ), and Jason Line , ( 6.455 ), at Charlotte in 2015 .
Drag Radial Records Destroyed at Valdosta !
The eighth running of Donald Long ’ s Light Out marathon at South Georgia Motorsports Park once again rewrote the Drag Illustrated Top 8 records and served as the catalyst for radial racers to continue their encroachment on
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PHOTOS : NHRA / NATIONAL DRAGSTER , 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 ) |
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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 |
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2 5.772 Melanie Troxel Englishtown NJ 6 / 4 / 2011 |
2 5.508 Khalid Mohammed Sakhir BAH 1 / 10 / 2017 |
2 5.588 John Stanley Las Vegas NV 11 / 22 / 2015 |
2 5.760 Rickie Smith Bithlo FL 11 / 14 / 2015 |
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3 5.772 Brad Personett Englishtown NJ 6 / 5 / 2011 |
3 5.565 Paul Mouhayet Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2015 |
3 5.645 Mike Maggio Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2014 |
3 5.768 Mike Castellana Dinwiddie VA 9 / 23 / 2014 |
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4 5.773 Troy Coughlin Clermont IN 9 / 2 / 2016 |
4 5.572 Eric Dillard Las Vegas NV 11 / 23 / 2014 |
4 5.683 John Zappia Kwinana Beach WAU 1 / 9 / 2015 |
4 5.773 Khalid al Balooshi Doha QAT 1 / 31 / 2016 |
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5 5.774 Don Walsh Las Vegas NV 10 / 31 / 2015 |
5 5.591 Troy Coughlin Las Vegas NV 11 / 20 / 2016 |
5 5.706 Dan Nickelson Sonoma CA 3 / 3 / 2013 |
5 5.792 Bob Rahaim Jupiter FL 2 / 27 / 2016 |
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6 5.775 Mike Janis Englishtown NJ 6 / 6 / 2015 |
6 5.659 Steve Summers Norwalk OH 9 / 17 / 2015 |
6 5.717 Mike Recchia Union Grove WI 9 / 5 / 2015 |
6 5.806 Dean Marinis Atco NJ 10 / 16 / 2016 |
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7 5.776 Rickie Smith Baytown TX 5 / 1 / 2016 |
7 5.669 Kevin Fiscus Norwalk OH 9 / 20 / 2015 |
7 5.736 Khalid al Thani Doha QAT 2 / 6 / 2016 |
7 5.812 Robert Patrick Budds Creek MD 9 / 26 / 2014 |
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8 5.781 Mike Castellana Englishtown NJ 6 / 4 / 2011 |
8 5.687 Sidnei Frigo Las Vegas NV 11 / 19 / 2016 |
8 5.738 Scott Cannon Englishtown NJ 10 / 4 / 2008 |
8 5.820 Jim Laurita Madison IL 9 / 28 / 2013 |
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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 ) |
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RANK M . P . H . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE |
RANK M . P . H . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE |
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1 259.66 Don Walsh Las Vegas NV 10 / 31 / 2015 |
1 277.99 Khalid Mohammed Sakhir BAH 1 / 10 / 2017 |
1 263.82 Mike Maggio Las Vegas NV 11 / 24 / 2014 |
1 251.25 Rickie Smith Jupiter FL 2 / 26 / 2016 |
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2 258.71 Melanie Troxel Englishtown NJ 6 / 4 / 2011 |
2 274.83 Troy Coughlin Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2015 |
2 263.77 Frankie Taylor Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014 |
2 249.07 Bob Rahaim Englishtown NJ 6 / 6 / 2015 |
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3 258.07 Brad Personett Englishtown NJ 6 / 4 / 2011 |
3 274.33 Paul Mouhayet Madison IL 8 / 28 / 2015 |
3 262.08 John Stanley Las Vegas NV 11 / 22 / 2015 |
3 248.75 Mahana al Naemi Doha QAT 1 / 15 / 2016 |
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4 258.07 Rick Snavely Clermont IN 9 / 7 / 2015 |
4 272.83 Turki al Zafiri Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014 |
4 258.42 Pete Kapiris Eastern Creek NSW 5 / 4 / 2013 |
4 248.25 Robert Patrick Budds Creek MD 6 / 20 / 2015 |
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5 258.02 Jonathan Gray Gainesville FL 3 / 19 / 2016 |
5 269.51 Eric Dillard Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2014 |
5 257.48 Marc Meadors Sonoma CA 7 / 27 / 2014 |
5 247.57 Dan Stevenson Jupiter FL 2 / 28 / 2016 |
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6 257.97 Troy Coughlin Madison IL 9 / 29 / 2012 |
6 264.08 Kevin Fiscus Norwalk OH 9 / 20 / 2015 |
6 256.55 Dan Myers Famoso CA 10 / 6 / 2013 |
6 247.47 Mike Castellana Gainesville FL 3 / 19 / 2016 |
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7 257.68 Billy Glidden Englishtown NJ 6 / 12 / 2016 |
7 263.62 Steve Summers Norwalk OH 9 / 18 / 2015 |
7 256.05 Von Smith Doha QAT 4 / 15 / 2009 |
7 247.38 Jim Laurita Baytown TX 4 / 25 / 2014 |
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8 256.89 Michael Bowman Clermont IN 9 / 3 / 2016 |
8 262.95 Bill Lutz Budds Creek MD 4 / 15 / 2016 |
8 255.15 Mike Stawicki Cayuga ONT 8 / 7 / 2010 |
8 247.11 Khalid al Balooshi Doha QAT 1 / 31 / 2016 |