Drag Illustrated Issue 145, June 2019 | Page 113

OUTLAW DRAG RADIAL ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS ROD HARVEY STEALS BACK SIX- CYLINDER RECORD AT 256 MPH! the pass was made in Pro Open Eliminator, which features virtually no rules. However, it was universally accepted as the standard for a “street bike platform” in drag racing. It took almost four seasons, but a true “le- gal” Pro Street machine has now eclipsed that mark. At the recent 25th annual Xtreme Drag- bike Association Spring Nationals at Budds Creek, MD, North Carolinian Rodney Williford pushed another turbo’d Suzuki to no less than six runs over 220 mph with bests of 229.51 and 230.37 to make the Pro Street contingent now slower than only the sport’s two nitro-burning motorcycle classes. In 2015, Gladstone clocked a 6.46 elapsed time which remains the “no bar” mark to date, but Suzuki pilot Jeremy Teasley hit a 6.49 at the Maryland International Raceway XDA race. Teasley also reset the Pro Street eighth-mile ET record at 4.25 seconds. The Pro Street field featured 18 riders over 200 mph and a 16-bike bump spot of 6.999! UNLIMITED PRO MOD ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) RANK E.T. 1 3.485 DRIVER Frankie Taylor SITE STATE DATE Rockingham NC 4/5/2014 2 3.486 Brandon Snider Tulsa OK 3/18/2016 For more than a decade, the most active inter- national battle in drag racing has been the war between no less than seven different countries in a skirmish for six-cylinder supremacy. The speed record for the breed has fallen again and, this time, the laurels head to New Zealand. Rod Harvey, whose turbocharged 207ci inline six-powered 2018 Toyota Camry held the speed honors five years ago, unseated Puerto Rico’s Victor Flores and the Zoian Camry, which owned the mark of 255.34 mph for over a year. Harvey, competing at the Nitro Thunder event at Sydney Dragway in Australia, unleashed a 5.77 at 255.82 mph and a 5.72 at 256.89 with both runs being anything but straight. X275 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) (eighth-mile) RANK E.T. DRIVER SITE STATE DATE RANK E.T. 3.578 Daniel Pharris Cecil GA 3/22/2019 1 4.235 Rich Bruder Cecil GA 3/23/2019 3.582 Kevin Rivenbark Cecil GA 3/21/2019 2 4.237 Rob Goss Cecil GA 3/22/2019 3 3.604 Marcus Birt Cecil GA 3/22/2019 3 4.270 Manny Buginga Cecil GA 3/22/2019 4 3.621 Tim Slavens Cecil GA 2/14/2019 4 4.279 Dean Marinis Cecil GA 3/22/2019 5 3.623 Mark Micke Cecil GA 3/23/2018 5 4.286 Brian Brooks Cecil GA 3/22/2019 6 3.624 Jeff Sitton Cecil GA 3/22/2019 6 4.289 Ryan Milliken Cecil GA 3/22/2019 7 3.630 Steve Jackson Cecil GA 3/22/2019 7 4.303 Greg Henschell Cecil GA 3/22/2019 8 3.637 Mike Decker III Cecil GA 3/22/2019 8 4.307 Gary White Cecil GA 3/22/2019 RANK M.P.H. EXTREME TURBO ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) RANK E.T. 1 3.527 DRIVER SITE STATE DATE Jose Gonzalez Dinwiddie VA 10/23/2015 2 3.540 Kevin Fiscus Benson NC 4/5/2016 X275 ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) SITE STATE DATE SITE STATE DATE 1 221.20 Mark Micke DRIVER Cecil GA 3/22/2018 1 174.55 Gary White Cecil GA 3/22/2019 2 217.74 Cecil GA 2/14/2019 2 173.36 Jared Johnston Cecil GA 3/22/2019 3 216.20 Daniel Pharris Cecil GA 3/23/2018 3 171.51 Rich Bruder Bowling Green KY 4/21/2018 4 215.20 Mark Woodruff Cecil GA 3/22/2019 4 171.47 Brad Medlock Cecil GA 3/23/2019 5 214.18 Bradenton FL 1/25/2019 5 171.34 Jon Thomas Cecil GA 3/22/2019 6 213.57 DeWayne Mills Cecil GA 3/24/2018 6 170.97 Eric Moore Cecil GA 2/15/2019 7 213.16 Cecil GA 3/22/2019 7 170.88 Ryan Milliken Cecil GA 3/22/2019 8 212.53 Josh Klugger Cecil GA 2/15/2019 8 169.57 Rob Goss Millington TN 3/24/2017 Tim Slavens John Carinci Ken Quartuccio RANK M.P.H. PRO NITROUS ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) RANK E.T. 1 3.604 DRIVER Marcus Birt SITE Cecil (eighth-mile) RANK PERF STATE DATE GA 5/7/2017 3 3.492 Jason Scruggs Tulsa OK 3/18/2016 3 3.561 Eric Dillard Dinwiddie VA 10/14/2015 3 3.637 Jay Cox Benson NC 4/6/2019 3.496 Terry Leggett Benson NC 11/12/2016 4 3.566 Carl Stevens, Jr. Dinwiddie VA 10/24/2015 4 3.641 Tommy Franklin Benson NC 4/6/2019 3/22/2019 5 3.643 Mahana al Naemi Doha QAT 2/7/2017 6 3.646 Jim Halsey Dinwiddie VA Khalid al Refaei Tulsa OK 3/19/2016 5 3.578 Daniel Pharris Cecil GA Tulsa OK 3/18/2016 6 3.596 Khalid Mohammed Doha QAT 3/3/2018 7 3.513 Randell Reid Martin MI 6/27/2015 7 3.621 Tim Slavens Cecil GA 2/14/2019 7 3.647 Taylor Lastor Harvest AL 8 3.514 Bubba Stanton Rockingham NC 4/5/2014 8 3.623 Mark Micke Cecil GA 3/23/2018 8 3.652 Danny Sauro Darlington SC RANK M.P.H. 1 DRIVER 231.24 Jose Gonzalez SITE STATE DATE Rockingham NC 4/10/2016 EXTREME TURBO ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) RANK M.P.H. 1 DRIVER SITE 231.44 Kevin Fiscus Benson NC 4/5/2016 2 231.24 Jose Gonzalez Rockingham NC 4/10/2016 5/1/2015 3 230.10 Carl Stevens, Jr. Dinwiddie VA 10/14/2015 4 225.33 Turki al Zafiri Gilliam LA 224.92 Eric Dillard Dinwiddie VA 10/14/2015 2 230.10 Carl Stevens, Jr. Dinwiddie VA 10/24/2015 3 225.33 Turki al Zafiri Gilliam LA 4 224.92 Eric Dillard Dinwiddie VA 10/22/2018 RANK M.P.H. 1 DRIVER 209.23 Lizzy Musi SITE Dinwiddie 10/19/2018 OUTLAW 275 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE Jeff Miller Darlington SC 8/17/2018 Bithlo FL 1/20/2018 4/26/2019 3.898 10/6/2018 1 198.85 Joshua Klugger OUTLAW 10.5 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile) RANK PERF STATE DATE VA VA 1 PRO NITROUS ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) STATE DATE 10/19/2013 Dinwiddie 181.20 Jeff Dobbins MD Mustafa Buhumaid TX 1 Budd Creek 3.512 STATE DATE Baytown 3/22/2019 Lizzy Musi 3.510 SITE Cary Goforth 4.009 3.631 5 DRIVER 1 2 6 DRIVER EXTREME PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS 4 UNLIMITED PRO MOD ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) STATE DATE 1 (eighth-mile) - BRET KEPNER SITE 2 OUTLAW DRAG RADIAL ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS Interestingly, the five hundredths of a sec- ond difference between runs could be traced directly to the 60-feet ETs of 1.020 and 0.976 seconds, respectively. Although Harvey missed Flores’ current ET record of 5.66, the Kiwi is certainly moving in on it. DRIVER DRIVER SITE Richard Sexton Budds Creek MD 11/7/2014 Commerce 4/13/2013 10/22/2018 1 6.081 1 241.50 David Hance 2 207.46 Jim Halsey Benson NC 4/7/2019 10/24/2015 3 206.95 Tommy Franklin Benson NC 11/3/2018 5/1/2015 4 206.04 Jay Cox Benson NC 4/4/2019 4/21/2018 5 223.54 Jason Scruggs Tulsa OK 3/19/2016 5 205.60 Jim Sackuvich Bowling Green KY 6 221.56 Brandon Snider Tulsa OK 3/19/2016 6 221.20 Mark Micke Cecil GA 3/22/2018 6 205.60 Marcus Birt Cecil GA 3/22/2019 7 221.20 Mark Micke Cecil GA 3/22/2018 7 220.58 Khalid Mohammed Sakhir BAH 1/12/2017 7 205.35 Chris Rini Benson NC 4/6/2019 1 3.813 8 220.58 Khalid Mohammed Sakhir BAH 1/12/2017 8 219.13 Bradenton FL 8 205.10 John Camp Benson NC 4/1/2017 1 206.35 John Carinci 1/26/2019 “SMALL TIRE” CLASS LEGEND Outlaw 10.5 Eliminator: 10.5W rear tires; 3000 pound weight minimum. Outlaw Drag Radial Eliminator: Any Drag Radial tires; no other rules. Outlaw 275 Eliminator: 275 mm rear tires; no other rules. June 2019 X275 Eliminator: 275 mm rear tires; X275 association. GA OUTLAW 10.5 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) 5 Daniel Pharris STATE DATE RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE Ken Quartuccio Bithlo FL 11/10/2018 Bithlo FL 11/10/2018 FOR THE COMPLETE TOP 8 AND MORE, C H E C K O U T: RED HIGHLIGHT INDICATES NEW PERFORMANCE MARK DragIllustrated.com | D r a g I l l u s t r a t e d | 113