Drag Illustrated Issue 148, September 2019 | Page 108
DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
Clay Millican Pomona CA 2/10/2018
Chandler AZ 2/23/2018
1 3.628
1 336.57 Tony Schumacher
FUNNY CAR ELIMINATOR QUICKEST &
FASTEST DRIVERS (1000-feet)
RANK PERF
1 6.476 Jason Line Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
2 6.477 Bo Butner Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
3 6.490 Erica Enders Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
4 6.490 Roger Brogdon Gainesville FL 3/16/2019
5 6.491 Greg Anderson Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
6 6.491 Jeg Coughlin, Jr. Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
7 6.493 Shane Gray Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
8 6.501 Tanner Gray Epping NH 6/3/2017
Brainerd MN 8/18/2017
1 339.87 Robert Hight Sonoma CA 7/28/2017
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER QUICKEST &
FASTEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile)
DRIVER SITE Bill Reichert Baytown TX 4/1/2007
Pomona CA 11/10/2016
1 5.103
1 285.83 Don St. Arnaud
STATE DATE
TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR QUICKEST &
FASTEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile)
DRIVER
SITE
1 5.352
1 275.56 John Lombardo, Jr.
Sean Bellemeur
STATE DATE
NHRA PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR
FASTEST DRIVERS (EFI, quarter-mile)
RANK M.P.H.
DRIVER
SITE
STATE DATE
1 214.59 Greg Anderson Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
214.31 Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
Gainesville FL 3/17/2019 2 Gainesville FL 3/21/2016 3 214.28 Bo Butner Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
4 214.11 Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
5 214.08 Vince Nobile Gainesville FL 3/18/2017
6 214.01 Erica Enders Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
NHRA PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR QUICKEST
& FASTEST DRIVERS (carbureted, quarter-mile)
Jeg Coughlin, Jr.
Shane Gray
DRIVER SITE STATE DATE Jason Line Concord NC 3/29/2015 7 213.87 Jason Line Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
215.55 Erica Enders-Stevens Englishtown NJ 5/31/2014 8 213.37 Tanner Gray Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
1 6.455
1
NHRA PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR
QUICKEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile)
RANK E.T.
1
STATE DATE
STATE DATE Robert Hight
RANK PERF
SITE
SITE 3.793
RANK PERF
DRIVER
DRIVER 1
RANK PERF
(EFI, quarter-mile)
RANK E.T.
5.643
UNLIMITED TURBOCHARGED
PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR
QUICKEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile)
RANK E.T.
DRIVER SITE STATE DATE Steve Jackson Gainesville FL 3/17/2019 1
5.379
BRITTANY FORCE HITS FASTEST
‘NEW PREP” SPEED EVER!
At the recent NHRA National Event at Sonoma
(CA), Brittany Force rocketed to a speed of
335.15 miles per hour to become not only the
third fastest driver of Top Fuel Eliminator’s
“Thousand Feet Era” but also the fastest pilot
yet under the association’s “new prep” traction
solution. In fact, Force moved within 1.5 mph of
the fastest “long car” speed ever.
Force’s Advance Auto Parts machine,
constructed completely in-house at John
Force Racing in Indiana, has displayed the
capabilities of chief tuner David Grubnic many
times during the season. However, the Sonoma
track annually gives hints of things to come;
at only seventeen feet of elevation, it is the
closest to sea level of all NHRA major stadiums
even though the surface actually runs twelve
feet uphill.
Although Brittany produced the speed
on a 3.71-second first-round victory, she lost
in the second stanza. The team brought the
same power to Brainerd (MN) two weeks later,
however, and put down efforts of 332.75 and
331.77 mph. While the NHRA’s newest “less
traction” mixture doesn’t necessarily reflect
the team making the most power, it does
UNLIMITED SUPERCHARGED
PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR
QUICKEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile)
DRIVER SITE STATE DATE Khalid Mohammed Sakhir BAH 2/28/2018 1 5.424
RANK E.T.
indicate the crewchief who is getting the most
power to the ground quickly enough to skirt
much of the onboard RPM Limiter’s effect on
top speed.
The NHRA is obviously monitoring the
increase in speeds closely and, at its con-
venience, will dilute the track adhesive ever
more in order to rein in the cars. However, a
few lucky breaks from Mother Nature during
drag racing’s always powerful fall season could
easily result in the fastest Top Fuel Dragster
pass of all time…followed by an equally speedy
retaliation in track preparation. So goes the
quest for a nitro record in the second decade
of the twenty-first century.
HIGHT RUNS FASTEST FUNNY
CAR PASS OF THE SEASON!
The same Sonoma race was the site of the
fastest “new prep” Funny Car effort yet. Robert
Hight’s AAA Auto Insurance Chevy Camaro
posted a booming 334.65 mph which nearly
overshadowed his sister-in-law, Britanny Force.
Hight eclipsed his own 334.24 “new prep”
record set at Joliet (IL) earlier in the year. Of
note was the impressive 333.41 mph speed at
Sonoma from Jack Beckman at the helm of the
“Infinite Hero” Dodge Charger from the Don
UNLIMITED NITROUS OXIDE
PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR
QUICKEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile)
DRIVER SITE STATE DATE DRIVER SITE John Zappia Dinwiddie VA 10/19/2017
RANK E.T.
1 5.676 Fred Scriba Budds Creek MD
STATE DATE
4/13/2019
2 5.657 Jose Gonzalez Concord NC 4/26/2019 2 5.403 Jose Gonzalez Cecil GA 3/10/2017 2 5.476 Frankie Taylor Madison IL 8/23/2014 2 5.690 Rickie Smith Bithlo FL 1/17/2018
3 5.662 Todd Tutterow Gainesville FL 3/17/2019 3 5.440 Eric Dillard Las Vegas NV 11/19/2017 3 5.527 Jason Scruggs Bradenton FL 3/15/2016 3 5.710 Khalid al Balooshi Gainesville FL 3/16/2019
4 5.674 Jeremy Ray Gainesville FL 3/16/2019 4 5.461 Turki al Zafiri Madison IL 8/23/2014 4 5.527 Scott McLean Willowbank QLD 6/2/2018 4 5.713 Bob Rahaim Gainesville FL 3/16/2019
5 5.676 Mike Castellana Madison IL 9/22/2018 5 5.524 Rick Hord Las Vegas NV 11/15/2018 5 5.534 Mattias Wulcan Poddington ENG 5/20/2018 5 5.718 Chad Green Gainesville FL 3/16/2019
6 5.681 Rick Hord Concord NC 10/13/2018 6 5.543 Ed Thornton Las Vegas NV 11/18/2018 6 5.579 John Stanley Las Vegas NV 11/16/2017 6 5.734 Ed Burnley Crofton MD 9/9/2017
7 5.690 Michael Biehle II Gainesville FL 3/16/2019 7 5.565 Paul Mouhayet Las Vegas NV 11/21/2015 7 5.585 Paul Mouhayet Eastern Creek NSW 10/1/2017 7 5.753 Mahana al Naemi Doha QAT 1/15/2016
8 5.693 Mike Janis Concord NC 10/14/2018 8 5.591 Troy Coughlin Las Vegas NV 11/20/2016 8 5.612 Steve King Budds Creek MD 8 5.768 Mike Castellana Dinwiddie VA
NHRA PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR
FASTEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile)
UNLIMITED TURBOCHARGED
PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR
FASTEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile)
UNLIMITED NITROUS OXIDE
PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR
FASTEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile)
SITE STATE DATE SITE STATE DATE SITE STATE DATE 261.22 Erica Enders Norwalk OH 6/22/2019 1 278.79 Khalid Mohammed Sakhir BAH 2/28/2018 1 266.74 John Stanley Las Vegas NV 11/19/2017 1 253.47 Rickie Smith Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
2 260.41 Steve Matusek Norwalk OH 6/22/2019 2 275.45 Eric Dillard Las Vegas NV 11/19/2017 2 265.33 John Zappia Dinwiddie VA 10/19/2017 2 252.85 Khalid al Balooshi Gainesville FL 3/16/2019
DRIVER
DRIVER
UNLIMITED SUPERCHARGED
PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR
FASTEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile)
9/23/2014
1
RANK M.P.H.
RANK M.P.H.
4/14/2019
RANK M.P.H.
DRIVER
RANK M.P.H.
DRIVER
SITE
STATE DATE
3 259.96 Jose Gonzalez Concord NC 4/27/2019 3 274.83 Troy Coughlin Las Vegas NV 11/21/2015 3 263.82 Mike Maggio Las Vegas NV 11/24/2014 3 251.49 Bob Rahaim Topeka KS 5/20/2017
4 259.91 Mike Bowman Las Vegas NV 10/27/2017 4 274.61 Ed Thornton Las Vegas NV 11/18/2018 4 263.77 Frankie Taylor Madison IL 8/23/2014 4 251.34 Chad Green Norwalk OH 6/22/2019
5 259.66 Don Walsh Las Vegas NV 10/31/2015 5 274.33 Paul Mouhayet Madison IL 8/28/2015 5 262.67 Mattias Wulcan Poddington ENG 5/20/2018 5 250.97 Jonathan Gray Baytown TX 4/21/2017
IL WAU 3/3/2018 6 259.56 Sidnei Frigo Concord NC 10/14/2018 6 272.83 Turki al Zafiri Madison 8/23/2014 6 260.95 Paul Mouhayet Kwinana Beach 6 250.92 Erica Enders Clermont IN 9/1/2018
7 259.31 Troy Coughlin Norwalk OH 6/24/2017 7 272.34 Greg Tsakiridis Eastern Creek NSW 7/20/2019 7 260.51 Steve King Budds Creek MD 4/14/2019 7 250.51 Lizzy Musi Dinwiddie VA 6/27/2018
8 259.16 Alex Laughlin Norwalk OH 6/22/2019 8 267.00 Rick Hord Las Vegas 8 258.76 Dave Norris Budds Creek MD 10/6/2018 8 250.51 Fred Scriba Budds Creek MD 4/13/2019
NV
11/15/2018
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