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RANK PERF
DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
Brittany Force Mohnton PA 9/14/2019
Chandler AZ 2/23/2018
1 3.623
1 336.57 Tony Schumacher
FUNNY CAR ELIMINATOR QUICKEST &
FASTEST DRIVERS (1000-feet)
RANK PERF
STATE DATE
1 6.476 Jason Line Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
2 6.477 Bo Butner Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
3 6.480 Erica Enders Mohnton PA 9/13/2019
4 6.486 Alex Laughlin Mohnton PA 9/13/2019
5 6.490 Roger Brogdon Gainesville FL 3/16/2019
6 6.491 Greg Anderson Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
7 6.491 Jeg Coughlin, Jr. Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
8 6.491 Deric Kramer Mohnton PA 9/13/2019
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
SITE
STATE DATE Robert Hight
RANK PERF
DRIVER
SITE 3.793
RANK PERF
(EFI, quarter-mile)
RANK E.T.
DRIVER 1
RANK PERF
TOP 8
NHRA PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR
QUICKEST DRIVERS
TOP FUEL ELIMINATOR QUICKEST &
FASTEST DRIVERS (1000-feet)
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
MARINIS OBLITERATES
NITROUS RECORD
WITH 5.57!
Seldom in drag racing history
has a category’s outright record
been eclipsed by a full tenth of
a second at any single event
but Dean Marinis will forever
be remembered for achieving
the feat after the longtime east
coast nitrous oxide champion
stunned the sport with a
5.57-second elapsed time in his
nitrous-injected, 959 cubic inch Pat Musi-pow-
ered 1969 Camaro.
After moving to Pro Modified competition
from X275 racing, Marinis earlier in the season
joined Freddie Scriba and Rickie Smith as one
of three drivers ever to run under 5.70 seconds
in a nitrous ride. Competing at the 34th annual
Superchargers Showdown extravaganza at
Maryland International Raceway in nearly
perfect conditions, the New Yorker watched
Scriba erase his own class record with a
5.65/250 in qualifying for the NorthEast
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.
Outlaw Pro Modified Association field. Marinis
qualified with a career-best 5.67/252.99, a run
only good enough for sixth in the field.
In eliminations, Scriba’s Camaro unloaded
another record of 5.62/251.02 over Chuck
Ulsch’s supercharged Camaro, (which later
clocked the quickest Roots-blown PM pass
ever at 5.606), before Marinis staged against
the blown Corvette of Dave Norris. Incredibly,
Norris used a massive holeshot and a 5.63/249
to win by 0.026 seconds but Marinis lit the
scoreboards with a simply
indescribable 5.572 at 255.19
mph, a full tenth quicker and
almost two miles per hour
faster than the nitrous Pro
Modified records prior to
the race.
The NEOPM program is
the last of its kind allowing
unlimited cubic-inch nitrous
engines in quarter-mile
competition; the NHRA Pro
Modified program currently
limits unblown engines to 903
cubic inches. However, the
2020 season will bring major
changes to the NEOPM
series. The group’s membership has voted
to compete on an eighth-mile distance with
rules structured around the current PDRA and
NMCA regulations.
Marinis originally gained fame at the helm
of his nitrous-aided 588-inch 2000 Ford Mus-
tang in X275 competition where it reigned as
the quickest unblown car in the class. Marinis
recently sold the car to Dicky Johnson racing
team of Marianna, Florida, which took the
car to another X275 record at 4.24 seconds
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 5.572 Dean Marinis Budds Creek MD
STATE DATE
10/5/2019
IL 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 8/23/2014 2 5.622 Fred Scriba Budds Creek MD 10/5/2019
3 5.662 Todd Tutterow Gainesville FL 3/17/2019 3 5.440 Eric Dillard Las Vegas NV 11/19/2017 3 5.521 Kevin McCurdy Budds Creek MD 10/5/2019 3 5.690 Rickie Smith Bithlo FL 1/17/2018
4 5.674 Jeremy Ray Gainesville FL 3/16/2019 4 5.461 Turki al Zafiri Madison IL 8/23/2014 4 5.527 Jason Scruggs Bradenton 3/15/2016 4 5.710 Khalid al Balooshi 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 5.527 Scott McLean Willowbank QLD 6/2/2018 5 5.713 Bob Rahaim 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 5.534 Mattias Wulcan Poddington ENG 5/20/2018 6 5.718 Chad Green Gainesville FL 3/16/2019
7 5.690 Michael Biehle II Gainesville FL 3/16/2019 7 5.565 Paul Mouhayet Las Vegas NV 11/21/2015 7 5.579 John Stanley Las Vegas NV 11/16/2017 7 5.734 Ed Burnley Crofton MD 9/9/2017
10/14/2018 8 5.591 Troy Coughlin Las Vegas NV 11/20/2016 8 5.585 Paul Mouhayet Eastern Creek NSW 10/1/2017 8 5.753 Mahana al Naemi Doha QAT 1/15/2016
8
5.693
Mike Janis
Concord
NC
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 1 255.19 Dean Marinis Budds Creek MD 10/5/2019
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 2 253.47 Rickie Smith Gainesville FL 3/17/2017
DRIVER
DRIVER
UNLIMITED SUPERCHARGED
PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR
FASTEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile)
1
RANK M.P.H.
RANK M.P.H.
FL
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 3 252.85 Khalid al Balooshi Gainesville FL 3/16/2019
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 4 251.58 Fred Scriba Budds Creek MD 10/5/2019
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 5 251.49 Bob Rahaim Topeka 5/20/2017
IL 6 259.56 Sidnei Frigo Concord NC 10/14/2018 6 272.83 Turki al Zafiri Madison 8/23/2014 6 261.02 Steve King Budds Creek MD
7 259.31 Troy Coughlin Norwalk OH 6/24/2017 7 272.34 Greg Tsakiridis Eastern Creek NSW 7/20/2019 7 260.95 Paul Mouhayet Kwinana Beach
8 259.16 Alex Laughlin Norwalk OH 6/22/2019 8 267.00 Rick Hord Las Vegas 8 259.46 Kevin McCurdy Budds Creek MD
NV
11/15/2018
10/5/2019
WAU 3/3/2018
10/5/2019
KS
6 251.34 Chad Green Norwalk OH 6/22/2019
7 250.97 Jonathan Gray Baytown TX 4/21/2017
8 250.92 Erica Enders Clermont IN 9/1/2018
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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
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