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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 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 [email protected]. 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, Extreme Pro Stock and X275 Eliminators. Testing results may be subject to additional scrutiny. Drag Illustrated reserves the right to refuse a claim for any reason. 128 | D r a g I l l u s t r a t e d | DragIllustrated.com Issue 150