Drag Illustrated Issue 142, March 2019 | Page 113

OUTLAW DRAG RADIAL ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS blower, a Roots-style air pump and a Screw compressor. The Radial world’s quickest nitrous racer, Jamie Hancock’s Alabama-based 969-cubic inch ’69 Firebird which is current ranked tenth at 3.687 seconds, still owns the eighth spot on DI’s Top 8 ETs in Pro Nitrous competition. It’s impossible to overstate the importance of Moya’s SGMP facility in the overall statistics. At the conclusion of the event, a total of thirty-one drivers had clocked under 3.80 sec- onds in RvW history. Only four of those pilots achieved the feat at a track other than SGMP and, in fact, all four did the deed at Bradenton (FL) Motorsports Park’s U.S. Street Nationals in January. Moya’s Georgia facility produced seven of the eight fastest RvW drivers, as well. Lights Out X also boasted the sec- ond-quickest 275X Eliminator elapsed time ever with a brutal 4.32-second blast by Floridian Patrick Clenney. The new owner of Dean Marinis’ amazing nitrous oxide-injected 582-inch Chevy-powered 2000 Mustang, Clenney had the car refurbished and clocked the quickest ever for an unblown X275 entry with the heaviest combination in the class, 3,400 pounds, on 10.82 inch-wide radial rear tires. Also, Texan Eric Moore’s turbo’d 1993 Mustang became the second machine over 170 mph in X275 trim. FORCE BLASTS TO “NEW PREP” FUNNY CAR SPEED RECORD! A mere ten months after the NHRA and the Professional Racers Organization, (PRO), mutually agreed to slow the rising speeds of nitro-burning machines by changing the ad- hesion of each NHRA National Event site with radically different track preparation techniques, 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 X275 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) (eighth-mile) RANK E.T. John Force wheeled his Peak Coolant and Motor Oil 2019 Camaro blown fuel Funny Car to a record for the “New Prep” tracks at 334.74 mph for the thousand-feet distance during the 2019 NHRA Lucas Oil Winternationals. At the same event, Mike Salinas recorded the fastest speed in Top Fuel Eliminator at 334.40 mph. While it’s important to remember Auto Club Raceway at Pomona (CA) slopes eighteen feet downhill, (far more than the maximum allowed ten percent grade at any other NHRA facility), it appears the “New Prep” has achieved the exact result sought by both groups through the change: a maximum speed of no more than 335 mph. Performance is not a thing of the past, however. The same event produced a “New Prep” record-tying 0.815 sixty-feet ET by reigning Top Fuel World Champion Steve Torrence and the quickest pass ever recorded for a machine NOT burning nitromethane, a mind-numbing 5.15 quarter-mile by British Columbian Top Alcohol Dragster standout Shawn Cowie. - BRET KEPNER 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 DRIVER SITE STATE DATE RANK E.T. 3.613 Kevin Rivenbark Cecil GA 2/15/2019 1 4.297 Rich Bruder Bowling Green KY 4/21/2018 3.621 Tim Slavens Cecil GA 2/14/2019 2 4.329 Patrick Clenney Cecil GA 2/16/2019 3 3.623 Mark Micke Cecil GA 3/23/2018 3 4.343 Craig Walls Budds Creek MD 10/21/2018 4 3.642 Daniel Pharris Cecil GA 3/23/2018 4 4.346 Shane Fisher Millington TN 10/28/2017 5 3.646 Jeff Sitton Bradenton FL 1/24/2019 5 4.355 Eric Moore Bowling Green KY 4/21/2018 6 3.652 Alex Laughlin Cecil GA 2/15/2019 6 4.358 Jimmy White Bowling Green KY 4/21/2018 7 3.657 Mark Woodruff Bradenton FL 1/26/2019 7 4.358 Tyree Smith Harvest AL 10/21/2018 8 3.663 DeWayne Mills Cecil GA 3/24/2018 8 4.363 John Keesey Millington TN 10/28/2017 OUTLAW DRAG RADIAL ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS X275 ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) (eighth-mile) RANK M.P.H. SITE STATE DATE 1 221.20 Mark Micke DRIVER Cecil GA 3/22/2018 1 171.51 2 217.74 Cecil GA 2/14/2019 2 3 216.20 Daniel Pharris Cecil GA 3/23/2018 4 214.18 Bradenton FL 5 214.04 Mark Woodruff Cecil GA 6 213.57 DeWayne Mills Cecil 7 212.53 Josh Klugger 8 212.39 Joe Newsham Tim Slavens John Carinci RANK M.P.H. DRIVER SITE STATE DATE Rich Bruder Bowling Green KY 4/21/2018 170.97 Eric Moore Cecil GA 2/15/2019 3 169.57 Rob Goss Millington TN 3/24/2017 1/25/2019 4 169.55 John Keesey Bowling Green KY 4/21/2018 2/15/2019 5 169.05 Jared Johnston Holly Springs MS 10/17/2015 GA 3/24/2018 6 168.83 Dean Marinis Cecil GA 2/18/2018 Cecil GA 2/15/2019 7 168.37 Dave Fiscus Bowling Green KY 4/21/2018 Cecil GA 3/24/2018 8 168.16 Cecil GA 10/9/2016 PRO NITROUS ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) RANK E.T. 1 3.631 DRIVER Lizzy Musi SITE Budd Creek (eighth-mile) RANK PERF STATE DATE MD 2 3.642 Jay Cox Benson NC 3/18/2016 3 3.561 Eric Dillard Dinwiddie VA 10/14/2015 3 3.643 Mahana al Naemi Doha QAT 2/7/2017 NC 11/12/2016 4 3.566 Carl Stevens, Jr. Dinwiddie VA 10/24/2015 4 3.646 Jim Halsey Dinwiddie VA 10/22/2018 5 3.510 Khalid al Refaei Tulsa OK 3/19/2016 5 3.596 Khalid Mohammed Doha QAT 3/3/2018 5 3.647 Tommy Franklin Benson NC 11/3/2018 6 3.512 Mustafa Buhumaid Tulsa OK 3/18/2016 6 3.621 Tim Slavens Cecil GA 2/14/2019 6 3.652 Danny Sauro Darlington SC 10/6/2018 7 3.513 Randell Reid Martin MI 6/27/2015 7 3.623 Mark Micke Cecil GA 3/23/2018 7 3.678 Khalil al Ansari Sakhir 8 3.514 Bubba Stanton Rockingham NC 4/5/2014 8 3.642 Daniel Pharris Cecil GA 3/23/2018 8 3.687 Jamie Hancock Cecil 1 231.24 Jose Gonzalez Rockingham NC 4/10/2016 1 231.44 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 RANK M.P.H. 1 DRIVER 209.23 Lizzy Musi SITE Dinwiddie SC 8/17/2018 Bithlo FL 1/20/2018 OUTLAW 10.5 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile) RANK PERF STATE DATE VA 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 NC 11/3/2018 10/24/2015 3 206.80 Jim Halsey Benson NC 11/3/2018 5/1/2015 4 205.60 Jim Sackuvich Bowling Green KY 4/21/2018 4/1/2017 5 223.54 Jason Scruggs Tulsa OK 3/19/2016 5 205.10 John Camp Benson NC 221.56 Brandon Snider Tulsa OK 3/19/2016 6 221.20 Mark Micke Cecil GA 3/22/2018 6 204.82 Mahana al Naemi Doha QAT 2/7/2017 7 221.20 Mark Micke Cecil GA 3/22/2018 7 220.58 Khalid Mohammed Sakhir BAH 1/12/2017 7 204.73 John Hall Dinwiddie VA 8 220.58 Khalid Mohammed Sakhir BAH 1/12/2017 8 219.13 Bradenton FL 8 204.54 Khalil al Ansari Sakhir BAH 1/12/2017 March 2019 STATE DATE Darlington 198.85 Joshua Klugger Benson X275 Eliminator: 275 mm rear tires; X275 association. SITE Jeff Miller 1 3/23/2018 6 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. DRIVER GA 206.95 Tommy Franklin “SMALL TIRE” CLASS LEGEND (eighth-mile) RANK PERF BAH 3/2/2017 2 1/26/2019 OUTLAW 275 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS 3.898 5 Daniel Pharris 10/19/2018 1 PRO NITROUS ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) STATE DATE VA 4/5/2018 OK SITE 10/19/2013 Dinwiddie 181.20 Jeff Dobbins Benson DRIVER TX 1 Tulsa RANK M.P.H. STATE DATE Baytown 5/7/2017 Terry Leggett STATE DATE SITE Cary Goforth 4.009 Jason Scruggs SITE DRIVER 1 3.496 DRIVER Shane Fisher EXTREME PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS 3.492 RANK M.P.H. STATE DATE 1 3 EXTREME TURBO ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) SITE 2 4 UNLIMITED PRO MOD ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) DRIVER 10/19/2018 STATE DATE GA OUTLAW 10.5 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE Ken Quartuccio Bithlo FL 11/10/2018 Bithlo FL 11/10/2018 1 3.813 1 206.35 John Carinci 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