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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 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 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 BAGS THE BIG ONE: QUICKEST EVER! The conditions may have been absolutely perfect and the track preparation the most conducive to performance since the beginning of drag racing’s “new age” but Brittany Force clocked the quickest elapsed time ever recorded by a wheel-driven vehicle over the thousand-feet distance during the NHRA’s 35th annual Mopar Express Lane Nationals presented by Pennzoil at Maple Grove (PA) Raceway. It was amazing drag race at which the top half of the Top Fuel Dragster field qualified un- der 3.70 seconds. Each of the four qualifying sessions was contested in miraculous weather and the final period, in which the air was 2,300 feet above sea level and the surface was 97 degrees, was actually considered to have the 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. WORST conditions. Nonetheless, Force pushed her David Grubnic-tuned Advance Auto Parts missile to its third consecutive pass of 3.66 or better, a never-before-seen 3.624 at 331.61 miles per hour. In conjunction with several other unearthly performances including the second-fastest drag racing speed ever posted, a 339.28 blast by Ron Capps in his NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger Funny Car coordinated by Rahn Tobler from the Don Schumacher team, Force’s 3.62 was, in effect, a massive air raid siren for the NHRA in its ongoing battle to keep speeds below 340 miles per hour. As soon as the num- ber flashed on the scoreboard, racers and fans alike knew there would be hell to pay. The sanctioning body had every reason to be concerned. Upon inspection of the progres- sive elapsed times during the run, it became 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 5.698 Dean Marinis Crofton MD 9/15/2019 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 5.710 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 5.534 Mattias Wulcan Poddington ENG 5/20/2018 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 5.579 John Stanley Las Vegas NV 11/16/2017 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 5.585 Paul Mouhayet Eastern Creek NSW 10/1/2017 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 5.612 Steve King Budds Creek MD 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 1 253.47 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) 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 3 251.63 Dean Marinis Crofton MD 9/15/2019 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 4 251.49 Bob Rahaim Topeka KS 5/20/2017 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 5 251.34 Chad Green Norwalk OH 6/22/2019 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 6 250.97 Jonathan Gray Baytown TX 4/21/2017 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 7 250.92 Erica Enders Clermont IN 9/1/2018 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 Lizzy Musi Dinwiddie VA 6/27/2018 NV 11/15/2018 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. 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