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machine uses a 959 cubic inch Pat Musi wedge
engine with a reported seven nitrous oxide
systems using tuning assistance from fellow
Radial/Pro Modified campaigner Stevie “Fast”
Jackson. At Orlando, Birt consistently clocked
under 0.910 seconds in the first sixty feet and
made history with a an 0.899 “sixty” on an
aborted qualifying attempt. In eliminations,
Birt ran as quick as 3.57 in losing in the semi-fi-
nals to Jackson’s 0.009 RT holeshot-aided
3.58. Jackson then lost in the final round
against the brand-new screw-blown Al-Lee In-
stallations 2019 Camaro of Eddie Whalen with
young New York Pro Modified star Melanie
Salemi at the helm when both cars ran 3.58 in
the quickest Radial race yet.
IMPORTS GO ON RECORD
RAMPAGE AT BUDDS CREEK!
The HalTech World Cup Finals at Maryland
International Raceway always ranks among
the biggest, quickest and fastest events for the
Import industry. At the 2019 edition in front
of a packed house, the Drag Illustrated Top 8
Six-Cylinder international war raged on with
the first four six-bangers qualified between
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
OUTLAW DRAG RADIAL
ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS
5.68 and 5.89! It was Puerto Rico’s Dr. Arnaldo
Rodriguez Santiago who stole the headlines
early, however. After knocking the 6CYL ET
Record down to 5.55 only three weeks earlier,
he wheeled the turbocharged 2JZ-powered
“Venenum” 2018 Scion FRS to a thundering
262.39 mph to grab the speed mark from fel-
low countryman Jomar Gomez who broke 260
mph earlier in 2019 with his Toyota Avalon.
Brazil’s Caca Daud shattered the one year-
old quarter-mile and eighth-mile ET records
for Four Cylinders set by Australian Collin
Willshire’s Mitsubishi Eclipse. At the wheel of
a Jerry Bickel Chassised 2012 Chevy Cobalt
powered by a unique turbocharged 118 cubic
inch Vauxhaul Cosworth/Opel I-4, Daud’s
FuelTech-sponsored rig hit a 6.16 while becom-
ing the first under four seconds in the eighth
at 3.999. Daud’s speed of 225 mph missed
the 229.55 mark set last season by Trinidad’s
Muhammed Ali.
Five years ago, Edwin Burgos became the
first Import pilot to wheel a Rotary-powered
machine over 230 mph in his “Loquito Killer”
2008 Mazda RX8. The record stood since 2014
but now Burgos can lay claim to both ends
of the Wankel World Record. Using a turbo-
charged version of the three-rotor 120 cubic
inch engine, Burgos unleashed a 6.08 and a
3.95 in qualifying to eclipse the four year-old
6.14 quarter-mile and 4.03 eighth-mile records
of Jesus Melendez and reset his own speed
mark to 231.64. Incredibly, Burgos banged
the gears of the Mazda through eliminations
with runs as quick as 6.19 with a new speed
mark at 232.55 mph en route to runner-up in
the $30,000-to-win final round against Jorge
Juarbe’s 237 mph ’86 Toyota Corolla.
- 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
X275 ELIMINATOR
QUICKEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile)
(eighth-mile)
RANK E.T.
DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK E.T.
3.553 Marcus Birt Bithlo FL 11/9/2019 1 4.235 Rich Bruder Cecil GA 3/23/2019
3.578 Daniel Pharris Cecil GA 3/22/2019 2 4.237 Rob Goss Cecil GA 3/22/2019
3 3.582 Kevin Rivenbark Cecil GA 3/21/2019 3 4.245 Jamie Johnson Cecil GA 10/20/2019
4 3.583 Melanie Salemi Bithlo FL 11/10/2019 4 4.270 Manny Buginga Cecil GA 3/22/2019
5 3.585 Steve Jackson Bithlo FL 11/10/2019 5 4.279 Dean Marinis Cecil GA 3/22/2019
6 3.598 Jeff Miller Darlington SC 8/25/2019 6 4.286 Brian Brooks Cecil GA 3/22/2019
7 3.612 Jamie Hancock Dinwiddie VA 9/20/2019 7 4.289 Ryan Milliken Cecil GA 3/22/2019
8 3.617 Bryan Markiewitz Bithlo FL 11/9/2019 8 4.293 Tim Dutton Cecil GA 10/20/2019
OUTLAW DRAG RADIAL
ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS
X275 ELIMINATOR
FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile)
(eighth-mile)
RANK M.P.H.
SITE STATE DATE SITE STATE DATE
1 221.20 Mark Micke
DRIVER
Cecil GA 3/22/2018 1 174.55 Gary White Cecil GA 3/22/2019
2 218.44 Tim Slavens Cecil GA 10/18/2019 2 173.36 Jared Johnston Cecil GA 3/22/2019
3 216.20 Daniel Pharris Cecil GA 3/23/2018 3 171.99 Dom DiDinato Rising Sun MD 8/31/2019
4 215.20 Mark Woodruff Cecil GA 3/22/2019 4 171.51 Rich Bruder Bowling Green KY 4/21/2018
5 214.18 Bradenton FL 1/25/2019 5 171.47 Brad Medlock Cecil GA 3/23/2019
6 213.57 DeWayne Mills Cecil GA 3/24/2018 6 171.34 Jon Thomas Cecil GA 3/22/2019
7 213.16 Cecil GA 3/22/2019 7 171.10 John Keesey Cecil GA 10/20/2019
8 213.06 Steve Jackson Bithlo FL 11/10/2019 8 170.97 Eric Moore Cecil GA 2/15/2019
John Carinci
Ken Quartuccio
RANK M.P.H.
UNLIMITED NITROUS ELIMINATOR
QUICKEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile)
RANK E.T.
1
3.553
DRIVER
Marcus Birt
SITE
Bithlo
FL
VA 9/20/2019
Jason Scruggs Tulsa OK 3/18/2016 3 3.561 Eric Dillard Dinwiddie VA 10/14/2015 3 3.613 Jim Halsey Dinwiddie VA 10/19/2019
3.496 Terry Leggett Benson NC 11/12/2016 4 3.566 Carl Stevens, Jr. Dinwiddie VA 10/24/2015 4 3.615 Lizzy Musi Darlington SC 10/5/2019
3/22/2019 5 3.612 Tommy Franklin Dinwiddie VA 9/20/2019
6 3.627 Jay Cox Darlington SC 10/5/2019
Khalid al Refaei Tulsa OK 3/19/2016 5 3.578 Daniel Pharris Cecil GA 3.512 Mustafa Buhumaid Tulsa OK 3/18/2016 6 3.596 Khalid Mohammed Doha QAT 3/3/2018 7 3.513 Randell Reid Martin MI 6/27/2015 7 3.618 Kris Thorne Dinwiddie VA 10/17/2019 7 3.636 Chris Rini Benson NC
8 3.514 Bubba Stanton Rockingham NC 4/5/2014 8 3.621 Tim Slavens Cecil GA 2/14/2019 8 3.643 Mahana al Naemi Doha
1
DRIVER
231.24 Jose Gonzalez
SITE
STATE DATE
Rockingham NC
4/10/2016
RANK M.P.H.
1
DRIVER
SITE
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 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
VA 10/18/2019
181.20 Jeff Dobbins Dinwiddie VA 10/19/2018
OUTLAW 275 ELIMINATOR
QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS
(eighth-mile)
RANK PERF
DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
Justin Swanstrom Bithlo FL 12/8/2018
Bithlo FL 1/20/2018
4/7/2019 1 3.738
QAT 2/7/2017 1 198.85 Joshua Klugger
UNLIMITED NITROUS ELIMINATOR
FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile)
STATE DATE
STATE DATE
Dinwiddie 1 Dinwiddie 3.510 SITE Chris Powers 11/9/2019 Jamie Hancock 5 DRIVER 4.007
3.612 6
(eighth-mile)
1 2
DRIVER
EXTREME PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR
QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS
RANK PERF
STATE DATE
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
RANK PERF
STATE DATE
VA
OUTLAW 10.5
ELIMINATOR QUICKEST &
FASTEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile)
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
2 208.82 Jim Halsey Darlington SC 10/5/2019
10/24/2015 3 208.72 Jay Cox Darlington SC 10/5/2019
5/1/2015 4 208.52 Tommy Franklin Dinwiddie VA 9/20/2019
10/14/2015 11/9/2019
5 223.54 Jason Scruggs Tulsa OK 3/19/2016 5 207.18 Marcus Birt Bithlo FL 6 221.56 Brandon Snider Tulsa OK 3/19/2016 6 221.20 Mark Micke Cecil GA 3/22/2018 6 206.67 Chris Rini Dinwiddie VA 9/20/2019 7 221.20 Mark Micke Cecil GA 3/22/2018 7 221.02 Kris Thorne Dinwiddie VA 10/17/2019 7 205.69 Mike Achenbach Rising Sun MD 8/31/2019 1 3.771
8 221.02 Kris Thorne Dinwiddie VA 10/17/2019 8 220.58 Khalid Mohammed Sakhir BAH 1/12/2017 8 205.63 Jason Harris Dinwiddie VA 10/19/2019 1 210.87 John Carinci
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.
December 2019
X275 Eliminator: 275 mm rear tires; X275 association.
GA
OUTLAW 10.5
ELIMINATOR QUICKEST &
FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile)
5
“SMALL TIRE” CLASS LEGEND
STATE DATE
RANK PERF
DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
Mo Hall Bithlo FL 11/10/2019
Bithlo FL 11/9/2019
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