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DRIVER SITE STATE DATE 1 3.623 Brittany Force Mohnton PA 9/14/2019 1 338.17 Brittany Force Las Vegas NV 11/1/2019 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 JACKSON PUSHES RvW RECORD INTO THE TWILIGHT ZONE AT 3.54! Stevie “Fast” Jackson continued his 2019 obliteration into the new year with a stellar performance at the U.S. Street Nationals at Bradenton (FL) Motorsports Park. Rapidly becoming one of the largest all-doorslammer races, excellent weather and fantastic track preparation allowed plenty of shuffling in the DI Top Eight listings. Jackson’s supercharged ’69 Camaro unleashed a 3.546-second, 213.33 mph blast to lead the twenty-two qualified Drag Radial entrants and proceeded to record runs of 3.60/213.81, 3.548/213.91, 3.58/213.00 and 3.56/213.10 during five rounds of competition for one the most brutal performances in the history of the class. Jackson’s romp was almost equaled by Melanie Salemi in her new supercharged 2019 Camaro which qualified at 3.64 and then hit a 3.59/210 and a 3.570/210. She met Jackson in the third round where another 3.574/210 couldn’t hold off his second-quickest run in history, 3.548/213, in one of the division’s 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. greatest matches ever. In the final round, Jackson staged with teammate Marcus Birt whose nitrous oxide-in- jected 2016 Corvette has reigned as the sport’s quickest unblown door car for almost a full year. After a staggering 3.56/205 to qualify second behind Jackson, Birt hovered between 3.60 and 3.65 in eliminations and, when the two Georgians met for the title, ran 3.60 to Jackson’s 3.56 in a battle which featured a worst Reaction Time of 0.008! Of note were the multiple jaw-dropping passes under 3.6 seconds by the centrifugal- ly-supercharged rides of Kevin Rivenbark and Bryan Markiewicz which, along with the runs of Jackson, Salemi and Birt, caused event co-announcer Lee Sebring to proclaim during one frantic session, “It’s rainin’ FIFTIES!”. The event also featured what may eventu- ally become an extreme rarity; the U.S. Street Car Nationals hosted a qualified thirty-two car Pro Modified Eliminator in which all versions of “big tire” cars are permitted. An impressive twenty-seven cars made the show led by Lizzy Musi’s nitrous-aided Dodge Dart with one of the five quickest unblown Pro Modified efforts ever, a 3.625 at 206.67 mph. The top nine qualifiers were under 3.7 seconds with nitrous, Roots-blown, centrifugally-blown, and turbo- charged combinations all represented. Musi ran as quick as 3.65 in eliminations and dropped Tommy D’Aprile in the fifth and final round. The event’s X275 Eliminator was the site of history when longtime six-cylinder hero Gary White drove his turbocharged, 190 cubic inch inline six-powered ’91 Toyota Supra to runs as quick as 4.24 at an all-time X275 speed record of 175.68 (twice!) and into the final round against MoPar holdout Rob Goss’ 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 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 5.622 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 5.513 Justin Jones Las Vegas NV 11/23/2019 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 5.521 Kevin McCurdy Budds Creek MD 10/5/2019 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 5.522 Aaron Wells Las Vegas NV 11/24/2019 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 5.527 Jason Scruggs Bradenton FL 3/15/2016 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 5.527 Scott McLean Willowbank QLD 6/2/2018 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 5.534 Mattias Wulcan Poddington ENG 5/20/2018 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) 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 2 266.42 Aaron Wells Las Vegas NV 11/24/2019 2 253.47 Rickie Smith Gainesville FL 3/17/2017 DRIVER DRIVER UNLIMITED NITROUS OXIDE PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile) 1 RANK M.P.H. RANK M.P.H. UNLIMITED SUPERCHARGED PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile) 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 3 265.33 John Zappia Dinwiddie VA 10/19/2017 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 4 263.82 Mike Maggio Las Vegas NV 11/24/2014 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 5 263.77 Frankie Taylor Madison IL 8/23/2014 5 251.49 Bob Rahaim Topeka 5/20/2017 IL ENG 5/20/2018 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 6 259.56 Sidnei Frigo Concord NC 10/14/2018 6 272.83 Turki al Zafiri Madison 8/23/2014 6 262.67 Mattias Wulcan Poddington 7 259.31 Troy Coughlin Norwalk OH 6/24/2017 7 272.34 Greg Tsakiridis Eastern Creek NSW 7/20/2019 7 261.02 Steve King Budds Creek MD 8 259.16 Alex Laughlin Norwalk OH 6/22/2019 8 267.64 Rick Snavely Las Vegas 8 260.95 Paul Mouhayet Kwinana Beach NV 11/23/2019 10/5/2019 WAU 3/3/2018 KS 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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