Drag Illustrated Issue 110, June 2016 | Page 121

OUTLAW DRAG RADIAL ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS by Brittany Force while both Doug Kalitta, (331.15), and Shawn Langdon, (330.15), ran over 330 mph. However, all three performances were far outshone by Hagan becoming the first driver to topple a quarter-mile speed record in three-quarters of the distance while making a Funny Car the sport’s speed king by 1.42 miles per hour. Of interest was the fact the eighth-mile Funny Car speed record was also obliterated when Tim Wilkerson’s Levi, Ray & Shoup Shelby Mustang hit 284.69 mph on a 333.64 mph thousand-feet pass. While the Virginian Hagan’s mighty Mopar Express Lane/Rocky Boots Dodge Charger and its crewchief, Dickie Venables, left the sport in shock, the NHRA quickly responded to the amazing 1.2% increase in the NHRA FC World Speed Record with a rules revision which allowed engine timing retardation to begin 150 RPM earlier during a run in an attempt to decrease the finish line speed. At the next event, the NHRA New England Nationals at Epping (NH), Wilkerson still clocked 330.63 mph on a pass in which his eighth-mile speed was 284.03 mph. Moreover, Ron Capps drove his NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger to the second-quickest thousand-feet ET ever at 3.865 seconds while recording the quickest eighth-mile FC ET yet at 3.121 seconds. One week later, Capps clocked an astonishing 3.115-second eighth while on a 3.870 effort! After so many years of stagnation, one can only hope this latest Funny Car performance renaissance will remain the source of such excitement for the class for the foreseeable future. A Nitrous Car Leads the PRO EXTREME 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 (eighth-mile) Drag Radial Top 8! Not many people dreamed it could still happen but Stevie “Fast” Jackson’s destruction of the Drag Radial World ET Record at NorthStar Dragway at Denton (TX) may be the most controversial run of the season to date. While the pass was heavily hyped and received a massive amount of electronic publicity, Jackson’s nitrous oxide-injected 959 cubic inch Reher-Morrison-powered 1969 Camaro is now a full half-tenth quicker than any other Radial rig. It now takes a “three-eighty” just to be listed in the Drag Illustrated Top 8! The New NHRA Pro Stocks are Closing the Gap! As the fuel-injected NHRA Pro Stockers head to their eleventh race of the season, nine drivers have now dipped under 6.6 seconds and nine have eclipsed 210 mph. Moreover, the cars are now within a mere fifty-eight thousandths of a second and 2.62 mph of the best performances of the machines in their previous carbureted incarnations. Kincaid Becomes the New 275 Speed King! Battling the biggest names in Outlaw 275 racing at North Carolina’s Shadyside Dragway, Tim Kincaid’s twin-turbocharged bigblock Chevy-powered 1993 Mustang unleashed a 190.35 mph speed to break Billy Gordon’s two year-old eighth-mile record for cars with 10.82inch rear tires. Tennessean Kincaid’s Precision Turbo & Engine/Rossler Transmissions machine is also one of the prime contenders to unseat David Pearson’s reign at the top of the Outlaw 275 ET list. - BRET KEPNER EXTREME TURBO ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) RANK E.T. 1 3.527 X275 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) DRIVER SITE STATE DATE Jose Gonzalez Dinwiddie VA 10/23/2015 2 3.540 Kevin Fiscus Benson NC 4/5/2016 RANK E.T. DRIVER SITE STATE DATE RANK E.T. Steve Jackson Denton TX 4/24/2016 1 4.372 Jared Johnston Harvest Rob Valden Denton TX 4/24/2016 2 4.379 Rich Bruder Budds Creek MD 4/17/2016 3 3.812 Kyle Huettel Tulsa OK 4/2/2016 3 4.396 Rob Goss Cecil GA 2/18/2016 4 3.834 DeWayne Mills Madison IL 4/23/2016 4 4.399 Chris Groves Tulsa OK 4/1/2016 5 3.876 Jason Michalak Cecil GA 2/19/2016 5 4.403 Jamie Stanton Cecil GA 2/19/2016 6 3.894 Keith Haney Cecil GA 2/17/2016 6 4.418 Dean Marinis Cecil GA 2/18/2016 7 3.894 Brandon Pesz Tulsa OK 4/1/2016 7 4.432 Charles Hull Holly Springs MS 10/16/2015 8 3.894 Daniel Pharris Madison IL 4/22/2016 8 4.444 Ron Rhodes Cecil GA 2/21/2016 OUTLAW DRAG RADIAL ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) RANK M.P.H. DRIVER SITE STATE DATE SITE STATE DATE 1 212.29 Shawn Ayers Tulsa OK 4/2/2016 1 169.05 Jared Johnston Holly Springs MS 10/17/2015 2 212.26 Rob Valden Denton TX 3/27/2016 2 168.48 Rich Bruder Holly Springs MS 10/17/2015 3 211.96 Josh Klugger Bowling Green KY 5/15/2016 3 166.85 Shane Fisher Harvest AL 4/30/2016 4 210.21 Millington TN 3/19/2016 4 166.23 Charles Hull Cecil GA 2/20/2016 5 210.97 Daniel Pharris Harvest AL 4/30/2016 5 166.19 Rob Goss Budds Creek MD 11/8/2015 6 205.98 Kevin Mullins Millington TN 3/18/2016 6 165.97 Dean Marinis Cecil GA 2/20/2016 7 204.70 Mark Micke Millington TN 3/19/2016 7 165.48 John Ashnault Budds Creek MD 10/10/2015 8 203.21 Chris Daniel Cecil GA 2/22/2015 8 165.29 Vince Palazzolo Budds Creek MD 10/10/2015 DeWayne Mills RANK M.P.H. PRO NITROUS ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) RANK E.T. 1 3.686 DRIVER Tommy Franklin SITE Tulsa (eighth-mile) RANK PERF STATE DATE OK 180.81 John Montecalvo 2 3.694 Pat Stoken Martin MI 6/26/2015 3/18/2016 3/18/2016 3 3.561 Eric Dillard Dinwiddie VA 10/14/2015 3 3.697 Steve Jackson Tulsa OK OK 3/19/2016 4 3.566 Carl Stevens, Jr. Dinwiddie VA 10/24/2015 4 3.701 Khalid Mohammed Doha QAT 2/5/2014 5 3.512 Mustafa Buhumaid Tulsa OK 3/18/2016 5 3.654 Turki al Zafiri Tulsa OK 8/16/2014 5 3.703 Travis Harvey Madison IL 5/31/2015 6 3.513 Randell Reid Martin MI 6/27/2015 6 3.732 Anthony DiSomma Bradenton FL 1/26/2014 6 3.709 Lizzy Musi Dinwiddie VA 10/24/2015 7 3.514 Bubba Stanton Rockingham NC 4/5/2014 7 3.747 Paul Mouhayet Dinwiddie VA 10/24/2015 7 3.711 Jay Cox Bradenton FL 8 3.518 Alex Hossler Doha QAT 1/25/2013 8 3.781 Danny Lowry Rockingham NC 9/7/2013 8 3.720 Tim Savell Ennis TX 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 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 204.98 Lizzy Musi SITE Ennis SITE STATE DATE David Pearson Harvest AL 10/30/2015 Shelby NC 4/23/2016 1/29/2016 3/21/2015 1 190.35 Tim Kincaid OUTLAW 10.5 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile) RANK PERF DRIVER SITE Richard Sexton Budds Creek MD 11/7/2014 Commerce 4/13/2013 5/20/2016 1 6.081 1 241.50 David Hance 2 204.40 Tommy Franklin Bradenton FL 1/30/2016 10/24/2015 3 203.83 Steve Jackson Tulsa OK 3/18/2016 5/1/2015 4 202.88 Khalid Mohammed Doha QAT 2/6/2014 10/14/2015 5 223.54 Jason Scruggs Tulsa OK 3/19/2016 5 202.79 Dean Marinis Rockingham NC 221.56 Brandon Snider Tulsa OK 3/19/2016 6 217.88 Paul Mouhayet Las Vegas NV 11/21/2015 6 202.55 Jay Cox Rockingham NC 4/11/2015 7 218.94 Bubba Stanton Rockingham NC 4/5/2014 7 216.86 Todd Tutterow Farmington NC 6/13/2012 7 202.30 Keith Haney Rockingham NC 9/11/2015 1 3.879 8 217.70 Paul Mouhayet Dinwiddie 10/24/2015 8 216.41 Las Vegas 11/22/2015 8 202.18 Pat Stoken Madison 5/31/2015 1 204.82 Nick Agostino NV “SMALL TIRE” CLASS LEGEND 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. June 2016 X275 Eliminator: 275 mm rear tires; X275 association. IL 4/8/2015 STATE DATE GA OUTLAW 10.5 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) 6 Troy Coughlin 4/5/2014 DRIVER 5 VA 10/19/2013 (eighth-mile) RANK PERF 4.103 STATE DATE TX Rockingham NC OUTLAW 275 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS 1 PRO NITROUS ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) STATE DATE TX 1 OK SITE STATE DATE Baytown 3/18/2016 Tulsa DRIVER SITE Cary Goforth 4.009 Tulsa RANK M.P.H. DRIVER 1 Khalid al Refaei STATE DATE DRIVER EXTREME PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS Jason Scruggs SITE 10/30/2015 X275 ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) 3.510 DRIVER AL 3.751 3.800 3.492 RANK M.P.H. STATE DATE 1 3 EXTREME TURBO ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) SITE 2 4 PRO EXTREME ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) DRIVER RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE Mustafa Atat Doha QAT 1/22/2016 Dinwiddie VA 10/24/2015 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 | 121