Drag Illustrated Issue 115, November 2016 | Page 136

TOP 8

TOP FUEL ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( 1000-feet )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1
3.662
Shawn Langdon
Brainerd
MN
8 / 23 / 2015
1
334.15
Shawn Langdon
Mohnton
PA
10 / 8 / 2012
FUNNY CAR ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( 1000-feet )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1
3.822
Matt Hagan
Brainerd
MN
8 / 20 / 2016
1
335.57
Matt Hagan
Topeka
KS
5 / 20 / 2016
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1
5.103
Bill Reichert
Baytown
TX
4 / 1 / 2007
1
285.83
Don St . Arnaud
Pomona
CA
11 / 10 / 2016
TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1 5.360 Gary Phillips Kwinana Beach WAU 2 / 18 / 2016 1 275.56 John Lombardo , Jr . Gainesville FL 3 / 21 / 2016
NHRA PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( carbureted , quarter-mile )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1
6.455
Jason Line
Concord
NC
3 / 29 / 2015
1
215.55
Erica Enders-Stevens
Englishtown
NJ
5 / 31 / 2014
NHRA PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS ( EFI , quarter-mile )
RANK E . T . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1 6.519 Jason Line Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016
2 6.527 Vincent Nobile Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
3 6.530 Bo Butner Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
4 6.533 Greg Anderson Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016
5 6.550 Allen Johnson Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
6 6.552 Alex Laughlin Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
7 6.554 Shane Gray Kent WA 8 / 7 / 2016
8 6.562 Jeg Coughlin , Jr . Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
NHRA PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS ( EFI , quarter-mile )
RANK M . P . H . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1 212.93 Greg Anderson Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016
2 212.83 Jason Line Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016
3 212.66 Bo Butner Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016
4 212.46 Vincent Nobile Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016
5 212.26 Shane Gray Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016
6 212.06 Allen Johnson Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016
7 211.53 Alex Laughlin Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
8 210.97 Drew Skillman Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
Zoian Steals Six-Cylinder Record from Ekanoo !
The Zoian / New Generation Toyota Camry has accomplished the unimaginable ; the Puerto Rico-based machine robbed Bahrain ’ s renowned EKanoo team of the official six-cylinder elapsed time mark with a staggering 5.757-second effort at the recent 2nd annual Sport Compact Finals at Orlando ( FL ) Speed World Dragway .
With current all-time Rotary Record Holder Jesus Melendez at the wheel of the teams RJ Race Cars-built 2014 Toyota Camry , the Gasolina Urban Blends-backed rig not only beat Gary White ’ s previous 5.77 best in the EKanoo 2015 Toyota GT86 but beat both of White ’ s eighth-mile records with a 3.810 at 202.27 mph on the same pass . The Zoian team ’ s 207-cubic inch Toyota 2JZ six-cylinder powerplant , built by Papito Ramsamy and tuned by Wilbert Performance , left White with only the current quarter-mile speed standard for the breed at 252.29 mph . Melendez also scored new records for machinery utilizing a single turbocharger .
Meanwhile , the EKanoo Team is preparing to compete in their home country ’ s annual winter drag racing series and owner Ebrahim
Kanoo , driver White and tuner Shane Tecklenburg have vowed to regain global domination of six-cylinder performance !
Fiscus Breaks All Quarter- Mile Drag Radial Barriers !
Only a handful of races allow Drag Radial competition beyond an eighth-mile distance but Kevin Fiscus utilized the exceptional preparation at two different tracks to become the first Radial driver to clock a five-second , 250 mph run over 1320 feet and then to bomb his own marks into oblivion .
Testing at Orlando ( FL ) just prior to the Sport Compact Finals , he took the infamous blue 1993 Mustang which he campaigns with Josh Klugger to a brutal 5.973 / 251.77 before his home state fans which smashed Roger Holder ’ s previous records by thirteen hundredths of a second and almost six miles per hour .
Four weeks later , the twin-turbocharged ProLine 526 cubic inch-powered ride headed to Maryland International Raceway ’ s 21st annual Haltech World Cup Finals barnburner where “ Flash ” Fiscus opened with a 5.97 at an incredible 252.05 mph and proceeded to unload four more five-second blasts with a best elapsed time of 5.928 en route to winning the event ’ s $ 20,000 prize .
It should be noted Fiscus and Klugger then took their TT ProLine-motivated 2012 Mustang Pro Modified entry back to Orlando for the following week ’ s World Street Nationals XXIII showdown where their “ faster car ” ran a best of 5.722 at 260.46 and pocketed ANOTHER $ 20,000 for their third consecutive WSN victory !
PHOTO : GABRIEL RUIZ
NHRA PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED TURBOCHARGED PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED SUPERCHARGED PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED NITROUS OXIDE PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
RANK E . T . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK E . T . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK E . T . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK E . T . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1 5.751 Jonathan Gray Gainesville FL 3 / 19 / 2016
1 5.461 Turki al Zafiri Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014
1 5.476 Frankie Taylor Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014
1 5.753 Mahana al Naemi Doha QAT 1 / 15 / 2016
2 5.772 Melanie Troxel Englishtown NJ 6 / 4 / 2011
2 5.565 Paul Mouhayet Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2015
2 5.588 John Stanley Las Vegas NV 11 / 22 / 2015
2 5.760 Rickie Smith Bithlo FL 11 / 14 / 2015
3 5.772 Brad Personett Englishtown NJ 6 / 5 / 2011
3 5.572 Eric Dillard Las Vegas NV 11 / 23 / 2014
3 5.645 Mike Maggio Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2014
3 5.768 Mike Castellana Dinwiddie VA 9 / 23 / 2014
4 5.773 Troy Coughlin Clermont IN 9 / 2 / 2016
4 5.591 Troy Coughlin Las Vegas NV 11 / 20 / 2016
4 5.683 John Zappia Kwinana Beach WAU 1 / 9 / 2015
4 5.773 Khalid al Balooshi Doha QAT 1 / 31 / 2016
5 5.774 Don Walsh Las Vegas NV 10 / 31 / 2015
5 5.659 Steve Summers Norwalk OH 9 / 17 / 2015
5 5.706 Dan Nickelson Sonoma CA 3 / 3 / 2013
5 5.792 Bob Rahaim Jupiter FL 2 / 27 / 2016
6 5.775 Mike Janis Englishtown NJ 6 / 6 / 2015
6 5.669 Kevin Fiscus Norwalk OH 9 / 20 / 2015
6 5.717 Mike Recchia Union Grove WI 9 / 5 / 2015
6 5.806 Dean Marinis Atco NJ 10 / 16 / 2016
7 5.776 Rickie Smith Baytown TX 5 / 1 / 2016
7 5.687 Sidnei Frigo Las Vegas NV 11 / 19 / 2016
7 5.736 Khalid al Thani Doha QAT 2 / 6 / 2016
7 5.812 Robert Patrick Budds Creek MD 9 / 26 / 2014
8 5.781 Mike Castellana Englishtown NJ 6 / 4 / 2011
8 5.730 Jose Gonzalez Las Vegas NV 11 / 18 / 2012
8 5.738 Scott Cannon Englishtown NJ 10 / 4 / 2008
8 5.820 Jim Laurita Madison IL 9 / 28 / 2013
NHRA PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED TURBOCHARGED PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED SUPERCHARGED PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED NITROUS OXIDE PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
RANK M . P . H . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK M . P . H . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK M . P . H . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK M . P . H . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1 259.66 Don Walsh Las Vegas NV 10 / 31 / 2015
1 274.83 Troy Coughlin Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2015
1 263.82 Mike Maggio Las Vegas NV 11 / 24 / 2014
1 251.25 Rickie Smith Jupiter FL 2 / 26 / 2016
2 258.71 Melanie Troxel Englishtown NJ 6 / 4 / 2011
2 274.33 Paul Mouhayet Madison IL 8 / 28 / 2015
2 263.77 Frankie Taylor Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014
2 249.07 Bob Rahaim Englishtown NJ 6 / 6 / 2015
3 258.07 Brad Personett Englishtown NJ 6 / 4 / 2011
3 272.83 Turki al Zafiri Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014
3 262.08 John Stanley Las Vegas NV 11 / 22 / 2015
3 248.75 Mahana al Naemi Doha QAT 1 / 15 / 2016
4 258.07 Rick Snavely Clermont IN 9 / 7 / 2015
4 269.51 Eric Dillard Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2014
4 258.42 Pete Kapiris Eastern Creek NSW 5 / 4 / 2013
4 248.25 Robert Patrick Budds Creek MD 6 / 20 / 2015
5 258.02 Jonathan Gray Gainesville FL 3 / 19 / 2016
5 264.08 Kevin Fiscus Norwalk OH 9 / 20 / 2015
5 257.48 Marc Meadors Sonoma CA 7 / 27 / 2014
5 247.57 Dan Stevenson Jupiter FL 2 / 28 / 2016
6 257.97 Troy Coughlin Madison IL 9 / 29 / 2012
6 263.62 Steve Summers Norwalk OH 9 / 18 / 2015
6 256.55 Dan Myers Famoso CA 10 / 6 / 2013
6 247.47 Mike Castellana Gainesville FL 3 / 19 / 2016
7 257.68 Billy Glidden Englishtown NJ 6 / 12 / 2016
7 262.95 Bill Lutz Budds Creek MD 4 / 15 / 2016
7 256.05 Von Smith Doha QAT 4 / 15 / 2009
7 247.38 Jim Laurita Baytown TX 4 / 25 / 2014
8 256.89 Michael Bowman Clermont IN 9 / 3 / 2016
8 262.49 Todd Tutterow Englishtown NJ 10 / 23 / 2012
8 255.15 Mike Stawicki Cayuga ONT 8 / 7 / 2010
8 247.11 Khalid al Balooshi Doha QAT 1 / 31 / 2016
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 bret @ dragillustrated . com . 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 , and X275 Eliminators . Testing results may be subject to additional scrutiny . Drag Illustrated reserves the right to refuse a claim for any reason .
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