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eighth-mile records for turbocharged entries , ( 3.52 seconds at 231.44 mph ), which indicates 5.2-second , 290 mph passes are not only possible but downright probable from these cars . Moreover , the five quickest quarter-mile passenger car drivers hail from the Dominican Republic , Bahrain , Kuwait , Australia and the United States . Since all utilize the power of a Steve Petty-built ProLine Racing Engine , there has already been talk of a possible World Record Shootout in the 2017 season . This isn ’ t the first time the Pro Mod performance records have been volleyed between two countries , ( the Australians dominated the “ door car ” records in the 1990s ), but it may turn out to be the fight which earns the most attention .
Six-Cylinder World Record Lasts Twelve Hours !
At the same time the EKanoo team was resetting the World ET Record for Pro Modifieds , they were involved in an international street brawl for the hotly-contested global standard for Import machines or , more accurately in this case , vehicles powered by six-cylinder engines . In December , 2016 , American Gary White wheeled EKanoo ’ s turbocharged 195-inch 2015 Lexus GT 86 past the 5.757 mark set by Victor Flores in the Puerto Rico-based Team Zoian / New Century 297-inch turbo ’ d Camry by a mere four thousandths of a second . However , only one day after Khalid Mohammed clocked a 5.44 in the team ’ s V8 racer , the EKanoo gang lost the record to Team Zoian and driver Jesus Melendez when the Toyota arrived at Orlando ( FL ) SpeedWorld for a test session and wrecked White ’ s 5.753 mark with an offthe-trailer 5.739 pass .
Ebrahim was incensed and made an
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immediate priority of the regaining of the record . Exactly twelve hours and fifty-two minutes after Melendez pulled the ‘ chute on his record pass , Gary White crossed the finish line at Bahrain International Circuit seven thousand five hundred miles away with a 5.732 while increasing his own six-cylinder speed record to 253.47 mph . It should be noted White ’ s December , 2016 , eighth-mile marks for six-bangers , ( 3.79 / 203.90 ), were untouched by either team .
NHRA Pro Stock DI Top 8 Lists Wiped Clean !
The 48th annual NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville , Florida , presented a previously unseen occurrence in the Drag Illustrated Top 8 Listings . In both the ET and MPH categories for NHRA Pro Stock Eliminator , every single position was revised due to a plethora of fantastic performances based on both technical advances and phenomenal weather .
When the race ended , only one Elapsed Time from the previous twenty-six NHRA National events , Jason Line ’ s 6.519-second pass from Englishtown in 2016 , would ’ ve made the ET Top 8 . Absolutely no speeds would have remained listed since the major rules changes adopted for the 2016 season .
Most importantly , the NHRA Pro Stock contingent is now within twenty-one thousandths of a second and less than one mile per hour of the best clocking of the Carbureted Era and , with a little bit of luck from Mother Nature , the new cars may actually break the 6.45 / 215 mph standards of the previous reign before the halfway point of only the second season under the new rules .
- BRET KEPNER
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