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an all-over-the-place 6.29/224.55. Tecklenburg described the crowd response as, “Unbeliev- able! It’s something special with that many humans all cheering for just two teams!”. The win and new ET World Record made “Turbo Kid” Ali the headline story in the media of his home country, as well. Three weeks later, Orlando Speed World was again jammed with fans and the sport’s top compacts. Wilshire opened with a 6.36 but Ali countered with a 6.26 at a slowing 215.31 which indicated plenty to come. At that point, Wilshire lowered the boom. The Australian “one-man band” unleashed a 6.200 at 225.30 mph to reclaim the ET record and lead the field. A second showdown was not to be; after a 6.22/223 first-round victory, breakage forced the Jett team to retire. Ali’s Silvia produced some spectacular runs in eliminations includ- ing a 6.24 at a stunning 229.55 mph which earned the speed record from Wilshire. Howev- er, while leading in the semi-finals, the Silvia went sideways, crossed in front of its opponent and slammed the wall hard. There were no injuries and the car will be repaired. Collin Wilshire headed home with the quarter-mile and eighth-mile ET records, (6.200 and 4.037), while Ali grabbed with the quarter-mile and eighth-mile MPH records, (229.55 and 184.27). This battle isn’t over. THE MOST STAGGERING RECORD OF THE 2018 SEASON? Ask a thousand fans to name the most impres- sive performance mark set in 2018 and you’ll likely receive a thousand different answers. Only the most hardcore racegeeks, however, were even aware of the simply astonishing effort of James Kempf. 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 X275 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) (eighth-mile) RANK E.T. The Tacoma, Washington, co-owner of Speed Factory Tuning and Fabrication drove three thousand miles from his shop to Maryland International Raceway for the twenty-third annual HalTech Import versus Do- mestic World Cup Showdown. Kempf entered his Competition Clutch-sponsored 1992 Honda Civic which utilizes a turbocharged 122-inch four-cylinder Honda powerplant in the car’s stock chassis and retains Front-Wheel-Drive. Incredibly, the Speed Factory-built ride still includes an H-pattern shifter! Kempf led qualifying by a solitary thou- sandth of a second in the Fuel Injector Clinic Wild Street category and managed to go three rounds in eliminations. The shocker? Three times during the event, Kempf managed to clock speeds over 200 mph including an abso- lutely phenomenal 215.31 mph on his 7.47 qual- ifier which shattered Gary Gardella’s SEVEN YEAR OLD 210.28 mph speed record for any FWD vehicle! Although the Civic was running over a third of a second slower than the FWD ET mark, Kempf’s showing at Maryland may be the ultimate example of skill, ingenuity, desire and willingness to drive long distances for any “little guy” drag racer in 2018. - 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 DRIVER SITE STATE DATE RANK E.T. 3.623 Mark Micke Cecil GA 3/23/2018 1 4.297 Rich Bruder Bowling Green KY 4/21/2018 3.642 Daniel Pharris Cecil GA 3/23/2018 2 4.346 Shane Fisher Millington TN 10/28/2017 3 3.663 DeWayne Mills Cecil GA 3/24/2018 3 4.355 Eric Moore Bowling Green KY 4/21/2018 4 3.666 Steve Jackson Cecil GA 3/23/2018 4 4.358 Jimmy White Bowling Green KY 4/21/2018 5 3.687 Jeff Sitton Cecil GA 3/23/2018 5 4.363 John Keesey Millington TN 10/28/2017 6 3.687 Jamie Hancock Cecil GA 3/23/2018 6 4.366 Ron Rhodes Rising Sun MD 10/5/2018 7 3.722 Jeff Naiser Cecil GA 3/23/2018 7 4.372 Jared Johnston Harvest AL 10/30/2015 8 3.732 Tim Slavens Cecil GA 3/23/2018 8 4.377 Kenny Hubbard Cecil GA 2/19/2017 OUTLAW DRAG RADIAL ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS X275 ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) (eighth-mile) RANK M.P.H. SITE STATE DATE 1 221.20 Mark Micke DRIVER Cecil GA 3/22/2018 1 171.51 2 216.20 Daniel Pharris Cecil GA 3/23/2018 2 3 213.57 DeWayne Mills Cecil GA 3/24/2018 4 213.13 Tulsa OK 5 212.69 Mark Woodruff Cecil GA 6 212.39 Joe Newsham Cecil 7 212.29 Shawn Ayers 8 212.26 Rob Valden Tim Slavens RANK M.P.H. DRIVER SITE STATE DATE Rich Bruder Bowling Green KY 4/21/2018 169.57 Rob Goss Millington TN 3/24/2017 3 169.55 John Keesey Bowling Green KY 4/21/2018 3/31/2018 4 169.05 Jared Johnston Holly Springs MS 10/17/2015 2/17/2017 5 168.83 Dean Marinis Cecil GA 2/18/2018 GA 3/24/2018 6 168.37 Dave Fiscus Bowling Green KY 4/21/2018 Tulsa OK 4/2/2016 7 168.16 Shane Fisher Cecil GA 10/9/2016 Denton TX 3/27/2016 8 167.91 Sean Lyon Millington TN 3/26/2017 PRO NITROUS ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) RANK E.T. 1 3.631 DRIVER Lizzy Musi SITE Budd Creek EXTREME PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) RANK PERF STATE DATE MD 2 3.642 Jay Cox Benson NC OK 3/18/2016 3 3.561 Eric Dillard Dinwiddie VA 10/14/2015 3 3.643 Mahana al Naemi Doha QAT 2/7/2017 NC 11/12/2016 4 3.566 Carl Stevens, Jr. Dinwiddie VA 10/24/2015 4 3.646 Jim Halsey Dinwiddie VA 10/22/2018 5 3.510 Khalid al Refaei Tulsa OK 3/19/2016 5 3.596 Khalid Mohammed Doha QAT 3/3/2018 5 3.647 Tommy Franklin Benson NC 11/3/2018 6 3.512 Mustafa Buhumaid Tulsa OK 3/18/2016 6 3.654 Turki al Zafiri Tulsa OK 8/16/2014 6 3.652 Danny Sauro Darlington SC 10/6/2018 7 3.513 Randell Reid Martin MI 6/27/2015 7 3.658 Andy Jensen Rising Sun MD 9/1/2018 7 3.678 Khalil al Ansari Sakhir 8 3.514 Bubba Stanton Rockingham NC 4/5/2014 8 3.677 Todd Moyer Clermont IN 7/14/2017 8 3.687 Jamie Hancock Cecil 1 231.24 Jose Gonzalez Rockingham NC 4/10/2016 1 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 10/14/2015 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 Budds Creek MD 11/6/2016 Budds Creek MD 11/4/2017 220.33 Manny Buginga RANK PERF STATE DATE VA STATE DATE 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 Benson NC 11/3/2018 10/24/2015 3 206.80 Jim Halsey Benson NC 11/3/2018 5/1/2015 4 205.60 Jim Sackuvich Bowling Green KY 4/21/2018 4/1/2017 5 223.54 Jason Scruggs Tulsa OK 3/19/2016 5 205.10 John Camp Benson NC 221.56 Brandon Snider Tulsa OK 3/19/2016 6 220.58 Khalid Mohammed Sakhir BAH 1/12/2017 6 204.82 Mahana al Naemi Doha QAT 2/7/2017 7 220.58 Khalid Mohammed Sakhir BAH 1/12/2017 7 218.44 Rick Hord Benson NC 3/31/2017 7 204.73 John Hall Dinwiddie VA 8 218.94 Bubba Stanton Rockingham NC 8 217.88 Paul Mouhayet Las Vegas NV 11/21/2015 8 204.54 Khalil al Ansari Sakhir BAH 1/12/2017 Ja n u a r y 2 0 1 9 SITE Mike Modeste 1 3/23/2018 206.95 Tommy Franklin X275 Eliminator: 275 mm rear tires; X275 association. DRIVER GA 6 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. (eighth-mile) RANK PERF BAH 3/2/2017 2 “SMALL TIRE” CLASS LEGEND OUTLAW 275 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS 6.437 5 4/5/2014 10/19/2018 1 PRO NITROUS ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) STATE DATE VA 4/5/2018 Benson DRIVER 10/19/2013 Dinwiddie 181.20 Jeff Dobbins Tulsa RANK M.P.H. TX 1 Terry Leggett STATE DATE STATE DATE Baytown 5/7/2017 Jason Scruggs SITE SITE Cary Goforth 4.009 3.496 DRIVER DRIVER 1 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 10/19/2018 STATE DATE GA OUTLAW 10.5 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS (eighth-mile) RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE Ken Quartuccio Bithlo FL 11/10/2018 Bithlo FL 11/10/2018 1 3.813 1 206.35 John Carinci 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 | 113