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DRIVER SITE STATE DATE Clay Millican Pomona CA 2/10/2018 Chandler AZ 2/23/2018 1 3.628 1 336.57 Tony Schumacher 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 6.490 Erica Enders Gainesville FL 3/17/2017 4 6.490 Roger Brogdon Gainesville FL 3/16/2019 5 6.491 Greg Anderson Gainesville FL 3/17/2017 6 6.491 Jeg Coughlin, Jr. Gainesville FL 3/17/2017 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 DRIVER SITE 1 5.352 1 275.56 John Lombardo, Jr. Sean Bellemeur 7 6.493 Shane Gray Gainesville FL 3/17/2017 8 6.501 Tanner Gray Epping NH 6/3/2017 STATE DATE TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile) 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 XDA RACERS SHATTER PRO STREET BIKE RECORDS! The Xtreme Dragbike Association’s second annual Superbike Showdown at renowned Maryland International Raceway produced some of the most shocking performances of any form of drag racing to date in 2019. A massive field of “no wheelie bars” motor- cycles appeared in the headlining sixteen-bike Orient Express Pro Street Eliminator which featured qualifiers from Suzuki, Honda and Ka- wasaki utilizing either turbocharged or nitrous oxide-injected powerplants. Low qualifier Eh- ren Litten, aboard the Williford Racing Team’s turbo’d 1360cc (83 cubic inches) Suzuki just missed Joey Gladstone’s nearly four year-old 6.46-second elapsed time record for a “no bar” motorcycle with a 6.48 blast at an impressive 228.92 miles per hour. However, prior to eliminations for the actual event title, Litten was a part of the special Penske Pro Street Shootout, an eight- bike showdown of the best riders in the XDA class. In the opening round, Litten met legend Frankie Stotz, rider of the sport’s quickest Honda, who battled kidney stones throughout the event. Litten dispatched the ailing veteran 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. who immediately left the track after the match headed to a local emergency room. In the semi-finals, Litten staged against his own team owner, fellow North Carolinian Rodney Williford, and hit a 6.52 paired to the fastest speed ever clocked by a “no bars” bike by over two miles per hour, 232.59! In the final, Litten battled eighth-mile Pro Street record holder Jeremy Teasley’s Suzuki and won 6.51/232.51 to 6.53/214. The next day, Litten advanced to the sec- ond round for a rematch with Stotz; the Honda CBR1000RR rider walked out of the hospital only a few hours before eliminations. The Su- zuki stumbled while Stotz scored an upset win with a 6.55/209. In the semis, Stotz decided to “lean on” the turbo Honda and clocked a monstrous 6.49/214.52 over Gaige Herrera to reach the championship round against fellow DME Racing team rider Teasley. Teasley’s Ohio Suzuki and Stotz’s Illinois Honda produced a viable candidate for the greatest dragbike race of the century. After launching nearly even, the duo produced the two quickest elapsed times in Pro Street motorcycle history with Teasley winning, 6.42/222.55 to 6.46/217.88. Incredibly, Stotz reset Teasley’s world record 4.25 eighth-mile ET with a 4.21 in the loss! During the event, the Pro Street class produced thirty-four six-second passes and thirty-two runs over 200 miles per hour! NHRA PRO MODS SNEAK PAST “SPEED LIMIT”! The National Hot Rod Association has made no secret of its intent to maintain the perfor- mance of competitors in the E3 Spark Plugs Pro Modified Eliminator program to 5.7 sec- 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 5.676 Fred Scriba Budds Creek MD STATE DATE 4/13/2019 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 5.690 Rickie Smith Bithlo FL 1/17/2018 3 5.662 Todd Tutterow Gainesville FL 3/17/2019 3 5.440 Eric Dillard Las Vegas NV 11/19/2017 3 5.527 Jason Scruggs Bradenton FL 3/15/2016 3 5.710 Khalid al Balooshi Gainesville FL 3/16/2019 4 5.674 Jeremy Ray Gainesville FL 3/16/2019 4 5.461 Turki al Zafiri Madison IL 8/23/2014 4 5.527 Scott McLean Willowbank QLD 6/2/2018 4 5.713 Bob Rahaim 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 5.534 Mattias Wulcan Poddington ENG 5/20/2018 5 5.718 Chad Green 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 5.579 John Stanley Las Vegas NV 11/16/2017 6 5.734 Ed Burnley Crofton MD 9/9/2017 7 5.690 Michael Biehle II Gainesville FL 3/16/2019 7 5.565 Paul Mouhayet Las Vegas NV 11/21/2015 7 5.585 Paul Mouhayet Eastern Creek NSW 10/1/2017 7 5.753 Mahana al Naemi Doha QAT 1/15/2016 8 5.693 Mike Janis Concord NC 10/14/2018 8 5.591 Troy Coughlin Las Vegas NV 11/20/2016 8 5.612 Steve King Budds Creek MD 8 5.768 Mike Castellana Dinwiddie VA NHRA PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile) UNLIMITED TURBOCHARGED PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile) UNLIMITED NITROUS OXIDE 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 1 253.47 Rickie Smith Gainesville FL 3/17/2017 2 260.41 Steve Matusek Norwalk OH 6/22/2019 2 275.45 Eric Dillard Las Vegas NV 11/19/2017 2 265.33 John Zappia Dinwiddie VA 10/19/2017 2 252.85 Khalid al Balooshi Gainesville FL 3/16/2019 DRIVER DRIVER UNLIMITED SUPERCHARGED PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS (quarter-mile) 9/23/2014 1 RANK M.P.H. RANK M.P.H. 4/14/2019 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 3 263.82 Mike Maggio Las Vegas NV 11/24/2014 3 251.49 Bob Rahaim Topeka KS 5/20/2017 4 259.91 Mike Bowman Las Vegas NV 10/27/2017 4 274.61 Ed Thornton Las Vegas NV 11/18/2018 4 263.77 Frankie Taylor Madison IL 8/23/2014 4 251.34 Chad Green Norwalk OH 6/22/2019 5 259.66 Don Walsh Las Vegas NV 10/31/2015 5 274.33 Paul Mouhayet Madison IL 8/28/2015 5 262.67 Mattias Wulcan Poddington ENG 5/20/2018 5 250.97 Jonathan Gray Baytown TX 4/21/2017 WAU 3/3/2018 6 259.56 Sidnei Frigo Concord NC 10/14/2018 6 272.83 Turki al Zafiri Madison IL 8/23/2014 6 260.95 Paul Mouhayet Kwinana Beach 6 250.92 Erica Enders Clermont IN 9/1/2018 7 259.31 Troy Coughlin Norwalk OH 6/24/2017 7 267.00 Rick Hord Las Vegas NV 11/15/2018 7 260.51 Steve King Budds Creek MD 4/14/2019 7 250.51 Lizzy Musi Dinwiddie VA 6/27/2018 8 259.16 Alex Laughlin Norwalk OH 6/22/2019 8 265.64 Rick Snavely Las Vegas NV 11/18/2018 8 258.76 Dave Norris Budds Creek MD 10/6/2018 8 250.51 Fred Scriba Budds Creek MD 4/13/2019 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, Extreme Pro Stock and X275 Eliminators. Testing results may be subject to additional scrutiny. 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