Drag Illustrated Issue 182, May / June 2023 | Page 160

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TOP FUEL ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( 1000-feet )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1 3.623 Brittany Force Mohnton PA 9 / 14 / 2019
1 338.94 Brittany Force Pomona CA 11 / 11 / 2022
FUNNY CAR ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( 1000-feet )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1 3.793 Robert Hight Brainerd MN 8 / 18 / 2017
1 339.87 Robert Hight Sonoma CA 7 / 28 / 2017
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1 5.090 Megan Meyer Clermont IN 9 / 6 / 2020
1 286.62 Aaron Cooper Ennis TX 10 / 8 / 2021
TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1 5.352 Sean Bellemeur Gainesville FL 3 / 17 / 2019
1 276.18 Annie Whiteley Gainesville FL 3 / 7 / 2020
NHRA PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( carbureted , quarter-mile )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1 6.450 Erica Enders Gainesville FL 3 / 13 / 2022
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 6.450 Erica Enders Gainesville FL 3 / 13 / 2022
2 6.468 Aaron Stanfield Gainesville FL 3 / 12 / 2022
3 6.476 Jason Line Gainesville FL 3 / 17 / 2017
4 6.477 Bo Butner Gainesville FL 3 / 17 / 2017
5 6.478 Dallas Glenn Gainesville FL 3 / 13 / 2022
6 6.482 Kyle Koretsky Gainesville FL 3 / 12 / 2022
7 6.486 Alex Laughlin Mohnton PA 9 / 13 / 2019
8 6.490 Roger Brogdon Gainesville FL 3 / 16 / 2019
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
2 214.31 Jeg Coughlin , Jr . Gainesville FL 3 / 17 / 2017
3 214.28 Bo Butner Gainesville FL 3 / 17 / 2017
4 214.11 Shane Gray 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
7 213.87 Jason Line Gainesville FL 3 / 17 / 2017
8 213.47 Aaron Stanfield Gainesville FL 3 / 13 / 2022
RICKIE SMITH CLOCKS THE QUICKEST AND FASTEST NHRA PRO MOD NITROUS NUMBERS !
At the NHRA Circle K Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Concord , NC , Rickie Smith drove his Parkway Ford / Sokal / Wilson Concrete 2022 Mustang to the quickest elapsed time and , ( later ), the fastest terminal speed ever recorded by an NHRA-legal nitrous oxide injected Pro Modified Eliminator entry . In the third qualifying session , Smith bettered his own quarter-mile nitrous record of 5.70 seconds set at Bristol , TN , in October , 2022 , with an astonishing 5.669 at 252.47 mph .
Using an experimental new 941 cubic inch Pat Musi powerplant , Smith also obliterated his own NHRA eighth-mile nitrous record , ( a 3.76 from the October , 2018 , event at Concord ), with a staggering 3.744 at 202.97 pass . Considering no NHRA Pro Modified entry of ANY kind has ever gone quicker than 5.62 or 3.70 seconds , this puts Smith ’ s nitrous combination within four hundredths of a second of the quickest machine ever to run in the class .
After a 5.72 / 252.76 in the first round of eliminations , Smith returned in the second round to hit a 5.71 at a phenomenal 253.90 mph to break teammate Tylor Miller ’ s 253.85 mph NHRA nitrous PM quarter-mile speed
record set at Concord in September , 2022 . Smith ’ s performances stood as Low Elapsed Time and Top Speed of the entire race !
Only a month earlier , Smith and the same Mustang debuted a new 974-inch Musi engine in his 2023 series of choice , the PDRA tour ’ s season-opening East Coast Nationals at GALOT Motorsports Park in Benson , NC . Although he lost in the semi-finals to a Jim Halsey holeshot , Smith did clock career bests of 3.64 seconds and 207.46 mph and ran a string of 3.60s . Smith had already announced he would only be attending 2023 NHRA National Events at Charlotte , NC , and Bristol , TN , and will concentrate on the PDRA ’ s Pro Nitrous Eliminator .
JARED JONES DESTROYS HIS OWN QUARTER-MILE DIESEL RECORDS !
Jared Jones , the pride of Montezuma , Indiana , reset his own world record for quarter-mile elapsed time and speed using diesel power during the recent Rudy ’ s Performance Parts Spring Truck Jam at the completely repaved and revamped Rockingham ( NC ) Dragway . On his own standards of 6.31 seconds , ( set at Norwalk , OH , back on July 4 , 2014 ), and 226.47 , ( from Madison , IL , in August , 2015 ), Jones wheeled his renowned Spitzer-chassised Scheid Diesel Service Co . dragster to an astounding 6.178 at 229.71 mph to win the event . While Jones experienced an incredible weekend , it wasn ’ t a clean sweep for the diesel-driving legend .
Jones also reset the Diesel World Record for eighth-mile speed on the run at 187.97 mph but he failed to break into the three-second zone in the eighth with a best of 4.07 seconds . Therefore , the diesel eighth-mile ET record re-
PHOTOS : NHRA
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 5.621 Jose Gonzalez Gainesville FL 3 / 14 / 2021
1 5.379 Khalid Mohammed Sakhir BAH 2 / 28 / 2018
1 5.393 Eric Dillard Bradenton FL 1 / 27 / 2023
1 5.572 Dean Marinis Budds Creek MD 10 / 5 / 2019
2 5.631 Justin Bond Concord NC 5 / 14 / 2021
2 5.403 Jose Gonzalez Cecil GA 3 / 10 / 2017
2 5.424 John Zappia Dinwiddie VA 10 / 19 / 2017
2 5.622 Fred Scriba Budds Creek MD 10 / 5 / 2019
3 5.642 Kris Thorne Gainesville FL 3 / 13 / 2022
3 5.440 Eric Dillard Las Vegas NV 11 / 19 / 2017
3 5.476 Frankie Taylor Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014
3 5.669 Rickie Smith Concord NC 4 / 29 / 2023
4 5.643 Steve Jackson Gainesville FL 3 / 17 / 2019
4 5.461 Turki al Zafiri Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014
4 5.498 Jose Gonzalez Budds Creek MD 11 / 6 / 2022
4 5.710 Khalid al Balooshi Gainesville FL 3 / 16 / 2019
5 5.645 Khalid al Balooshi Gainesville FL 3 / 13 / 2021
5 5.524 Rick Hord Las Vegas NV 11 / 15 / 2018
5 5.513 Justin Jones Las Vegas NV 11 / 23 / 2019
5 5.713 Bob Rahaim Gainesville FL 3 / 16 / 2019
6 5.660 Brandon Snider Madison IL 10 / 2 / 2020
6 5.543 Ed Thornton Las Vegas NV 11 / 18 / 2018
6 5.521 Kevin McCurdy Budds Creek MD 10 / 5 / 2019
6 5.716 Tylor Miller Gainesville FL 3 / 13 / 2022
7 5.662 Todd Tutterow Gainesville FL 3 / 17 / 2019
7 5.565 Paul Mouhayet Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2015
7 5.522 Aaron Wells Las Vegas NV 11 / 24 / 2019
7 5.718 Chad Green Gainesville FL 3 / 16 / 2019
8 5.669 Rickie Smith Concord NC 4 / 29 / 2023
8 5.578 Marc Meadors Las Vegas NV 11 / 20 / 2021
8 5.527 Jason Scruggs Bradenton FL 3 / 15 / 2016
8 5.722 Jeff Barker Gainesville FL 3 / 14 / 2021
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
1 261.22 Erica Enders Norwalk OH 6 / 22 / 2019
1 278.79 Khalid Mohammed Sakhir BAH 2 / 28 / 2018
1 269.56 Eric Dillard Bradenton FL 1 / 27 / 2023
1 255.19 Dean Marinis Budds Creek MD 10 / 5 / 2019
2 260.41 Steve Matusek Norwalk OH 6 / 22 / 2019
2 275.45 Eric Dillard Las Vegas NV 11 / 19 / 2017
2 266.74 John Stanley Las Vegas NV 11 / 19 / 2017
2 254.28 Rickie Smith Bithlo FL 3 / 6 / 2020
3 259.96 Jose Gonzalez Concord NC 4 / 27 / 2019
3 274.83 Troy Coughlin Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2015
3 266.42 Aaron Wells Las Vegas NV 11 / 24 / 2019
3 253.14 Jeff Barker Madison IL 10 / 2 / 2020
4 259.91 Mike Bowman Las Vegas NV 10 / 27 / 2017
4 274.78 Steve Summers Las Vegas NV 11 / 20 / 2021
4 265.33 John Zappia Dinwiddie VA 10 / 19 / 2017
4 252.85 Khalid al Balooshi Gainesville FL 3 / 16 / 2019
5 259.66 Don Walsh Las Vegas NV 10 / 31 / 2015
5 274.61 Ed Thornton Las Vegas NV 11 / 18 / 2018
5 263.82 Mike Maggio Las Vegas NV 11 / 24 / 2014
5 252.43 Tylor Miller Gainesville FL 3 / 13 / 2022
6 259.56 Sidnei Frigo Concord NC 10 / 14 / 2018
6 274.33 Paul Mouhayet Madison IL 8 / 28 / 2015
6 263.77 Frankie Taylor Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014
6 251.58 Fred Scriba Budds Creek MD 10 / 5 / 2019
7 259.31 Troy Coughlin Norwalk OH 6 / 24 / 2017
7 272.83 Turki al Zafiri Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014
7 262.67 Mattias Wulcan Poddington ENG 5 / 20 / 2018
7 251.49 Bob Rahaim Topeka KS 5 / 20 / 2017
8 259.16 Alex Laughlin Norwalk OH 6 / 22 / 2019
8 272.34 Greg Tsakiridis Eastern Creek NSW 7 / 20 / 2019
8 261.02 Steve King Budds Creek MD 10 / 5 / 2019
8 251.34 Chad Green Norwalk OH 6 / 22 / 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 . Drag Illustrated reserves the right to refuse a claim for any reason .
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