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
DID BUBBA STANTON JUST LAY DOWN THE MOST CONSISTENT SERIES OF RUNS IN PRO MODIFIED HISTORY ?
Pro Extreme Eliminator superstar Bubba Stanton produced a string of runs which resulted in dropped jaws worldwide while winning the fourth Larry Jeffers Race Cars PX event of the season at Xtreme Raceway Park in Ferris Texas , an all-concrete eighth-mile facility owned by Pro Extreme racers Clyde and Amanda Scott and operated by fellow PX champions Gaylen and Celeste Smith .
Stanton , a two-time World Champion in the category , ( 2006 in the ADRL and 2014 in the PDRA ), remains one of the quickest and fastest drivers in outlaw Pro Modified eliminator history with eighth-mile career-bests of 3.51 seconds and 218.54 mph . However , the Larry Jeffers Series at the Xtreme Raceway Park is one of the last places on the planet which offers a true “ no rules ” Pro Extreme program on a regular basis . The LJRC program runs monthly , ( April through October ), at the IHRA-sanctioned track and the sizeable payout still attracts the legends of the class including Stanton and arch rival Frankie “ Mad Man ” Taylor .
While Stanton travels over five hundred miles from his home in Potts Camp , Mississippi , to each LJRC event at XRP , ( located twenty
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miles south of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex ), to face mostly Texas-based teams , he has claimed multiple victories over the past several seasons and set the PX track record at 3.54 / 215.72 . The very fact the PX category continues , ( despite collapsing under its own weight in virtually every association in which it was a staple ), forces any team to travel to where their cars can compete .
For the fourth event of the 2023 LJRC series , ( the first and third of which were rained out ), Stanton loaded up his bright red Jerry Bickel Race Cars ’ 69 Camaro and headed for what would be another gunfight among the best of the last of the “ outlaws ” in Pro Modified . Using a Joe Hornick-built 525 cubic inch Hemi and a screw compressor with no restrictions , Stanton is accustomed to battling multiple racers under 3.6 seconds just to lead the eight-car qualified field . However , the corrected altitude for the first qualifying run on Friday evening was a horrible 3510 feet at a track which sits at a natural 459 feet above sea level .
Right out of the trailer , Stanton thrilled his many fans . As opponent Charles Letteer ’ s “ Angry Bird ” screw-blown Hemi-powered ’ 97 Trans Am ran 4.04 at 188.92 on the blazing hot surface , Bubba Stanton clocked a 3.58 at 213.47 . Three pairs later , crowd favorite Frankie Taylor clocked a 3.582 at 210.28 !
Two hours later , the corrected elevation dropped to 3000 feet and Stanton found himself paired with “ Mad Man ” Frankie in Friday night ’ s second qualifying session . While Frankie overpowered the track , Stanton shot to the finish line and again clocked 3.58 , this time at 213.68 mph , to remain the qualifying leader .
The third and final qualifying session at the
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 ) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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