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Two Top Fuel dragsters side by side during an NHRA event in 2012. Top Fuel is a type of drag racing whose dragsters are the quickest accelerating racing cars in the world and the fastest sanctioned category of drag racing, with the fastest competitors reaching speeds of 341.68 miles per hour (549.9 km/h) and finishing the 1,000 foot (304.8 m) runs in 3.61 seconds.
Top Fuel (class designation: AA/D top fuel dragster) and Fuel Funny Car (class designation: AA/FC top fuel coupe) have recently been limited to a 1,000-foot (300 m) track, instead of the historic 1/4 mile [1,320 feet (402 m)], as a means to limit top speeds and increase safety (there had been a number of engine explosions at or near 300 mph ...
Antron Brown (born March 1, 1976) is an American drag racing driver, currently driving the Matco Tools Top Fuel dragster for AB Motorsports in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series. Brown is the first African American champion in drag racing and motorsports history, winning the Top Fuel dragster championship in 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2024. [3 ...
Top Fuel Dragster (TF/D). The dragsters, or "diggers", are the fastest class. Among the fastest-accelerating machines in the world, these cars can cover the dragstrip in less than 3.7 seconds and record trap speeds over 330 mph (530 km/h). Under current rules, Modern Top Fuel dragsters are 25 ft (7.6 m) long and weigh 2,320 lb (1,050 kg) in ...
In 2021, he made his Professional debut in a second category, Pro Mod, competing in the NHRA E3 Spark Plugs Series while simultaneously competing in Top Fuel. Throughout his professional career he has secured 9 event wins, reset multiple speed and track records, and became the first person in Motorsports History to reach 300 mph in the 1/8th mile.
European Drag Racing Championship Records Category Record Type Driver Time/Speed Location Date Top Fuel Dragster 1000 ft Time: Ida Zetterstrom : 3.773 sec: Santa Pod : May 2023 1000 ft Speed: Duncan Micaleff : 321.40 mph: Tierp Arena : August 2024 Top Methanol Dragster 1/4 Mile Time: Timo Habermann : 5.209 sec: Tierp Arena : August 2015 1/4 ...
Record Name Vehicle Track Date Top Fuel 3.733 Damien Harris Dragster The Bend 04/24 329.21 Damien Harris Dragster The Bend 04/24 Funny Car 4.863 Gary Densham Monte Carlo/BAE 500 Willowbank 01/09 311.41 MPH Damien Harris & Paul Shackleton Monte Carlo/TFX 500 Perth Motorplex 12/09 Top Alcohol Dragster 5.504 Jamie Noonan Dragster / NRE 477 Willowbank
Tony Schumacher, set the world record for top fuel dragsters with a 337.58 mph (543.28 km/h) run in 2005. This speed and time are recorded at the end of a standing start quarter mile acceleration race, before the NHRA shortened top fuel and funny car races to the current 1,000 ft (300 m) since 2008. [13]