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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 338.94 miles per hour (545.5 km/h) and finishing the 1,000 foot (304.8 m) runs in 3.641 seconds.
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 ...
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 ...
Top Fuel Dragster Funny Car Pro Stock Pro Stock Motorcycle February 10–13 CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals: Pomona, California: Scott Kalitta Tommy Johnson Jr. Dave Connolly N/A February 25–27 Checker Shucks Kragen Nationals: Phoenix, Ariz. Tony Schumacher John Force Allen Johnson N/A March 17–20 ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals ...
The e.t. was quicker than Gary Beck's 5.39-second NHRA Top Fuel dragster record, the first time that the water record was lower than the land record. [7] [11] Hill quit boat racing in October 1984 after a crash at 217 miles per hour. [7] "It was a perfect run," Hill recalled. "I started to settle the boat back into the water, and then it took off."
In May 2010, Top Fuel dragster driver Urs Erbacher set a class speed record with a terminal speed of 314.87 miles per hour (506.73 km/h) reached in less than 5 seconds. At the same race meeting, Eric Teboul set a time of 5.2321 seconds at 249 miles per hour (400.73 km/h) on his Hydrogen Peroxide Rocket Bike, which he further improved to 5.19 ...
There were two Top Fuel and Funny Car finals at Brainerd, and two Pro Stock finals at the U. S. Nationals (the NHRA and the two finalists agreed to conduct it at Clermont). The first winner listed is the Saturday race, while the second winner is the Sunday (Brainerd) or Monday (U. S. Nationals) race.
A.J. Foyt drove it to a closed course speed record (257.123 mph) setting two records - unlimited engine and under 2 liters (1998 cc). In 2007, The Tasmanian Devil II Tribute AA/FA was debuted at the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame and made its track debut at the 6th Annual Holley National Hot Rod Reunion at Beech Bend Park in Bowling Green, KY.