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  2. Tony Pedregon - Wikipedia

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    In his first season as a team owner, finished No. 8 in the final Championship standings, his ninth consecutive season finishing in the top 10. Pedregon recorded his Career-best E.T. is the seventh quickest Funny Car pass in NHRA history and Recorded two of the 10 fastest Funny Car speeds in NHRA history (331.28, Chicago 1; 329.83, Atlanta).

  3. Chris Karamesines - Wikipedia

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    Chris Karamesines (born November 11, 1931) is an American drag racer and one of NHRA's early pioneers and nicknamed "The Golden Greek" or just simply "Greek". In 2009, he became the first driver in NHRA history to compete and become the fastest driver at over 78 years old at the final event of the 2009 season at Pomona driving in the Top Fuel category.

  4. Jack Beckman - Wikipedia

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    Beckman won the Super Comp (8.90 second class) championship in 2003, his first Funny Car championship in November 2012 and achieved the third fastest Funny Car time in NHRA history in 2015. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He raced the quickest time in Funny Car history earlier in that same month. [ 6 ]

  5. Top Fuel - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Eddie Hill - Wikipedia

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    Eddie Hill (born March 6, 1936) is an American retired drag racer who won numerous drag racing championships on land and water. [2] Hill had the first run in the four second range (4.990 seconds), which earned him the nickname "Four Father of Drag Racing."

  7. Warren Johnson - Wikipedia

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    Warren Johnson (born July 7, 1943 in Virginia, Minnesota) is a retired American NHRA drag racing driver. He is the driver with the 2nd most wins in pro stock with 97 career wins, six world championships and earned himself the nickname "the Professor of Pro Stock.

  8. Bill Jenkins (drag racer) - Wikipedia

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    After tuning the chassis, the car clocked low-9.6 second passes on race day and Jenkins won the event. [3] Jenkins used the car to win five of the first eight events of the season (some of them regionals) and six of eight Nationals. [3] Jenkins earned a total of $250,000 that year, including event and manufacturer support. [3]

  9. Connie Kalitta - Wikipedia

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    Kalitta was born in Michigan, grew up in Mount Clemens, and was a 1957 graduate of Mount Clemens High School.. He raced from the 1950s through the 1990s. He was the first driver of a Top Fuel dragster to hit 200 mph (320 km/h) in a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) sanctioned event – the 1964 NHRA U.S. Nationals.