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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 ...
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]
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 ...
He quickly made a name for himself and in 1971 set a Top Fuel elapsed time of 6.43 seconds -tied for the quickest in history at the time, in his Don Long Mustang Funny Car which he built himself. In 1972 Ruth sold his self-made car and adopted a Keith Black aluminum 426 Hemi, rear-engine dragster. He would gain prominence in 1973 when he ...
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 ] "
In 2008, as a direct result of the death of Funny Car Driver Scott Kalitta, Bernstein, along with help from 14 time Funny Car Champion John Force, six time Top Fuel Champion Tony Schumacher, and NHRA's Track Safety Committee, developed a sensor that monitors the engines of Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars. Should the engine backfire at any ...
1 Top Fuel Dragster. 2 Top Fuel Funny Car. 3 Pro Stock. 4 Top Gas Eliminator. 5 Pro Comp. 6 Notes. 7 Sources. Toggle the table of contents. 1980 NHRA Winternationals ...