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Drag Strip NHRA Top Fuel MPH* Brandon Bernstein: Hemi Powered Top Fuel: September 2008: 313.88 miles per hour (505.14 km/h) Drag Strip NHRA Funny Car ET* Tim Wilkerson: Ford Mustang: August 2016: 4.050: Drag Strip NHRA Funny Car MPH* Del Worsham: Toyota Camry: August 2016: 316.81 miles per hour (509.86 km/h) Drag Strip NHRA Pro Stock ET: Allen ...
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Races included NHRA classes and the schedule was later expanded with bracket racing to fill weekend events. In 1996 the track was sold to Ron Johnson, who kept the name and NHRA sanctioning. [1] In late 2010 the track was sold to Charlie McCann and renamed Top End Dragways. [2] In 2012 the track hosted its first NHRA National Open. [3]
[4] In 1961, NHRA held its first ever Winternationals at the Pomona Raceway. It became NHRA's second national event. The first NHRA national event was the U.S. Nationals, which was nicknamed the "Big-Go". Thus, the Winternationals got nicknamed the "Big-Go West". It has remained at this location ever since.
The premier feature of Lucas Oil Raceway is a 4,400-foot (1,300 m) long drag strip. The single NHRA event held at the facility is the oldest and most prestigious of the series. The NHRA U.S. Nationals, held every year during the Labor Day weekend, is the only event on the NHRA schedule with final eliminations scheduled on a Monday. An all-star ...
A dragstrip is a straight, purpose-built racetrack, typically an eighth, ten feet longer than three-sixteenths, or a quarter of a mile long (660/1,000/1320 feet, 201/304.8/402 m), with an additional shutdown area to allow vehicles room to stop after crossing the finish line.
A new television compound was constructed for the ESPN crew on the north side of the drag strip, which frees up space in the pit area. The Pavilion at Gainesville Raceway, completed in 2006, is a 15,000 square foot, open-air, multi-purpose facility equipped with roll-down weblon siding to allow for partial to full enclosure.
Los Angeles County Raceway (LACR) was an NHRA-sanctioned quarter-mile drag strip located near East Avenue T and 70th Street east in Palmdale, California.. LACR was home to many racing organizations such as SCEDA, NMRA, DHRA, ANRA, and practically every NHRA racing category.