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TOP FUEL ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( 1000-feet )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1
3.662
Shawn Langdon
Brainerd
MN
8 / 23 / 2015
1
334.15
Shawn Langdon
Mohnton
PA
10 / 8 / 2012
FUNNY CAR ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( 1000-feet )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1
3.822
Matt Hagan
Brainerd
MN
8 / 20 / 2016
1
335.57
Matt Hagan
Topeka
KS
5 / 20 / 2016
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1
5.103
Bill Reichert
Baytown
TX
4 / 1 / 2007
1
285.83
Don St . Arnaud
Pomona
CA
11 / 10 / 2016
TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE 1 5.360 Gary Phillips Kwinana Beach WAU 2 / 18 / 2016 1 275.56 John Lombardo , Jr . Gainesville FL 3 / 21 / 2016
NHRA PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS ( carbureted , quarter-mile )
RANK PERF DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1
6.455
Jason Line
Concord
NC
3 / 29 / 2015
1
215.55
Erica Enders-Stevens
Englishtown
NJ
5 / 31 / 2014
NHRA PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS ( EFI , quarter-mile )
RANK E . T . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE 1 6.519 Jason Line Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016 2 6.527 Vincent Nobile Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016 3 6.530 Bo Butner Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016 4 6.533 Greg Anderson Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016 5 6.550 Allen Johnson Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016 6 6.552 Alex Laughlin Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016 7 6.554 Shane Gray Kent WA 8 / 7 / 2016 8 6.562 Jeg Coughlin , Jr . Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
NHRA PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS ( EFI , quarter-mile )
RANK M . P . H . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE 1 212.93 Greg Anderson Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016 2 212.83 Jason Line Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016 3 212.66 Bo Butner Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016 4 212.46 Vincent Nobile Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016 5 212.26 Shane Gray Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016 6 212.06 Allen Johnson Englishtown NJ 6 / 10 / 2016 7 211.53 Alex Laughlin Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016 8 210.97 Drew Skillman Kent WA 8 / 6 / 2016
Ekanoo Juggernaut Destroys the Record Books … Again !
Knocked from the pinnacle of six-cylinder performance late in 2016 by Jesus Melendez in the cockpit of the Puerto Rico-based Zoian / New Generation Toyota Camry , Ebrahim Kanoo ’ s Bahrain-based fleet embarked on a three-week odyssey which resulted in annihilation of records and a slew of event titles as the 2016- 2017 Bahrain Drag Racing Championship series opened at the team ’ s home track in Sakhir . As expected , the action began with a concerted effort to reclaim the Six-Cylinder records of which only the outright quarter-mile speed mark , 252.29 mph , still belonged to the Bahrain team . The Zoian Camry owned both the eighth-mile and quarter-mile elapsed time standards , ( 3.810 and 5.757 seconds ), as well as a 202.27 mph eighth-mile speed clocked during their appearance at the 2nd annual Sport Compact Finals at Orlando ( FL ) Speed World Dragway .
Once the season opened at Bahrain International Circuit , the EKanoo gang took advantage of testing days , qualifying sessions and eliminations afforded at each of the five events . With Shane Tecklenburg again tuning the 2015 Toyota GT86 powered by a 195 cubic inch inline Toyota powerplant with a single 106 mm turbocharger , Alabama veteran Gary White took the wheel and stole back the eighth-mile speed for the breed with a 3.88 at a whopping 203.90 and improved on his own quarter-mile speed best at 253.41 mph on a 5.83 .
They didn ’ t stop there . Two days later , White pushed the sport ’ s strongest Single Turbo vehicle to an amazing 5.753 at only 249.86 mph to eclipse the Zoian Toyota ’ s World Record while retaking the eighth-mile

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ET mark at 3.799 , ( 201.03 mph ). Interestingly , the vast majority of the GT86 ’ s elapsed time improvement came in the first sixty feet , ( 0.981 to 0.947 seconds ).
It ’ s important to remember , however , the EKanoo operation includes no less than four different racecars each capable of setting records in a variety of drag racing disciplines . Each began a month-long rampage of amazing performances with the braintrust of Tecklenburg , Tim Davis , Josh Ledford , Khalid Mohamed , Jamie Miller , and Vidumal NChamari making the decisions .
The flagship of the squad is a 2016 Lexus RC F weighing 2500 pounds with a Pro- Line-built 521 cubic inch Chrysler Hemi utilizing the unique induction system of twin Gen2 94 mm turbochargers to fit Middle Eastern rules which loosely follow a combination of NHRA Pro Modified and PDRA Pro Boost Eliminators while allowing Nitrous Oxide-injected cars to compete , as well . The first passes on the new rig resulted in a 3.75 / 214.99 eighth-mile coupled to a stunning 5.54 at 272.27 mph to make driver Khalid Mohammed the third-quickest and fourth-fastest passenger car pilot on earth .
Since Middle Eastern Pro Modified competition is contested on the eighth-mile , Tecklenburg and team concentrated on getting the RC F competitive with the supercharged and nitrous-injected machines which appear for each eight-car qualified show . Soon , Mohammed hit a 3.74 / 215.72 and followed it with a 3.72 at 212.62 but with a brutal 0.950 sixty-feet ET which ranks among the best in turbocharged history .
When the EKanoo team was able to continue quarter-mile testing , Mohammed unleashed a run of 5.519 at a staggering 274.70 mph to
NHRA PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED TURBOCHARGED PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED SUPERCHARGED PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED NITROUS OXIDE PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
RANK E . T . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK E . T . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK E . T . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK E . T . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1 5.751 Jonathan Gray Gainesville FL 3 / 19 / 2016
1 5.461 Turki al Zafiri Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014
1 5.476 Frankie Taylor Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014
1 5.753 Mahana al Naemi Doha QAT 1 / 15 / 2016
2 5.772 Melanie Troxel Englishtown NJ 6 / 4 / 2011
2 5.508 Khalid Mohammed Sakhir BAH 1 / 10 / 2017
2 5.588 John Stanley Las Vegas NV 11 / 22 / 2015
2 5.760 Rickie Smith Bithlo FL 11 / 14 / 2015
3 5.772 Brad Personett Englishtown NJ 6 / 5 / 2011
3 5.565 Paul Mouhayet Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2015
3 5.645 Mike Maggio Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2014
3 5.768 Mike Castellana Dinwiddie VA 9 / 23 / 2014
4 5.773 Troy Coughlin Clermont IN 9 / 2 / 2016
4 5.572 Eric Dillard Las Vegas NV 11 / 23 / 2014
4 5.683 John Zappia Kwinana Beach WAU 1 / 9 / 2015
4 5.773 Khalid al Balooshi Doha QAT 1 / 31 / 2016
5 5.774 Don Walsh Las Vegas NV 10 / 31 / 2015
5 5.591 Troy Coughlin Las Vegas NV 11 / 20 / 2016
5 5.706 Dan Nickelson Sonoma CA 3 / 3 / 2013
5 5.792 Bob Rahaim Jupiter FL 2 / 27 / 2016
6 5.775 Mike Janis Englishtown NJ 6 / 6 / 2015
6 5.659 Steve Summers Norwalk OH 9 / 17 / 2015
6 5.717 Mike Recchia Union Grove WI 9 / 5 / 2015
6 5.806 Dean Marinis Atco NJ 10 / 16 / 2016
7 5.776 Rickie Smith Baytown TX 5 / 1 / 2016
7 5.669 Kevin Fiscus Norwalk OH 9 / 20 / 2015
7 5.736 Khalid al Thani Doha QAT 2 / 6 / 2016
7 5.812 Robert Patrick Budds Creek MD 9 / 26 / 2014
8 5.781 Mike Castellana Englishtown NJ 6 / 4 / 2011
8 5.687 Sidnei Frigo Las Vegas NV 11 / 19 / 2016
8 5.738 Scott Cannon Englishtown NJ 10 / 4 / 2008
8 5.820 Jim Laurita Madison IL 9 / 28 / 2013
NHRA PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED TURBOCHARGED PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED SUPERCHARGED PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
UNLIMITED NITROUS OXIDE PRO MODIFIED ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS ( quarter-mile )
RANK M . P . H . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK M . P . H . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK M . P . H . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
RANK M . P . H . DRIVER SITE STATE DATE
1 259.66 Don Walsh Las Vegas NV 10 / 31 / 2015
1 277.99 Khalid Mohammed Sakhir BAH 1 / 10 / 2017
1 263.82 Mike Maggio Las Vegas NV 11 / 24 / 2014
1 251.25 Rickie Smith Jupiter FL 2 / 26 / 2016
2 258.71 Melanie Troxel Englishtown NJ 6 / 4 / 2011
2 274.83 Troy Coughlin Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2015
2 263.77 Frankie Taylor Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014
2 249.07 Bob Rahaim Englishtown NJ 6 / 6 / 2015
3 258.07 Brad Personett Englishtown NJ 6 / 4 / 2011
3 274.33 Paul Mouhayet Madison IL 8 / 28 / 2015
3 262.08 John Stanley Las Vegas NV 11 / 22 / 2015
3 248.75 Mahana al Naemi Doha QAT 1 / 15 / 2016
4 258.07 Rick Snavely Clermont IN 9 / 7 / 2015
4 272.83 Turki al Zafiri Madison IL 8 / 23 / 2014
4 258.42 Pete Kapiris Eastern Creek NSW 5 / 4 / 2013
4 248.25 Robert Patrick Budds Creek MD 6 / 20 / 2015
5 258.02 Jonathan Gray Gainesville FL 3 / 19 / 2016
5 269.51 Eric Dillard Las Vegas NV 11 / 21 / 2014
5 257.48 Marc Meadors Sonoma CA 7 / 27 / 2014
5 247.57 Dan Stevenson Jupiter FL 2 / 28 / 2016
6 257.97 Troy Coughlin Madison IL 9 / 29 / 2012
6 264.08 Kevin Fiscus Norwalk OH 9 / 20 / 2015
6 256.55 Dan Myers Famoso CA 10 / 6 / 2013
6 247.47 Mike Castellana Gainesville FL 3 / 19 / 2016
7 257.68 Billy Glidden Englishtown NJ 6 / 12 / 2016
7 263.62 Steve Summers Norwalk OH 9 / 18 / 2015
7 256.05 Von Smith Doha QAT 4 / 15 / 2009
7 247.38 Jim Laurita Baytown TX 4 / 25 / 2014
8 256.89 Michael Bowman Clermont IN 9 / 3 / 2016
8 262.95 Bill Lutz Budds Creek MD 4 / 15 / 2016
8 255.15 Mike Stawicki Cayuga ONT 8 / 7 / 2010
8 247.11 Khalid al Balooshi Doha QAT 1 / 31 / 2016
ATTENTION READERS & RACERS : The Drag Illustrated Top Eight lists do not include the eight quickest elapsed times or eight fastest speeds recorded in each class . The Lists also do not reflect the eight quickest or fastest vehicles . The DI Top Eight lists rank the quickest and fastest drivers in each Eliminator category . The DI Top Eight rankings do not necessarily reflect the current National or World Records of any association . For current official world records , consult the sanctioning body or racing organization . Listings are not subject to verification or confirmation by any other runs . A claim to any record may be made by submitting all pertinent information and a photo or scan of a timeslip to bret @ dragillustrated . com . Performances recorded outside organized drag racing events are accepted in all classes except NHRA Pro Modified , NHRA Pro Stock , NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster , NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car , and X275 Eliminators . Testing results may be subject to additional scrutiny . Drag Illustrated reserves the right to refuse a claim for any reason .
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