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It is the fastest quarter-mile car currently in the NHRA, as Top Fuel and Funny Car both run only to 1,000 feet. A number of altereds drivers retired when NHRA eliminated the class, while others, like Geisler, moved to Funny Car. Some continued to run nostalgia, exhibition, or Competition Eliminator cars, such as Benjamin, who is now an owner. [2]
A safety requirement on all Drag cars running 9.99 and quicker in the 1/4 mile is the fireproof engine blanket that surrounds the engine block and contains debris in case of an engine explosion. NHRA rules call for a monetary, points, and time penalty if the car leaks oil during the run.
They can run in the 5.4s at more than 265 mph. In the IHRA, Alcohol Funny Car is the fifth pro category, replacing NHRA's Pro Stock Bike. A typical Comp car. Competition Eliminator. This is the NHRA class with the most variety.
John Earl Lingenfelter (October 6, 1945 in East Freedom, Pennsylvania – December 25, 2003 in Decatur, Indiana) was an NHRA driver, engineer and tuner.. Over his career, Lingenfelter won 13 career national event events in Competition Eliminator and was the first driver in the class to break the six-second quarter-mile barrier.
William Tyler Jenkins (December 22, 1930 – March 29, 2012), nicknamed "Grumpy" or "The Grump", was an engine builder and drag racer. [1] Between 1965 and 1975, he won a total of thirteen NHRA events. [2] [clarification needed] Most of these wins were won with a four-speed manual transmission.
Pro Comp Eliminator was won by Brian Raymer's gas dragster, with a 6.67/207 mph (333 km/h) pass, defeating an unexpected finalist, Fred Hagen, in the BB/FC Darkhorse. [ 29 ] Notes
Don Nicholson (May 28, 1927 – January 24, 2006) was an American drag racer from Missouri. [1] He raced in the 1960s and 1970s when there were few national events. The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) estimates he won 90 percent of his match races. [2]
The following year, NHRA formally established 'Funny Car' as a separate eliminator. Also in 1967, NHRA redefined Super Stock as a division within Stock Eliminator, adding 10 classes based on horsepower-to-weight factors. In addition, on-track competition was conducted with handicapped starts based on national elapsed time records.