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Competition Eliminator, Pro Stock Johnny Gray (born 1953) is a retired NHRA drag racer and oil company executive. Since 2021, he has been a partner in Tricon Garage , an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ARCA Menards Series , for which his grandsons Tanner and Taylor Gray ...
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]
The 1967 NHRA Winternationals ... (NHRA) drag racing event, held at Auto Club Raceway, Pomona ... Eddie Vasquez Jr. and his 1966 Chevy II won Super Stock Eliminator ...
51 career NHRA wins (49 in Pro Stock as well as 2 in the Sportsman Classes) Has a career best E.T. of 6.455 seconds, and a career best speed of 215.17 miles per hour (346.28 km/h) With the Jesel Land Speed/Summit Racing Team, Jason Broke the A/Modified Production Speed Record of 191 mph with an impressive 225.246 mph at Bonneville Flats in 2012
Curtis Smith was born in Clinton, North Carolina.His father, Earl, was a notable drag racer, racing with Chevrolet from 1957 to his retirement in 2003. Smith attended races with his father from a young age, often getting the chance to warm his father's race cars up before the races. [2]
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 National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a governing body which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada.With over 40,000 drivers in its rosters, the NHRA claims to be the largest motorsport sanctioning body in the world.
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.