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The Gatornationals have the title of being the drag race to see the first 260-mph Top Fuel and Funny Car runs in 1984 by Joe Amato and Kenny Bernstein respectively, and the first 270-mph and 300-mph Top Fuel passes by Don Garlits and Kenny Bernstein in 1986 and 1992, respectively. Its 675-foot concrete launchpad is one of the longest on the tour.
Both Top Fuel and Funny Cars regularly see top speeds in excess of 300 miles per hour (480 km/h) today, and one thousand foot times anywhere from 3.70 to 4 seconds. Both these cars burn fuel consisting of 90% nitromethane and 10% methanol. The Pro Stock record is 214 miles per hour (344 km/h), with times often in the 6.4-6.7 second range and ...
Traditionally a Labor Day weekend event, the eliminations are usually held on Monday, but moved to Sunday in 2020 and 2021 because of logistics as a result of the coronavirus pandemic compacted the NHRA schedule and for live television purposes (the final round airs live on Fox), and is the longest-running Labor Day motorsports event in the ...
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2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Schedule [1] Date Race Site TV Winners Top Fuel Funny Car Pro Stock Pro Stock Motorcycle Mar 7-10 Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals TFCO: Gainesville Raceway Gainesville, FL FS1 Shawn Langdon (1) J.R. Todd (1) Erica Enders (1) Gaige Herrera (1) Mar 21-24 Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals
The combination race at Iowa Speedway was moved from July to June in order for it to be on the same weekend as the track's new Cup Series race and its returning Xfinity Series race. This is the weekend the race at Berlin was on in 2023. The race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course moves from July to June. This is the weekend the race at Elko was on ...
2009 NHRA Full Throttle Schedule [1] Date Race Site Winners Top Fuel Funny Car Pro Stock Pro Stock Motorcycle February 5–8 Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals Pomona, California: Doug Kalitta Ron Capps: Jason Line N/A February 20–22 Lucas Oil Slick Mist NHRA Nationals Phoenix, Ariz. Antron Brown Ron Capps: Jeg Coughlin N/A March 12–15
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