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200mph
nitro powered radio controlled models? You better believe it! From
radiocontrolzone.com
Twin engined
altered doing the most amazing burnout. Anon.
The run
that made everybody's jaw hit the deck. Kim Reymond 4.645-317mph. by Peter
Jackson
AHRA World
finals Spokane, 2002. Smoke the tyres to 800 feet and still win! Anon.
Ben Bray Top doorslammer from Australia. 6.12 secs. Anon.
Bootsie
Herridge in the Gladiator firebird takes a spill at Santapod from www.ukdrn.co.uk
Ben
Bray makes another low 6 second pass in his top doorslammer. Anon
Nitro cacklefest from Bakersfield. Thanks again to draglist.com
The
commuter. Thanks again to www.ukdrn.co.uk
The
craziest burnout you ever did see! The man's a fruit cake! Thanks very much to draglist.com
Dennis
Priddle & Clive Skilton. Digger versus Rail. Thanks again to www.ukdrn.co.uk
Aussie
Fuel racers 'Dobbo' and Bailey make another pass. Anon
'Dobbo'
makes an another pass - this time with a tad too much
clutch! Anon
Again, Dobbo has too much clutch and then pays the price
as he clips the wall which jams the throttle open and he storms across the
track to impact the opposite guard rail. Ouch! That HAD to HURT! Anon. Click
Here
The one and only Big Daddy Don Garlits. E-town 2002 Anon
Don
Schumacher burns out the Stardust funny car at Santa Pod, 1973. Thanks to www.ukdrn.co.uk
Funny
car racer Duchene bangs his blower and starts a small fire. Anon
Duchene
gets out but the blaze gets going. Anon.
The
fire takes hold and eventually someone puts an extinguisher on it. Anon.
John
Spuffard sets a new outside-USA speed mark of 286mph. Thanks to eurodragster
standout Sharkman
Firefly
Flame burnout. Thanks to www.ukdrn.co.uk
Gary Page & John Spuffard SCR 2002. Look at Gary's front
wheels! Thanks to draglist.com
Another
look at that Gary Page & John Spuffard run. Thanks to eurodragster Ace
Photog Sharkman
Oops!
Gary Page and the Panic Altered is all over the place. Thanks again to www.ukdrn.co.uk
Side by side Jet car race. Speedfreak's
Ball, 2002. Anon.
Jim
Head Top Fuel burnout at Norwalk, VA, 2000. draglist.com
John
Spuffard wins the Pro Fuel shoot-out with 5.45 second run. Anon.
John
Spuffard versus Smax Smith. John wins with a new SCR record speed. Anon
Bob Motz and
Mr. Shockley run side by side in their Jet trucks! Awesome.
Anon
A rearward view from Hakaan Nilsson's pro-mod Camaro at Mantorp
2002. Thanks to Hakaan Nilsson
Night time Pro-Mod action from Emerald Coast Dragway June 2002.
Anon
The Tee
Rat altered. Nice burnout & run. Thanks to www.ukdrn.co.uk
Sammy makes one
of his last passes ever at the Speedfreak's ball, 2002. Anon.
Shutdown
Altered. Thanks again to www.ukdrn.co.uk
John Spuffard
makes a run in the Showtime car and the chutes pop out. Anon.
Steve Wells
gives Tog (or Sharkman?) a ride in his quick pop - thanks to both Tog &
Sharkman
A cackling Tim
Gibson gets ready to go at Vegas 02 He didn't get in the show, either! Anon
Trevor
Young makes an awfully wobbly top end run in his top Fueler. Thanks to
www.ukdrn.co.uk
Here's a really smelly one! This is a nitro warm-up of Lex
Joon's Top Fuel dragster when he was driving a Knut Söderqvist-owned MPM Top
Fueler in 2004. Watch out for the brown cloud! This warmup is just before
eliminations at
Another 'smelly' and large (43mb)
clip from the same Mantorp 2004 meeting. This time it's a warmup from the team of Jöran
Persåker and the Nasty Toys dragster. You get a much clearer view
here, of what goes on and what is involved in warming up of a Top Fueler. As
you can hear, the team is pitted virtually right next to the start line which
is certainly a recipe for a monster headache by the end of the weekend.
Car chief Gary Page orchestrates the warm-up procedure with key crew members
Terry Giles and Mark Turner. Chris Andrews is seen 'hovering' as is car owner
Knut Söderqvist and other team members Paul Turner and Nicky Hales. Crew Chief
Alan Jackson used his mastery to tune all the components together into a
Final-round appearance at the meeting, won by team-mate Micke Kagerad. This
clip taken by Richard Stirling. Apologies for the 'please
register' message but this was the only clip I used that tool to create.
Please Click
Here
Here's a super clip taken by and thanks to Steve Hiatt taken
at the 2005 Main Event. Lex Joon was driving his ex-David Baca Top Fueler and
Crew Chief Eddie Corr loaded it up a bit too much and it climbed the ring gear.
Lex was lucky not to have the thing blow over - It made for a soft touch-down
in the end with just steering damage. Click here
The first 300mph run outside of North America. Jim Read, running with tuning
from Graham Cowin made this breakthrough pass in
December 2000 with the eyes of the world watching. See how Steve Read's
progress in the other lane is slowed with a 'pedal' mid track. Thanks to
draglist.com Click here
The most frightening fire you ever did see. An outlaw
Pro-Stock car 'burps' on the startline and that's enough to start a 'roarer'
going. Thanks to
Jay Upton surprised everyone with this absolutely fantastic run of
6.19 seconds at 219mph on his streamliner nitro-guzzling bike. Thanks to
realperformance.com and congratulations to Jay. Click
here
Don't you love Pro-Mods? This is a superb clip from
Chris Russell's tribute to his
fallen brother Darrell who was fatally injured at
Aussie driver Steve Stannick in his Super Modified tin top
gives himself a huge fright and nearly collects his fellow competitor as he
crosses lanes and clouts the wall really hard. Ends up being flipped and just
ends up with a sore wallet. Thanks to Steve Stannick. Click Here
Here's a really fast run from an alcohol altered in the
States. Nearly as quick as we run on nitro! Anon. Click Here
Do you like your Mustangs? Well look at this Mark III!
What a wheelie! Thanks to horsepowerheaven.com Click Here
Ever burnt out your tyres on a public road? Naughty Naughty!! Here's an irresistible clip from Jon Steinar
Kuaale and his pal with the big Pontiac GTO. Thanks to Jon.
Click here
The first woman to break the
300mph barrier.
Rachell Splatt burns out at
her home track in
Andy Carter makes a superb burnout and runs a 4 second
pass at the Easter Thunderball at Santa Pod in Easter 2004. Many thanks to
Bob and Anni Valder and the much-missed www.feel-the-noise.com
site Click here
Eddie Hill sets the Number 1 qualifier at the 1997 Autolite Nationals in
Don't drive one-handed when you make a pass - even in a
super street! This idiot finally realises it's not
the way to drive..... with inverted consequences! Thanks
to ebaumworld.com Click here
Surely the wobbliest burnout you ever did see!
Steve Sitko captured Brent Harris hanging on for dear life in his '33
Willys Coupe at the IHRA Rocky Mountain Nationals in 2004. Click here
A very interesting rearward view
from the back of Ian Caseley's Road Zombie Jet
dragster making a pass at Shakespeare County Raceway. Great to watch.
Thanks to Ian Click here
Okay, (for the Nostalgic amongst us!) we've got something
fantastic for you now! We hope that you have a really good broadband connection, because
you're going to need it! We now have a very, very VERY
special clip, indeed. What can this be? I hear you ask. How about The
first Five second pass outside the
Thanks to regular drag race fans Peter and Daniel Cetnik for this one. Back at the Main Event in 2005, Peter Wacker in his nitrous Pro-mod treated us all to what too much nitrous, too much clutch and and lot more traction than he was expecting! His normally sturdy wheelie bar then decided it had had quite enough and promptly threw the towel in, with the unexpected result that Peter ended up with all four wheels off the ground! Click here
Many thanks, again, to Peter and Daniel Cetnik for another exciting moment, this time from Andy Horne who, in his Granada Scorpio, had something 'let go' in the engine department. This promptly lubricated the rear slicks which then send Andy on his perilously wayward journey down the track - thankfully with nothing more needed at his safe stopping other than fresh underwear! Also - spot the car in the other lane - possibly Craig Gibbs - having a huge nitrous 'burp' just off the line. Click here
Frank Griffon decided to do a HUGE burnout in his Supercharged Hemi Pop and impressed myself and the other photographers by keeping those hides boiling WAY past the Christmas tree. But then it hooked up and it TURNED LEFT! Unbelievable! Thanks again to Peter and Daniel Cetnik. Click here
How about this, though? This is the ONLY video footage I have seen of Martin Hill and the run he made at the Easter Thunderball at over 336 mph! See how long he waits down at the start after the green is on while he winds this baby up like a clock spring! Incredible! Peter and Daniel Cetnik were in the right place at the right time to take the honours again. Click here
Peter and Daniel Cetnik have again been in touch with another video pearler! At the Shakespeare Nationals in June, they managed to capture the Top Fuel match race between Andy Carter and Darryl Bradford. Darryl, of course, was unfortunate enough to have serious problems again with firey, roasting results! Click Here
We've heard from Peter and Daniel Cetnik again and they have kindly forwarded a couple of very interesting video clips. In the first we see a rearward view of ProMod hero Fast Freddie Fagerström making a hard pass at Santa Pod (4.7mb). Have you ever wondered what it is like standing BEHIND the jet car in the barn? Wondered why John Price tells everybody to cover their eyes? Well, here's the Jet car warming (and stinking!) up the barn and you wonder why you walk around smelling of diesel for weeks after! (4.6mb)
Many thanks to Larry Pfister at www.horsepowerheaven.com for posting the most fantastic video compilation made up from recent testing at the Las Vegas strip just a week ago. Right click here and click "Save Target As" and save it to your desktop! Then run it as often as I have! It's a fantastic video!
Thanks to http://www.old51.com/ with their crazy 1951 Chevy Pro-Mod and Niclas Anderson handling the driving chores, I have re-hosted the video that they had on their web site as it is possibly the closest side by side race in a long time. They were up against Marc Meihuizen and Niclas won the round by an incredible 1.5mm! I've re-hosted the video clip here, because it seemed the donor site did not have enough bandwidth for the size of the video file. Look at the video by clicking here
Chris Schreier is one of the younger fans of www.topnitro.co.uk and I'm pleased to say that he has been in touch with a very interesting video clip indeed. Chris's Dad works at Shakespeare County Raceway and he was a lucky chappy to be up in race control when Eric Teboul ran his superb rocket bike at the Bulldog Bash meeting this past summer. Eric pulled an incredible 5.75 second pass out of the hat - and keep with the video after the run as you get to see all the incremental times on the computer as well! The video file is pretty huge - its over 30 megabytes so I advise that you right-click on the link and left click Save As to a convenient location on your local hard drive. There's the usual lengthy build up to Eric's run at the start, but it's all worth while! Thanks Chris! Click here