National Record Holders
 

I just started to notice the number of members here, who in their signatures indicate that they are National Record Holders. And there have been a couple of Records recently run, and reported here.

I know that the National Dragster lists all current records. But that doesnt, in my mind, mean that previous record holders don't matter. How many current and past National Record Holders are members here?

What year, class, car/engine combination?

I will start:

2011 A/SA 2010 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak, 5.7 Engine, National Record Holder
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David
The New Hemi Guy

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oct 2008.........B/FS........13.87

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Sept. 1970 Atco New Jersey....H/Stock 12.25

1968 Chevy II 350/295, Q-Jet, Muncie trans, 7" M&H slicks......

Ran as fast as 114+mph on a 110 mph record at the time.
Never got the MPH end due to various reasons....and we did better it twice on record runs at York

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Ss/gs 12.72 03/2010 pos Neon
ss/gs ???? 03/2012 pos Neon

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66 Nova 4-door 283 = L/SA 12.18 1/4 mile

7.74 1/8 mile....

Current IHRA records and proud of it even if i lose them....
Can't take the memories away

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1966 Chevy II SS/LA 283 220 hp 17 time nhra record holder. Fastest 10.49 126.mph corrected 10.46 126 .

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G/SA 1/8 mile, IHRA,1989, 383- 300hp @315hp. '71 Cuda.

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October 1973 - R/SA -- Suffolk , VA .................

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HF/SA 1985 Sunbird 110 cid, 84/85 hp, June 2004 Beaver Springs 18.05 and July 2004 Milan17.71 @ 76 mph 1/4 mile; 11.09 @ 61 1/8 mile July 2004 Kanwha Valley, all IHRA records.

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1965 NASCAR GG/SA 15.76 at Atco, NJ '65 Dodge 318/230

1977 AHRA B/SAO 11.76 at San Antonio Tx '64 Dodge 426/415

JimR

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That was part of my reason for posting this Danny. Recognition for past records as well. I think we forget too easily the ones who braved the way, and carried the torch for us in the past.

David
The New Hemi Guy

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10/15/2011 D/SA 1970 Camaro 350 LT1 10.395 @ 124.82

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IHRA 05-11-90 SS/JA 6.94@96.00 68 Camaro 1/8 mile Greer SC
IHRA 03-06-93 SS/OA 12.65@104.37 56 Chevrolet 1/4 mile Jackson SC
IHRA 04-17-93 SS/OA 7.98@ 84.41 56 Chevrolet 1/8 mile Huntsville AL
IHRA 04-24-93 SS/PA 8.04@ 84.19 56 Chevrolet 1/8 mile Dunn-Benson NC
IHRA 05-28-99 GF/SA 10.71@ 64.54 79 Dodge Omni 1/8 mile Jackson SC
IHRA 08-07-99 GF/SA 16.96@ 79.51 79 Dodge Omni 1/4 mile Rockingham NC
IHRA 08-07-99 SS/HA 10.42@ 126.38 68 Camaro 1/4 Mile Rockingham NC
NHRA 12-08-01 GF/SA 10.42@ 66.51 79 Omni 1/8 Mile Orlando Speed World
NHRA 12-08-01 GF/SA 16.44@ 81.02 79 Omni 1/4 Mile Orlando Speed World

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Too many records to keep count, but from 1970 through 1998 Team Checkmate probably has set at least 30 National Records over the years mostly in NHRA. We have held the record at one time or another in every Modified Production and Gas class we ever raced in Modified Eliminator, and more recent records were set in A/S and B/S on several different occasions in the mid 90's in Stock Eliminator.

It's is always a pleasure to be remembered!

Mike Keener
Team Checkmate Race Cars

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E/SA '69 Nova 396/350hp 11.10 119.54 April 30/2006 1/4 - Seattle
E/SA '69 Nova 396/350hp 7.00 97.57 May 3/2006 1/8 - Seattle
E/SA '67 Camaro 396/325hp 10.87 120.32 May 28/2011 1/4 - Mission

Grant Eldridge
E/SA 6650
National Record Holder 2011

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Set the NHRA C/SA record a couple of times.
2/98 10.54 at Houston
2/01 10.42 also at Houston

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NHRA B/FS '87 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z - 14.13 @ 97.26 10/01/1993
NHRA A/FS '87 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z - 13.26 @ 99.60 9/10/1994
NHRA E/S '70 AMC AMX - 10.72 @ 124.58 3/29/2003
NHRA Best Appearing SS/H '70 AMX Pacific Sports Nationals 2006

Both vehicles have been #1 qualifiers at National or Divisional events.
More to come...:D

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1980 NED U/SA 1971 Chevy Nova 250/145
1981 NED V/SA 1971 Chevy Nova 250/145
1993 NHRA M/SA 1986 Chevy Caprice 305/249 (Schmutz)

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set NHRA, NASCAR, NAAR, AND IHRA RECORDS

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I didn't want Carr to feel lonely so:

NHRA HF/SA '81 Escort 17.748/73.92 Orlando 12/09/2001

Brian Olson's "Escort Service" tuned by Paul Wright

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June 2003 68 chevelle wagon O/SA 12.56 @ 105.42 1/4 mile
7.93 @ 85.02 1/8 mile

I think the most gratifying thing about setting records is'nt being the fastest but the work that goes into it, the late nights the help of your friends, the excitement of it all.
And when we're old and all done with the sport you can look on the wall and say i did it!

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IHRA O/SA
1/4 and 1/8 - et & mph

** Plus I agree with you "TandE racing on the gratifying part of it all"**

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T/SA record 2006 13.55 on Fri.Ran 13.54 in Stock final on Sun. night at Atco.There were only about 10 people there at the time.I shut the lights off on the way out.
Set R/SA record in around 2002 or '03.13.something.Don't remember.

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NHRA '66 Belair P/SA...'73 @ Marion, SD
AHRA '57 Corvette SS/LA...'78 ? @ Denver, CO @ 96th & Tower Rd. (Car belonged to Gary Steffen)

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In July 2005, I set both ends of the M/S record, for both the 1/4 &1/8th mile, at the Div.6 Mission Nat`l Open, and the N/S MPH record at the Mission Divisional meet in May. I had actually set both ends of N/S,(1/4 mile) but since the race was rained out on Sunday, and posponed to the Seattle Divisional in August, the record didnt get submitted until the completion of the Mission race at Seattle. By then, Bill Dyer had eclipsed my ET portion, so I just got the MPH end. I gotta admit, I took the easy way out, since both records had been at a minimum for some time.
But at least I got to partake in the joy of 2 teardowns in 3 months!

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Jerry Davis
F/SA 10.89
2003

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Blount and Chastain

1973 Suffolk, Va. SS/P 12:11

1973 Blaney, SC. SS/Q 12:52

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2002 M/S 11.80 111.20 65 Chevelle 283/220

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1998, C\MS IHRA Jacksonville S.C. 6.39 108 MPH, 92 camaro, Oct. 4 03 NHRA SS\CS 6.22, 109.84 at Louisville, Steve Thompson 92 camaro, { broken by .04 three months later by Wisecarver} 05 IHRA, SS\CS tri-state, 6.28, 109.17, 92 camaro, 09 Thompson Ohio, SS\CS, 08 cobalt, 6.16, 110.29. without a cluthless on all runs, Steve Thompson. later broken by Doug Hobgood at 6.09 113.96.

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Bob Salemi IHRA HT/SA 1295. 100.19 NED 2009
NHRA Q/SA 13.08 00.19 NED 2011

I couldnt let Ed F and Bob Don have all the Glory!

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1976 o/s 13.47 nhra, 13.21 ihra

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1974,1975, 1978 E/S or F/S 1969 Z/28 Camaro 302.

Casey Miles
248H Stock?

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Rob,you deserved that record after all the greif that truck gave you getting it right.

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1989 to 1991 ihra a/mp
1993 to 1996 nhra a/mp
2001 to 2010 nhra d/s- g/mp-b/x-c/x
might have forgotten,but think this was it.
I WILL TRY FOR MORE THIS YEAR!

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Jeff Ross '72 Cuda 340
1981 AHRA C/SHA Formula 3 13.23@ 103.56 (one of the several Stock classes)
2004 IHRA D/PS 1/8 mile (cannot remember e.t)
2004 IHRA D/PS 1/4 mile 12.525 @ 104.15

Zac Ross '67 Coronet Wagon
2002 IHRA V/SA 1/8 mile 9.695 @ 68.26
2002 IHRA V/SA 1/4 mile 15.074 @ 86.47

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V/SA 1/8th 9.24@71.56 Aug 2009 Portland Or.
My wife and I made the 5 hour haul down to Portland after work on friday. We managed to talk the guy's guarding the gate into letting us in around midnite and then slept in the racecar. I opted to skip the eliminator and did tear down right after the backup run, Then put it all back together and hauled butt back up north so we could run the bracket race at Mission on sunday. I didn't get much sleep that weekend but I finaly had a record to hang on the wall.
My wife was a real trooper for sleeping in the racecar that night although I'm pretty sure it wont ever happen again, The funniest part of the whole day was that she had never raced 1/8 mile before so she didn't know when to stop ( and yes I did take her for a track walk in the morning to figure it out), She ran the old duster dang near to the end of the track before she decided it was time to get on the brakes. The look of terror on the faces of the safety guy's was classic and she came roaring up to them at 120, Thankfully those wilwoods did their job.

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1985 Q/stick record 66 caprice 13.31 98.05 mph.......
1990 O/stock automatic 1979 malibu wagon 12.90 102.04mph....

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H/SA et record 2006 mph 06/07/08
H/SA et and mph 2011/12, 1/8 and 1/4 mile.

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1985 IHRA Q/PSA 1/8 mile 9.628 @ 71.71
I set it at the Ohio Valley Raceway Doorslammer event 10-12-1985

The car was a 1969 Chevy Kingswood Estate wagon 396-265 (2-bbl carb) that the Lampton Bros owned. Since they had too many racecars sitting around, they asked if wanted to take the wagon and drive it that summer. I told them sure and had a great time racing that year.

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1976 Z/S, 1979 Z/SA 76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84 W/S, 2010 O/SA Just a few...........