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May 6, 2021
Rob Miller, in his boat Old School, makes a run at Hidden Lake near Buckeye during last month’s Spring Shootout, sponsored by the Arizona Drag Boat Association. (Photo by Alina Nelson/Cronkite News)
Donald Wilson started racing drag boats 21 years ago, but the Spring Shootout last month was only his second time out since picking the sport back up. (Photo by Alina Nelson/Cronkite News)
Drivers waiting for the lanes to clear hold their place by grabbing a rope draped across Hidden Lake. (Photo by Alina Nelson/Cronkite News)
Arizona Drag Boat Association races have 10 competition classes: Personal Water Craft, River Racer, Stock Eliminator, Modified Eliminator, Top Eliminator, Pro Eliminator, Quick Eliminator, Blown Gas Flat, Pro Outlaw and Top Alcohol Flat. (Photo by Alina Nelson/Cronkite News)
Unusual Twin-Turbo, Camaro Funny Car Shows Up at the Track, Runs 4.99 10 Apr 2021, 13:00 UTC ·
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Blown funny cars are nothing to write home about these days, but twin-turbo setups are quite rare. That s mostly due to NHRA regulations, but turbo cars also tend to be slower than supercharged ones off the line. Still, former Altered racer Scott Pareso is giving twin-turbocharging a shot. 1 photo
This Camaro-bodied funny car showed up at the track during Funny Car Chaos at Texas Motorplex. It packs a steel, big-block, 8.8-liter Chevy V8 with Holley EFI and a pair of Borg Warner turbos. It also runs on methanol fuel instead of nitromethane.
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Top Fuel
Josh Hart, an Ocala native, showed up to defend and conquer his home track in his Top Fuel debut. Hart become the first rookie driver to win their debut race in Top Fuel since Darrell Russell in 2001.
It’s been 20 years since a rookie won in their debut race! Pretty cool, dontcha think @jlhdragster?! #Gatornatspic.twitter.com/wkcpF4MLi3
Hart is a two-time U.S. Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster champion but this accomplishment takes the cake. Josh defeated Shawn Langdon with an ET of 3.826. An impressive win over Langdon who has 23 career wins under his belt, won the U.S. Nationals and also went to the semifinals in Dallas during the abbreviated 2020 season. Shawn finished this race with an ET of 4.244, after finishing sub-3.900 in the first three events.