John Force gave the Funny Car class bragging rights to the speed record in 1998.
However, the long, skinny power-producers, with the skinny front tires and the fat slick in the backs of the
dragsters till are the headliners of the sport—until John Force flipped the script in 1998 at Englishtown, N.J.Force's 323.35-mph blast for his second qualifying attempt that Friday, May 15, made him faster than five-time Top Fuel champion ace Joe Amato . Force fired the first salvo, and Amato returned fire on race day to recapture bragging rights—for a few moments. Ultimately, with a 323.
Force did so again the next year in the first of two Winston No Bull Showdown exhibition events that pitted dragsters against Funny Cars.Brittany Force is currently tops on the NHRA Top Fuel speed chart.300 mph – 301.70, Kenny Bernstein, 1992, Gainesville, Fla.330 mph – 330.23, Tony Schumacher, 1999, Chandler, Ariz.300 mph – 300.40, Jim Epler, 1993, Topeka330 mph – 330.15, Gary Scelzi, 2004, Joliet, Ill.338.00 Brittany Force, Las Vegas 1, 2022337.75 Brittany Force, Gainesville, 2022336.
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