341 MPH: Bob Tasca III Shatters Own Record At PRO Superstar Shootout
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Bob Tasca III breaks his own record set a day earlier with the fastest run in drag racing history at 341.68 MPH during the PRO Superstar Shootout at Bradenton Motorsports Park on Friday, February 9, 2024.
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After what he ran last night, I knew that a 340 mph pass wasn't far off. Congratulations to Bob and his team. This will definitely give them some confidence going into the upcoming season.
Unbelievable!
I love that Funny Car went 341.68MPH & on Wednesday Testing Antron Brown broke the record to my knowledge the TF Dragster record with a 339.62MPH run. Amazing week & amazing track
yes by brittany, and it is broken becomes fastest record of drag racing
They did this in the 1k. We never touched this speed back during the days of the 1320. Closest we got was Dom Lagana setting a 338 in top fuel dragster back in 2017.
i hope all them homes they built close to the track are enjoying the sound of 30,000 hp laying it down!
I don't think they built them yet
@@MrCarGuythey got houses 1/2 mi away and closing in
I do believe that they have started building on the property next door .
People will complain and the track get shut down like always.
I think you mean 20,000 to 22,000 hp.
Even more impressive when one considers that BMP's shutdown isn't as long as some tracks. Tasca's got balls of steel to go 341 there, and at night no less. Most impressive run I've seen in a long time.
Bradenton, the fastest drag strip in the world!
Kudos to the track prep team, they’ve done a lot of work to get the track to where it needs to be at for these cars - excellent work!
My home track, been going there since 1977.
Looks pretty run down/beat up.
@@tyson9419looks small town, runs big time.
@@tyson9419 more big $$ races go down at bmp than anywhere else
The reason for the incredible speeds is that Nitro Funny Car crew chiefs have FIANALLY started aiming their exhaust headers more to the rear to take advantage of the the thrust they produce. Top Fuel cars cannot do this because the headers would melt the rear tires and cause a huge amount of turbulence. The 12,000 hp nitro engine produces at least 8,000 lbs of jet thrust from their headers which is more than 3,000 eqivalent shaft horsepower. I have been flying jet aircraft for over 50 years and have taught jet engine theory to other pilots which is why I know this. The formula to convert jet thrust to ESHP is to divide the thrust by 2.5. It amazes me that the top fuel engine has more jet thrust than both engines on some corporate jets. I flew the Boeing 767-300 for 15 years and each engine produced 60,000 lbs of jet thrust, or 24,000 Equivalent Shaft Horsepower. For all these years crew chiefs were using the header thrust for down force and ignoring the performance gains from aiming them more to the rear. And this is why Funny Cars have higher top speeds than Top Fuel cars.
Nope, Nhra has mandated header layback Angle, That's just a good tune.
All I got is OMG !!!!!!!!!! Congratulations Tasca Racing
Way to go Bob! And Vic, owner of BMP! Talk about puttin' your track on the map!
I knew they were going to set some records, They just redid the track last year and with the near sea level altitude and low humidity in February it was just a matter of time. All they needed was the Pro classes there to do it. I've been going to that track since 1977 when it was DeSoto drag strip. So glad it happened there. Can't wait till next year. Will be going all 4 days. Love the reaction of those who have never experienced a Top fuel or Funny car run. The smell of the Nitro and the vibration in your body when they go is something you have to experience. Just need more concession stands.
@@Badassaccord I've been chuckling about what the land developers around BMP & the FF were thinking this week...
When nitros still ran in Portland, I lived about 2 miles south of downtown. PIR was almost 7 miles north of downtown, on the other side of the river.
I could sit on my front porch & here the sweet sound of nitro runs... no more. Developers bought the land cheap, sold cheap single family, didn't build the low cost, multiple units they were supposed to, paid the fine & moved on.
Within 2-3 yrs, no more drag racing, AT ALL.
Just saw the newest big event at PIR, Formula E. Somebody will bitch about the crowds, if it gets popular.
I've been using Tasca parts for OEM parts for my MT Mazda 4-door. Great company. Glad this is what Bob does as a hobby. Nice work, Bob and team! Stay safe.
I'd love to see the looks on the NHRA exec faces to see these runs being made at a match race. This is what drag racing is all about and what the sanctioning bodies have lost their way on.
NAILED IT!!
Absolutely, well said!
NHRA Has nothing to do with what just happened and they also do not run at this time of year and this temperature at sea level not too tough to figure out Skippy
I mean, numerous runs of 1 or 2 mph slower, have been made at multiple NHRA events, it the past 5 years....
Broken records are cool, but you're acting like he shattered it by 10 mph plus....
@@dakotaautosales9673 not the comparison I think the OP was trying to draw... more like the overall atmosphere and excitement with standing room only, whereas at many if not most NHRA events these days have bare grandstands and possess a corporate, production like environment. This event brought excitement back with the old school, gritty, battle it out for a pile of cash grudge style flare that catches everyone's attention. The NHRA should take note.
Gotta love the time tower shot.
World record by Tasca, w/ a Tasca Parts Sign Above & the McFarlane Racing Sign below.
Talk about Cleetus being a good luck charm... he has been for the entire sport of auto racing.
Huh?
A whole lot of freedom going on at Cleater’s home track! Loved Rubby’s run with Millican’s top fueler!
@@tyson9419The fact that Bradenton is Cleetus' home track is what the OP means by good luck charm plus the sponsorship
Awesome crew chief Todd Okuhara Hawaii is proud of you Todd 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
First time I saw a funny car in real life was at the long-closed Northstar Dragway in Minnesota. The Cheetah vs The Beartown Shaker. I think they were around 6.35 seconds 227 in 1/4. This is just amazing...no sport like it in the world.
I used to go to that very same drag strip back in the early 70's and my father was a cop for the Mounds view police dept and they often times would get the contract to do security for that track and me and my father would get in for free while he worked . We basically walked around just making sure that no riff raff was going on between the drag strip and the dirt oval track which at that time was the fastest 1/2 mile dirt oval track in the USA . Once the races were over the track owner would let the squad cars run down the 1/4 just to see what kind of times they could turn but I don't remember what times or mph they were doing because it's been so long ago . I'm still friends of the Simons who there parents owned the hamburger shack just before you drove into the drag strip to pay that was on the left hand side of the road that was a 3.2 bar way back then . The strip is long gone now and there is a Medtronic's building on part of the property and a small business complex on the land unfortunately but I can remember at times heading either north or south on hwy 35 during the day if the wind was blowing just right the tire smoke from the burn outs would blow across both lanes of hwy 35 thick enough at times you couldn't see . The other drag strip was Minnesota drag ways where all the big time drag racers would run . Local Tom Hoover would run quite a lot back then and you had guys like Sox and Martin Jungle Jim Dyno Don Nicholson Big Daddy Don Garlet's all of them who would run at the track chasing for points and money to be able to drive to the next drag strip cross country back then . The exhibition stuff was great because I remember seeing Wild Bill Maverick's Little Red wagon wheelie truck Evil kinevel doing jumps the Green Mamba jet car Joey Chit woods team of stunt drivers the Army & Marines tanks which were fiberglass body replica tanks put over a short wheel based dragster that would race each other & i remember seeing some guy who was dressed up in full leathers with a helmet on & goggles that would crawl into a wood coffin and blow himself up with dynamite and the coffin would explode into small fragments of wood and people would run over to help him get up off the ground alive still lol . Both tracks got shut down because of people complaining about the noise with Minnesota drag ways going first and Yamaha R&D had bought the land to test the new snowmobiles they were developing to finally go into production to be sold to the public in the early 70's and they were at that location for many years until people complained about the noise from the snowmobiles they were constantly testing & the land got sold to developers who built a big housing complex on it unfortunately. It wasn't until the late 80's that North Star shut it's doors down for good and the track stands and bleachers stood for many years abandoned silent and eventually the land got sold & everything torn down . I worked for Blue tow down the road from where the entrance of North Star was & had to go tow a car that broke down back in where the drag strip was right when the new Medtronics building was being built and it was sad for me knowing that the drag strip was long gone and me and my father would go to it all those years before he died from cancer in 91 . RIP Sergent Edward Loomis gone but not forgotten.
Now a max effort, billet R35 GTR 4WD can do that speed and more, then drive to the gas station for a drink... technology come quite far!
They're doing 340mph in a 1000 ft...... imagine if they ran the full Quarter now🤤
Yeah would be great but the NHRA shortened the tracks from the 1,320-1,000 ft on purpose to try and slow the cars down because people were getting hurt and killed because these cars are going quicker and faster every couple years but obviously by doing this it hasn't really helped much because track records every few years keep getting broke.
Force said he won't go back to 1320. He lost too many friends.
Bradenton track prep always on KILL
GOOD GAME VICTOR
So two big questions seem to prevail here: are the clocks right, and are the cars in NHRA trim?
It's doubtful that the clocks are somehow doctored. It's not easy to do secretively. Further, the PRO racers desire and deserve accurate numbers, for each pass costs tens of thousands of dollars, and the data developed and retrieved is accordingly invaluable.
Are they in true NHRA trim? That's really nobody's business but the teams'. A small change that doesn't upset the tuneup too much certainly may be in play. A tad more nitro percentage, a tad more blower overdrive, a tad less weight. The temptation to do so would be great, and while it wouldn't be something they could duplicate at NHRA, it needn't be useless info either. Learning and reaching higher is as important to these teams as anything.
Setting a new mark like this is no small accomplishment either, and certainly an attractive bonus. It's not an NHRA record, but experimenting at a race like this could help teams eventually get there in NHRA trim.
It is legit? Yep. It happened. And it will happen again, but for all time, BMP will be where it happened first.
Yup. Seems a little suspicious to most. You are correct
549.88 kmh. Unbelievable.
Yeah my mind was blown when I converted it to kmh
….in less than 4 sec within 305 meters
It looks surreal he’s going so fast!!! Insane!!
I remember when 300 was made . Astonishing , congratulations 👏
early 90's
I remember witnessing 325mph at Pomona somewhere in the 90’s too . Truly amazing how they keep squeezing out a little more over time
Wow!! 341mph👍👍
Congrats to the Tasca team!!! Props to Bradenton, they set up the black top for these fuel cars perfectly. I wonder what the DA was for a fuel car to pick that much up at the big end.
I used to see his grandfather in Rhode Island in the summer ....mostly Middletown driving Shelby GT 350... I THINK.
I remember riding with my father who drove 18 wheel truck delivering down to Woods Hole, we'd go by Tasca Ford, and I would beg him to buy one of those Shelby's or Cobras that they always had there. Back then they couldn't give them away. I think the Shelby's were about $3500 and the Cobras above $5000. Broke my heart my Dad just wasn't into those kind of cars, he'd prefer some '53 4 door Belair or a big boat Buick Lesabre. (sigh)
I would love to see the G force graph as this clutch starts coming together on this run! BMP track prep on point!
Reminds me of Don Prudhomme's 5.63 at Indy, That was spectacular glad I witnessed it as opposed to seeing vids or hearing about it
Insane!! It might as well be a rocket car with those exhaust plumes!
Absolutely absurdly at a track that doesn’t hold too fuel events. Great job Victor on getting your track ready for the big boys!!
This is like when Kenny Bernstein went 300 for the first time in Gainesville
As opposed to when the first driver went 310, 320, 330?
@@codymoe4986300 mph was a very big deal at that time, as the 300 mark had been fabled for many years beforehand. Kenny running 300 in '92 would be like Force going 400 nowadays, absolutely unbelievable and awesome.
I love cars and racing, work on my own rigs. Had no idea they dragged this fast. Unreal to see
Badass!!!!
Bradenton out here showing these clowns how to keep a track alive 🤌
Looks like that's all they put the money into. Lack of seats, utility poles running length of track and lack of amenities. Love the fire going in the background nice touch
its a drag racing track man, and with a majority of their viewership going to be online or on TV through this or whatever channel, I'd hope they throw as much money into the main reason of it's existence as fiscally possible.
@@shanekrier615
*Cleetus.
Would you like fries and a shake with that whamburger. Its history look at the bigger picture. No seating no ementinties no lights what did you move in next door to the fastest track in the world.
@briansmith5469 it needs to be enjoyed now if it catches on and becomes something special it will get moved to a better place.
*I'm old enough to remember when 300mph literally took a ROCKET or JET car to achieve... How they get enough traction to do this is amazing!*
Holy Smokes! Way to go Tasca!
Mind Blown
Congratulations Bob , thats mustang is FAST!!! You are the man 💪
It seems they've rustled a few thousand head of horses! The numbers totally blew me away ! Top work you guys.
That new mustang body looks great I can’t lie. Cant wait for racing season here!
Are those lights correct? They should be verified!
Tasca had the car in "Kill mode"
Incredible
That car freakin SAILED
I clicked on this because I couldn't believe dragsters went *that* fast.
Now? shiiiiiiiiiiit
I hope I live long enough to see these guys break the sound barrier on a drag strip
Great run
I think they are pretty close to having to slow them down again. That speed in that distance is unfathomable
Let's Go Bradenton
This is awesome! . Now watch the Nhra make the 1/4 mile 900ft now in response to the speed.
NHRA can't build a race to compete with this amount of excitement, and havn't in YEARS.
All it took was a stripped down corvette and a lot of persistence, and I honestly feel Cleetus has brought drag racing back 'to the masses'
That's a whole other level of fast
My Camaro went 10.80 @ 125 mph. I can't imagine 341 mph
Watch NHRA make an equipment change or rule change along with it, to make sure this doesn't happen at their events. I can see it happen at some point.
C'mon man, this is literally 2 mph faster than the records set at their own events/tracks...
@@codymoe4986 Your not wrong. I love seeing the speeds, along with the ET runs. But based on past speeds from Robert, Ron, and Then a few in Top Fuel. NHRA may try to slow them down again. That's why they did the rev limiter change originally. To prevent the cars from reaching certain speeds. Especially at certain tracks. Do I wanna see a change? absolutely not. I just won't be surprised if it happens, based on NHRA'S history.
this look terrifying, tbh, what are the G forces on the driver / pilot? and what happened to the other car? it was close until it shut off
Awesome sauce ❤
1000 ft rips for the win. bradenton is heating up. cant wait for tomorrows action. swap air
damn. what would the 1320 speed be. 360?
I would think at least that
Not sure if it would go any faster, it's tuned to the 1000
@@robertvalente8217...it doesn't quite work that way.
That's like saying "Wonder how fast/quick a pro stock would run with a 6-speed"
@@tinzalix8624 so tune it for 1320
They just did calculation on that last year. I believe it was something like 4.29@360 with speed pretty much maxed out due to gearing.
thats a controlled explosion
Let's here it for the track prep folks!!
I didn't know funny cars were still racing a full quarter mile truly phenomenal.
1000 ft. not 1320
Cleetus Melton Hauser lll is happy as hell
The driver is massaging his Eyeballs just as much as we are, but for different reasons.
If only there was a small circle track near Bradenton
Wish it was on regular cable tv
I made a 343.00 mph pass right before I woke up last night, this is nothing.
Going to have to build longer tracks or shorten to 660 eventually. Amazing run.
Florida rules
So what year do we think we see the first 400 mph run
most likely never
I love that the Nitro Fish team was a part of this...YO...
And at 1000 ft , amazing 😊
What motor does Tasca Ford use ?
How long is the track? Used to be a 1/4 mile. Someone said that the dragstrip was shorted. Anyone know the truth?
Going to need a longer track soon.
What can he do. He can become the fastest man ever down the drag strip with a piston engine.
Fuel cars doing the 1/4 or 1000ft?
I would be happy to go 141 mph
WOW!🎉
1/4 mile would be 380+
Any faster and he would end up at the starting line before the tree hits green! Light speed!!!
Man, that's cookin' with gas...I can't believe that physics allow for that type of hook-up.
is this a run what you brung kind of event?
YYYYYEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
Awesomeness🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
341 mph...Hauling the mail.. BIG TIME..
green flames, hydrazine? regardless very impressive run 341mph is wild
Can,t imagine what top speed at 1/4 mile!!! (was 338.5, Dom Lagana??)
Woo Hoo! 3.79 is the time record I think.
"TASCAR goes number 2"
I see.
Shut down early also
I remember watching Kenny Bernstein break 300 as a kid. I wonder if I'll live to see 400...
You will never see 400 mph in 1000 ft. Physics. The engines are getting close to their limits now. you can only cram so much fuel into a combustion chamber, the chamber has a physical limit to its size. If can't burn more fuel, you can't make more power. You see nitro engine dropping cylinders all the time because they have a hard time igniting all that fuel. And they are using 2 44Amp magnetos, basically the same as a small welder.
Nascar fan?.. Top fuel has been steadily progressing forever! A lot of the tech in your daily has come from it.. New tech, better parts and more knowledge dictate that they are not done.. They have NOT gotten all the potential energy yet!
@@chuckfarley5415 Preach
LOL, just what from a top fueler is in my daily driver? And a top fueler is never gonna go 400MPH in a 1000 ft. Never.@@chuckfarley5415
That's a fuckin' space ship.
Bradenton is a stupid fast track. Nearly sea level Density Altitude year around.
549.9 kilometres per hour
WOW...
*Молодой*
Is it just me or does it look like he lifted at the end ?
Let's see if it sticks! 🤔
Once AI gets going, they're going to have to add another digit to that speed sign.
If you squint and hold your screen at an angle you can almost see a mustang
Must have really slipped the clutch and then, SOLID HOOK UP tires and all...
How much hp does something like this make ?
~11000hp
Cleetus is one of my only connections to my past.
Land developer and new law to help them is designed to shut it down. We gotta help the track with $$$ for lawyers and email the local politicians let them know we will send dollars to opponents but supporters of the tracks future.