thanks Bob , for acknowledging Don Schumacher for the contributions he added to your life and what he meant to the sport of drag racing , you a a real credit to this sport !! congrads . for a great pass Bob !!!!!
Great to see the Living Nitro channel catch this piece of Drag Racing history. The reaction of the crew and of Bob when he returned to the trailer was priceless.
@@razorr_o No. half track is 660' as the track is a 1/4 mile track but the top fuel FC and dragsters stop at the 1,000' timer. That said, 50mph gained in the last 340 feet and in done in 0.9 seconds means that the average acceleration over that last 0.9 seconds was to pick up another 73.3 ft/second of velocity in .9 seconds, which is 81.5 f/s or 55.6 mph which is still 2.55g's (average) of acceleration over that last 0.9 seconds. But the top speed is ultimately limited by the gear ratio and RPM limits set by the NHRA. Well, and tire technology.
this event has been amazing!!!!! from the track, vic, the teams, drivers, sponsors, all the vlogging content from Cleetus Mcfarland, clay millican , Brent pfi, jeff lutz, Flo, Living Nitro, and all the other videos and stuff i have seen.. we need more of this style of events and the records being broken, Cleetus racing Clay in ruby aginst a top fuel dragster. just everything!!!!!!!!
This video is amazing, thank you for posting this!!! I mean, when you can feel this electricity, so to speak from a video.. it just really really really shows how special it is!!! Todd and Aaron.. man oh man!!!!
first time seeing or hearing of this absolute gentleman and legend! what a great guy respecting all the work that went into this! sometimes you can just tell someone is thanking everyone off of a sort of internal mental scrip but not Mr. Tasca, he seemed so genuine wanting to remind everyone about the insane amount of work that went into this leading up to his 3.848 second sprint!
This is really good for Bradenton. Sounds like the track quality and prep has paid off. Maybe this will bring a lot more events to the track and show the town it’s a valuable revenue source, keeping motorsports alive at least in this corner of the world.
BobT. III gave an interview equal to the run! Very professional. An outstanding speaker. Note: this upstages a certain drag racing sanctioning body. Not in their series at their event. 😢 They will not hype it therefore. Just like "1st. 4 Eddie" decades ago.
I kept semi-joking that there would not be 340 we would just go right to 341.. And I’m still getting chills (watched this live on Flo) as I’m typing this comment again!! The sport is so special and unique and I’m just glad that I was able to have part of my life in the crew on small stuff to big stuff and always a lifelong fan but yeah… …ya know, part of me wants to send a tribute to Eric Lane on this one…
Bradenton is such a great rack these days. It was just another track 30 years ago. I wonder how long it will last now that housing has been approved right next door.
@@skxj It is indeed too bad. It's just like people moving next to an airport then bitching that it's too loud. I'm tired of the capitulation. It's all about money though and housing brings more financial growth to cities and counties.
I'm curious about something. In 2008 Top Fuel and Funny cars scaled back to 1000ft, in an effort to reduce the top speeds a bit following a fatal crash (and probably to save a little nitro which is ridiculously expensive).. Presumably every official speed measured since then has been at 1000ft.. But here's the thing. When they show the time slips on the app they use at Bradenton (from various other vids over the last couple days), it shows the time for 1000ft, and then just below it time and speed at 1/4 mile. So is this 341.68mph speed at 1000ft, or 1/4 mile? If the latter, then presumably anyone who just keeps their foot in it after the 1000ft, can keep pushing that top speed up this weekend. Or is the app just displaying the speed in the wrong place, and it's actually at 1000ft?
Bob Taska Ford... just went..341 MPH in 1/8 mile test run in coming up Gainesville FL for spring national,s. WoW 😲😳 UN REAL my Ford funny car best was ...240 mph in 1972 C C TEX IN1320 FT...1/4 mile...now they're pushing...350 mph in ..800 ft. S O B.😲😳👍☘️. Love Dad ☘️
I'm old enough to remember the nickname "240 Gordie" Bonin, when 240mph in the ¼ mile was seriously moving. Wow, 341 in 1000 feet just seems impossible!
Damn! What a run!!! Good on ‘ya Bob, for making this incredible effort happen, and to allow thousands of NON DRAG-RACING people to witness this all-American effort, and to entertain the people! Keep in mind- just by doing this one pass, and shredding the MPH record, it cost his team a LOT of $$$! This single run cost more than half of American families make in a year! However, don’t hate the racer! This is hard-earned money and time. He (or she) has sacrificed their entire lives in order to further their own version of human exploration. Drag racers live life on the edge of human achievement. This is ‘normal’ to the adventurer. This is money that the team will not recover. Please, donate and/or attend NHRA races! I cannot count how many “non-race car drivers” are still addicted to the NHRA, decades after I introduced them to the sport. (I had access to passes etc, so I fed it to them in small doses. Kinda like a drug dealer, I guess. Except they’re now taking their own children to the races….!) Anyway- thanks Bob! Great pass!
glad to see all the positivity about this run here on UA-cam. On other platforms, people are losing their minds fighting, crying that this wasn't the fastest run in history because its not an NHRA event 🤦♂ When it's about breaking through just the 340 barrier lol not time and speed or based on a 1000ft run.....
thanks Bob , for acknowledging Don Schumacher for the contributions he added to your life and what he meant to the sport of drag racing , you a a real credit to this sport !! congrads . for a great pass Bob !!!!!
Roland Leong would be happy also.
The Snake and Mongoose rocked
Great to see the Living Nitro channel catch this piece of Drag Racing history. The reaction of the crew and of Bob when he returned to the trailer was priceless.
It was a special moment!
That track is truly a horsepower super track 341 mph ! Don Schumacher RIP
WHAT A CLASS ACT HIS GRANDFATHER IS SMILING FROM HEAVEN!!!
Grandad's famous words.....
You Will be Satisfied....
Wow! It has to be a hell of a rush dropping the hammer on an 11,000 hp funny car. Congrats on making history to the whole team.
Seems like everyone is having so much fun with this non nhra sanctioned race! I love it hopefully we can see a few more
290 @ 1/2 track & finished speed 341!!!!!
Well done team
WOW!
290 MPH, in 500 feet. Damn.
@@kclark0395 so it gained barely over 50 mph in next 500 feet? So theoretical top speed ain't much higher than that
@@kclark0395
half track is 660 ft or 1/8th mile.
They don't time 1/2 the 1,000 foot runs. The timers are at 60', 330', 660', 1000', and 1320'
@@razorr_o
No. half track is 660' as the track is a 1/4 mile track but the top fuel FC and dragsters stop at the 1,000' timer.
That said, 50mph gained in the last 340 feet and in done in 0.9 seconds means that the average acceleration over that last 0.9 seconds was to pick up another 73.3 ft/second of velocity in .9 seconds, which is 81.5 f/s or 55.6 mph which is still 2.55g's (average) of acceleration over that last 0.9 seconds.
But the top speed is ultimately limited by the gear ratio and RPM limits set by the NHRA. Well, and tire technology.
this event has been amazing!!!!! from the track, vic, the teams, drivers, sponsors, all the vlogging content from Cleetus Mcfarland, clay millican , Brent pfi, jeff lutz, Flo, Living Nitro, and all the other videos and stuff i have seen.. we need more of this style of events and the records being broken, Cleetus racing Clay in ruby aginst a top fuel dragster. just everything!!!!!!!!
Is an awesome race, better than NHRA event.
I'd just like to see a 16 car field! And then it'd be perfect
Had a deep feeling 340 would come this year but this soon blows me away. Congratulations to tasca and crew.
This is absolutely astounding. Hats off to Bob
Glad I attended this event! We need to see a dozen of these races vs. Just NHRA races. Historic F/C run. Hats off to Tasca and his crew! Well deserved
Congrats Bob and crew!!!! History made big time. Amazing
Amazing run brother 341mph lets go!!!!
hell ya Bob my home town driver!!! he used to do a tasca ford performance weekend at New England dragway
Huge Congratulations Bob Tasca, his team and for the new Ford Mustang Dark Horse body 😃😃
great looking car
This video is amazing, thank you for posting this!!! I mean, when you can feel this electricity, so to speak from a video.. it just really really really shows how special it is!!! Todd and Aaron.. man oh man!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome Bob Tasca and Crew
341 mph Ford Mustang Nitro Funny Car “Going Like Hell”
What a Great Ambassador for the sport… Australia 🇦🇺
Well said!
@@LivingNitroyes well done bob putting the boot into the beast from a fan down here also a big fan of wilks 🇦🇺
No matter personal feelings about sanctioning a recognition...That is the fastest pass ever...Congratulations Tasca Team ...
THANK YOU!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!
It's a damn shame that houses will be built next to this track. Enjoying every minute of the Bradenton racing facilities...
same thing at green valley in ft worth, met cha cha there, thanx to BILLY for building us a world class track near by
Amazing ! Fantastic ! Hats off to that team!
rest in peace Don.
first time seeing or hearing of this absolute gentleman and legend! what a great guy respecting all the work that went into this! sometimes you can just tell someone is thanking everyone off of a sort of internal mental scrip but not Mr. Tasca, he seemed so genuine wanting to remind everyone about the insane amount of work that went into this leading up to his 3.848 second sprint!
Wow what a pass congrats
Thanks Bradenton!! Great race prep and facility.
Well done Bob, amazing that a flopper got that speed before a rail
Wow. What a beast. The sound of that thing idling gave me goose bumps.
Nitro is amazing!
What a pass by team Tasca!! 🔥🔥🔥
This is really good for Bradenton. Sounds like the track quality and prep has paid off. Maybe this will bring a lot more events to the track and show the town it’s a valuable revenue source, keeping motorsports alive at least in this corner of the world.
BobT. III gave an interview equal to the run! Very professional. An outstanding speaker. Note: this upstages a certain drag racing sanctioning body. Not in their series at their event. 😢 They will not hype it therefore. Just like "1st. 4 Eddie" decades ago.
I can watch this endlessly and it will NEVER get old. All credit delivered to the help mainly to the Dude Don Schumacher!
Congrats Bob! I just saw ya make a 336mph pass at Norwalk this weekend. Man, those Hemis makin some power!
Not only a driver but an excellent spokes person.
I like the love he spread throughout the whole crew, so fabulous 😻 it's amazing how straight that funny car went... Holy gezus that's fast
Absolutely stunning run congratulations from the UK
Would love to see some other angles. I wonder if the 1kft races will be shortened again?
That's frickin AWESOME guys
It was incredible!
Unbelievable!!! Nice rip by team Tasca!
Wow... I remember when the 1320 record was 338... Notice that it happened at night, which always gives some extra oomph in the cooler, denser air.
way to capture the moment
Congratulations Bob and team.
I kept semi-joking that there would not be 340 we would just go right to 341.. And I’m still getting chills (watched this live on Flo) as I’m typing this comment again!!
The sport is so special and unique and I’m just glad that I was able to have part of my life in the crew on small stuff to big stuff and always a lifelong fan but yeah…
…ya know, part of me wants to send a tribute to Eric Lane on this one…
That is incredible. Congratulations
Who says nothing Good comes out of Rhode Island... Congratulations Bob ,
And those Awesome Tasca boys & Girls.
It's gonna be his year
Congrats 341 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Bravo!
Drove down the track at 341 and back up on the Scooter at 34.1 😎
Bradenton hitting it out of the park!
They sure are!
"WOW AN WOW" That was a first class run. "GOOD-JOB"!!!
. What a class act thanking the teams engineering other sponsors mentor etc.
he’s the man!
Xcongrats Bob you and your crew are big heros of mine
There are some fast fricken cars this year.
Damn it was a great run, I remember a 330 run that I witnessed in Pomona, somewhere I have a photo of it.
That would have been awesome to see.
Very impressive run.
I wonder what the mph would've been at 1320'
Would of expired by then , more than likely ( Blown up ) , not geared or tuned for 1320 👌
Fast that's for sure 😁
I’d say todays machines would be 350mph if they had had still been chasing the 1/4.
I think 380 if there were no restrictions. @@ScoopDaddy488
@@ScoopDaddy488 yes. Because acceleration is becoming drastically lower after 500 feet.
"341.68" THANK GOD
that is Awesome 😮
Schumacher is watching . AMEN ❤️
Congrats to tasca and team ,outstanding! You could hear the tune was on fire at idle 8 cylinders were just hammering max pressure ,just unreal!!
Congrats on the new record. Well done to you and your Team
Bradenton is such a great rack these days. It was just another track 30 years ago. I wonder how long it will last now that housing has been approved right next door.
It's days are numbered for sure. That's really too bad. The more tracks get closed the bigger the street racing problem grows.
@@skxj It is indeed too bad. It's just like people moving next to an airport then bitching that it's too loud. I'm tired of the capitulation. It's all about money though and housing brings more financial growth to cities and counties.
@@johnhickman106 Yes, all about the money and cramming as many taxable lots in that parcel of land as possible.
Congratulations to all! And how about that happening at that amazing little track BMP.
What was the time?
SMART MOVE, TAKE OFF THE HEADPHONES AND FOCUS, FOCUS AND MORE FOCUS, thats the key to it all
That was a killer speech
To limit top speeds, the NHRA restricts motor RPM, Rear Axle Ratio and Tire Diameter. So how do the keep going faster?
Clutches ignition tires
Couldn't imagine watching the graph on the computer. Reached something that will stand at least until 2025.
There’s something awesome about seeing cars have better0-60 than a rocket ship
What ford motor were they running
I remember when hitting 230 was a huge deal back in the 70's. I read an article in Hot Rod magazine when I was a kid. 230 was so last century.
230mph is still so fast when you think about it. 340mph is just obscene.
@@LivingNitro It's fast if you're the one in the seat when the front wheel crosses the line.
What was the ET?
Yeah...Only reason I clicked on this...
I'm curious about something. In 2008 Top Fuel and Funny cars scaled back to 1000ft, in an effort to reduce the top speeds a bit following a fatal crash (and probably to save a little nitro which is ridiculously expensive).. Presumably every official speed measured since then has been at 1000ft.. But here's the thing. When they show the time slips on the app they use at Bradenton (from various other vids over the last couple days), it shows the time for 1000ft, and then just below it time and speed at 1/4 mile. So is this 341.68mph speed at 1000ft, or 1/4 mile? If the latter, then presumably anyone who just keeps their foot in it after the 1000ft, can keep pushing that top speed up this weekend. Or is the app just displaying the speed in the wrong place, and it's actually at 1000ft?
1000’. The parachutes are fully deployed and off the throttle at the 1/4. Bradenton has a short run off.
Bob Taska Ford... just went..341 MPH in 1/8 mile test run in coming up Gainesville FL for spring national,s. WoW 😲😳 UN REAL my Ford funny car best was ...240 mph in 1972 C C TEX IN1320 FT...1/4 mile...now they're pushing...350 mph in ..800 ft. S O B.😲😳👍☘️. Love Dad ☘️
That's 1000 feet. Not 1/8 mile.
Sick run! How is this explained? Whats the main reason that makes the cars go faster and faster?
It's a new body on this car so perhaps an aerodynamic advantage, or perhaps track preparation. The conditions were ideal.
Sea level in February before all the humidity rushes in, and at night. Ideal indeed.
You could hear the clutch go One to One at the 700 foot mark, the car HOOKED UP AGAIN BIG TIME..
good observation
Proof again Ford's rule
Way to kick booty Bob! Awesome!
Just so AMAZING! 👍
Good job love you From Dino Mares Fontana CA
I'm old enough to remember the nickname "240 Gordie" Bonin, when 240mph in the ¼ mile was seriously moving. Wow, 341 in 1000 feet just seems impossible!
Bamboocha 🎉 Congratulations ❤
Whas that on the 1/4 mile ore 301 meters ?
Holy reaction time Batman!
I was in Seattle & saw Bernstien go 333mph 22 years ago, thought that was fast till now.
And that was on a full 1320 race. Not a thousand like now
Excuse my lack of knowledge. Was this in 1000 ft or 1/4 mile ?
This was 1000ft, but it was faster than any speed from the 1320ft nitro era as well.
@@LivingNitro Thanks , I really hope this runs next year as we will be living nearby!
Does anyone know how a new top speed can be achieved considering the class RPM limits designed to limit speed to roughly 330?
Wheel speed could be a factor.
Damn! What a run!!! Good on ‘ya Bob, for making this incredible effort happen, and to allow thousands of NON DRAG-RACING people to witness this all-American effort, and to entertain the people! Keep in mind- just by doing this one pass, and shredding the MPH record, it cost his team a LOT of $$$! This single run cost more than half of American families make in a year! However, don’t hate the racer! This is hard-earned money and time. He (or she) has sacrificed their entire lives in order to further their own version of human exploration. Drag racers live life on the edge of human achievement. This is ‘normal’ to the adventurer. This is money that the team will not recover. Please, donate and/or attend NHRA races! I cannot count how many “non-race car drivers” are still addicted to the NHRA, decades after I introduced them to the sport. (I had access to passes etc, so I fed it to them in small doses. Kinda like a drug dealer, I guess. Except they’re now taking their own children to the races….!) Anyway- thanks Bob! Great pass!
Poetic.
Talk about rotating the frickin’ Earth!!!
Scary and dangerous fast.
That was awesome and incredible
It sure was!
Congrats! Come the fruit of your labor!
Coffee not necessary this morning 🎉🎉🎉
Truth!
Does anyone know what the g forces are on a run like this?
Between 5 and 6G at peak.
What was the adjusted altitude?
Is that 1/4 mile or a 1000 feet. Please respond. Thank you.
1000 feet, but it was faster than any quarter-mile speed as well. There has never been a wheel-driven piston faster than 330mph on the quarter.
@@LivingNitro Thank you.
You rock Bob.
That’s fast enough to blow your pants 👖 right off!!
What was the et
341! ! ,,20 years ago I thought 300 was hard to reach,,amazing
It's still hard to reach, but slightly easier
Freaking WOW‼️♥️🏆🏁👍🏾
Nice One To all That Helped 4 This to HAPPEN .and don't 4 get That Driver BOB / Greeting's From UK
EPIC RUN
20-25 years ago, 300 mph was impossible in the true 1/4 mile. Yet here we are.
glad to see all the positivity about this run here on UA-cam. On other platforms, people are losing their minds fighting, crying that this wasn't the fastest run in history because its not an NHRA event 🤦♂ When it's about breaking through just the 340 barrier lol not time and speed or based on a 1000ft run.....
People here are real fans.
Good for you guys 👍