2023 NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals | Top Fuel Eliminations | Brainerd, MN

The complete Top Fuel Dragster Sunday Eliminations of the 41st Annual 2023 NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minnesota.
NHRA fans flock to Brainerd International Raceway every year for the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals. This race delivers thrilling racing action and some of the best camping on the NHRA tour, as “The Zoo,” provides unique and memorable camaraderie for racegoers and racers alike. Pro Stock also returns to Brainerd in 2023!
Round 1 - 0:00
Round 2 - 7:17
Semi Finals - 10:42
Finals - 12:42
#NHRA #TopFuel #LucasOilNats
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-Camcorder: Panasonic HC-X1500 + RØDE VideoMicro Compact On-Camera Microphone
-Event: NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals
-When: August 20th, 2023
-Where: Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, Minnesota, USA
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[@RacersUnited]

Be sure to give the video a like if you enjoyed! It really helps us out and allows us to cover more races!

[@frank-xp6pj]

Nice video, are you the same guy as “ Agnes is my dog “ channel ? Because it looks just like your videos trackside over on that channel.

[@RacersUnited]

@@frank-xp6pj looks like he stole and uploaded my video. Thanks for the heads up, Frank!

[@frank-xp6pj]

@@RacersUnited of course, it happened to me a year ago & I had to report the guy who stole one of my Winternational videos….they made him take it down or either they took it down 👍

[@RacersUnited]

@@frank-xp6pj It's happened to me a few times as well, but this time it wasn't showing up in my Copyright Review section in studio, so I really appreciate you letting me know (I manually reported it). It's a shame that we can't upload content without people trying to rip off our work. Thanks again, man!

[@frank-xp6pj]

@@RacersUnited of course, you went out & bought a top of the line camcorder & you shoot 4k@60fps awesome video, then you pay to get to the races, buy tickets, food, hotel, then video for hours SO the least anybody can do that enjoys your videos is to let you know …..you put in all that work so you should get all the views for your efforts….Thanks for these videos brother & I will be watching them several times for the next week or three 👍👍👍

[@DylanBigBruh]

Re-watching these to get me through the off-season, but man, you have some amazing camera work. I didn't really appreciate it during the season, but seeing these events in 4k60 is so pretty, the audio is phenomenal, and the camera work is spectacular. I hope you cover the Gators man

[@RacersUnited]

I appreciate that, thank you! As of now the plan is to go to Saturday and Sunday of the gators, looking forward to it!

[@aspjake123]

People of this Earth. You owe it to yourself to experience Top Fuel once in your lifetime.

[@RacersUnited]

Agreed!

[@KreigsMarine2]

Man, I sure wish they were still running the full 1/4 mile

[@InvisSoul]

More people need to like this! Next to actually being there, you can't get much better up close viewing than this and in HD. Nice work!

[@djmccormick5391]

@Racers United The quality of your videos alone really are hands down. I mean the majority of your videos,it’s nothing for me to check out the content @ 2160p that’s fkn incredibly impressive man. Preciate ya doing what ya do bro

[@RacersUnited]

Thanks man, I appreciate it!

[@vincereynolds6092]

Another excellent video! Really enjoyed the combination of starting line and tower shots. Thanks for providing such great content. Always look forward to your videos. 😊

[@RacersUnited]

Glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate your comments!

[@jpotts1515gaming]

Your a legend. When they hit the water box and burnout it straight up looks like a TV broadcast. 👍👍👍👍

[@RacersUnited]

I appreciate it dude! I give it my best try!

[@davegavin7914]

If speed is your thing you have to visit a drag strip I’ve been going made many friends since the 70s it’s the greatest show of Real Power on Earth ! 🇬🇧👍🏻🙏🏻

[@gekreds]

just like being there,thanks

[@RacersUnited]

Absolutely!

[@graememetcalf6976]

HEY THANKS heaps for upload once again . Awesome footage and sounds

[@RacersUnited]

Glad you like them!

[@fastlife.bavaria]

Amazing videos, keep up 🫶

[@RacersUnited]

Thank you!! And absolutely!

[@rodneycaupp5962]

Best I have ever seen on video.... bad-ass dragsters with so much power. Everyone was in the game.

[@hammerlane3871]

'He didn't win that race, he got away with it' best line I've heard from him 😂

[@Matt-im9rg]

Fantastic footage, really appreciate you sharing, thank you.

[@TheMadMonk9]

This is fukkin great. Thanks for posting.

[@Bobby-fj8mk]

Wow - that's impressive. I would love to see it live. The last time I saw it live was in the 1980s. A car called the US Marines did 240mph in the 1/4 mile.

[@FloatingCroc]

These beasts almost defy physics……330+mph in such a short distance is absolutely ridiculous

[@RacersUnited]

For real!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Enjoyed!!! 🏁👍

[@RacersUnited]

Glad to hear it!

[@richardingraham-yy4sz]

Congratulation to Anton Brown enjoy that victory is so sweet to see you victory circle keep up the good work.

[@bugme9085]

Hey great video coverage of this race,😃thanks keep them coming ok😊

[@RacersUnited]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Qikk-kq9yo]

What's up Racers United you guys are awesome hope to see you in Bradenton Feb 2024!!!👊👍🔥🔥🔥💯

[@user-yo9iz6yi3y]

That Run, 3.65..., 338mph, Half a Mach.

[@johnlang4970]

great races

[@stephanieamy3721]

As always amazing coverage great edit thank you

[@RacersUnited]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@michaeldinsen7641]

I spent 12 weekends of my life at this venue. Nothing like this experience

[@chaplinj6512]

I miss going to BIR. Haven’t been there since 1997😢

[@hammerdragon4321]

I can tell you I've personally been at one of these nationals and to see it on TV does not do it justice you have to see them in person to feel the affects of those cars because they are super loud and shake the air around them along with the ground

[@RacersUnited]

Absolutely, it’s tough to describe!

[@greyhamlogan2255]

Good to see the start line procedures but be good to see them cross the finish line as well. Drivers names and maybe a drone shot 🤔 would be great 👍

[@butchcassidy3373]

Great racing really wanted to see Clay win another one but they made a good showing and the fastest man on the property going out in semis made for a great race

[@chrismurphy8383]

Yep, nice vid, great sound - and yet again, too many people allowed to mill around the start line

[@bradley-eblesisor]

What was that from Salinas?Sucks for my man Clay, but wow, what a shot that was!

[@RacersUnited]

Only the third fastest run in NHRA history!

[@FloatingCroc]

Ironically, SCAG is a nickname for heroine in Scotland

[@alvinwilliams9764]

I always liked 🔥 burn out because is so much Centrifucal force until when they let off then the wheel squeal... Like watching a japanese movie.... Sound before mouth movement

[@Sledge72au]

after the quick burn out, does anyone know how hot the tyre temps are?

[@lylesommers1249]

50,00000, billion degrees fahrenheit

[@scorpius6667]

Thank you very much for posting these NHRA races👍. I enjoy watching them but sometimes it is difficult to figure out who won the race! When you watch a race, you want to know who won! 🤷‍♂ Speed and time usually tells you who won but not always! 🦂🖖

[@RacersUnited]

Luckily you can tell by the lights above the timing board! If they’re lit, they won!

[@MikeSmith-tx2lp]

@@RacersUnitedThe ambers above the timing boards tell you who got over the line first but do they take account of a red light or a boundary line infringement?

[@RacersUnited]

@@MikeSmith-tx2lp yes!

[@neohuerta713]

I wanted Leah to win the Top Fuel final but congratulations to Antron

[@richardkudrna7503]

So what is peak power like now? 3500 HP? Have they arrived at the traction limit? I mean can tires put any more traction down or have we reached the maximum tangential force possible at 1 G?

[@RacersUnited]

A little bit off, these guys are pretty close to 12,000 HP

[@richardkudrna7503]

@@RacersUnited yikes!!! Long ago titanium block drag engines were at 2000 hp. I added a bunch to get to 3500. Things have changed!!! I will go read a bit on how the heck they did that!! I am gonna guess they are huge displacement machines (what maybe 1500 cu inches ?) and they got the revs up with better dynamics on the crank, better blowers to higher pressure and mass flow, still can’t see how they got to 12,000, that just blows me away.

[@RacersUnited]

You can read about them here: www.enginebuildermag.com/2023/03/top-fuel-and-funny-car-engines/

[@richardkudrna7503]

@@RacersUnited OMG. With the same 426 basic Hemi layout still less than 500 cubic inch, they have reached 11,000 hp. My interpretation is that the aluminum is kept cool and strong by gross rich fuelling. No water jacket so instead solid walls. By burning nitro methane the effective mass flow is increase ( the amount of energy in each cylinder charge is greatly increased because the nitro methane can burn so extremely rich). Everything is set up to hold together for the 3 or 5 second run, including thermal inertia. By that I mean the engine is rapidly heating and if you held it at such high power another few seconds would soften and fail. Absolute optimization of every aspect. The culmination of many decades of development. Very very impressive.

[@user-yo9iz6yi3y]

NHRA Drag Racing, Because A Straight Line Never Ends While Others go in Circles.

[@FloatingCroc]

This is nothing less than ridiculous. 300+mph in a blink. How the AF ?. I’m sure my grandson will look at these and laugh at how slow they ‘were’ back in the day but as of now, these brutes stun me how much power they have and how they can put it down to bust 300+ mph. Nutcases 😂

[@HighAway]

he been busy moving vantage spots during between rounds.

[@RacersUnited]

You got that right!

[@HighAway]

@@RacersUnited Thanks for what you doing. I enjoyed watchin em here. Realistic POV

[@clydeblair9622]

Salinas sure uncorked one.

[@georgegrund6383]

technology that dates back the fourties with modern technology goes a hundred miles and hour in less than a second I wonder what we could do with modern technology using modern technology in today's world of physics. The V8 dates back to the fourtys.

[@Bobby-fj8mk]

But only run for 4 seconds and they need rebuilding between races.

[@user-wc4yw7jq1p]

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[@Chris-mk5tp]

das kann man sich ja nicht mehr ansehen, alle paar sekunden werbung die keiner sehen will

[@TOMBSTONESTAN]

Wish we could see side camera angle. This just lookes like some bloke driving from the pub.

[@RacersUnited]

Luckily I have plenty of video on the channel of that!

[@iancraig6070]

No safety gear worn by all those near engines that can explode in a fireball?

[@curtisgilmore8307]

Are these people all for that nuke because this is the most ovbious case of sabotage Ive every seen

[@user-qw2vi3qv8s]

날라가야지죽지

[@user-qw2vi3qv8s]

연필

[@clydeblair9622]

Connie is hurting himself staying with Doug just because he's family.

[@curtisgilmore8307]

Thank god foreign imposters cant afford top fuel dragsters

[@roberta4989]

blah, blah, blah.. Get to the point! Too long intro.

[@RacersUnited]

There isn’t even an intro my guy