341 MPH: Bob Tasca III Shatters Own Record At PRO Superstar Shootout

[@brandonrenwick9125]

i hope all them homes they built close to the track are enjoying the sound of 30,000 hp laying it down!

[@MrCarGuy]

I don't think they built them yet

[@brandonrenwick9125]

@@MrCarGuythey got houses 1/2 mi away and closing in

[@justbe4481]

I do believe that they have started building on the property next door .

[@SOLDOZER]

People will complain and the track get shut down like always.

[@tdog54]

I think you mean 20,000 to 22,000 hp.

[@peterresetz1960]

The last 330 feet, the driver and car found something. That was a incredible display of courage from a man's faith in his machine.

[@junk6563]

Check those lights! Big question!!!!

[@troelskiel1167]

Last 340 feet.

[@lukearnold23]

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

[@seogabonotjah6555]

yes by brittany, and it is broken becomes fastest record of drag racing

[@brianspangler3771]

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.

[@Badassaccord]

Unbelievable!

[@mrhatty0514]

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.

[@Alienated80]

They eventually would have at 1320. It's all about the technology and the tuning.

[@billhahne2879]

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.

[@atomicorang]

I can not comprehend 341. That's my very first tail number I was crew chief on in the Airforce back in 1980-83. That is pretty awesome congrats.

[@WyFoster]

Bradenton, the fastest drag strip in the world!

[@nicocrinkleburg]

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!

[@Badassaccord]

My home track, been going there since 1977.

[@tyson9419]

Looks pretty run down/beat up.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

​@@tyson9419looks small town, runs big time.

[@babyankles2646]

​@@tyson9419 more big $$ races go down at bmp than anywhere else

[@littlemuffin943]

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, 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!!!!!!!!

[@georgedennison3338]

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.

[@tyson9419]

Huh?

[@fz0gtg]

A whole lot of freedom going on at Cleater’s home track! Loved Rubby’s run with Millican’s top fueler!

[@TheSilverShadow17]

​@@tyson9419The fact that Bradenton is Cleetus' home track is what the OP means by good luck charm plus the sponsorship

[@hyd119]

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.

[@rickdaenell9110]

All I got is OMG !!!!!!!!!! Congratulations Tasca Racing

[@georgedennison3338]

Way to go Bob! And Vic, owner of BMP! Talk about puttin' your track on the map!

[@Badassaccord]

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.

[@georgedennison3338]

@@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.

[@philabowl8073]

HELL YEAH BROTHER!!!

[@brynedolor8015]

Awesome crew chief Todd Okuhara Hawaii is proud of you Todd 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@MrSuzuki1187]

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.

[@Tinas2Labs]

Nope, Nhra has mandated header layback Angle, That's just a good tune.

[@TurboJailer]

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.

[@hybridssuck]

NAILED IT!!

[@Ronaldl2350]

Absolutely, well said!

[@dakotaautosales9673]

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

[@codymoe4986]

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....

[@erpfanatic6586]

@@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.

[@puppetmasterblaster]

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.

[@peteloomis8456]

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.

[@N4CR]

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!

[@Vgbjj1977]

Bradenton track prep always on KILL GOOD GAME VICTOR

[@billhahne2879]

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.

[@BM-xj8kr]

Yup. Seems a little suspicious to most. You are correct

[@timhollamby8728]

People can say whatever they want about sanctioning...That's the fastest pass ever...Tasca did it... Incredible...

[@TankSlappr]

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.

[@TD2821]

I would love to see the G force graph as this clutch starts coming together on this run! BMP track prep on point!

[@johnl5525]

549.88 kmh. Unbelievable.

[@allan775]

Yeah my mind was blown when I converted it to kmh

[@MrMegacurie]

….in less than 4 sec within 305 meters

[@boumeyers1000]

They're doing 340mph in a 1000 ft...... imagine if they ran the full Quarter now🤤

[@peteloomis8456]

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.

[@fleetgt]

Force said he won't go back to 1320. He lost too many friends.

[@dickymiller7196]

Wow!! 341mph👍👍

[@ManFa_Q]

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

[@davidmarrier2737]

I remember when 300 was made . Astonishing , congratulations 👏

[@bobsilver3983]

early 90's

[@daledoback8380]

I remember witnessing 325mph at Pomona somewhere in the 90’s too . Truly amazing how they keep squeezing out a little more over time

[@richardlawton1023]

I used to see his grandfather in Rhode Island in the summer ....mostly Middletown driving Shelby GT 350... I THINK.

[@RogueCheddar]

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)

[@Cheezwizzz]

It looks surreal he’s going so fast!!! Insane!!

[@bigshoerick]

Holy mackerel! Completely unbelievable and so cool 😎

[@wkmac2]

Night time drag racing at this level was once common place, even at National Events. This is why you run at night. NHRA needed a wake up call and this event just gave em' one. Cap tip to everyone who made this happen.

[@MTNJOHN]

I love cars and racing, work on my own rigs. Had no idea they dragged this fast. Unreal to see

[@artlife6210]

Insane!! It might as well be a rocket car with those exhaust plumes!

[@balloonknot3028]

Awesome 👍

[@xX_Gravity_Xx]

I'm shocked. I was under the impression that the record wasn't going to be beaten by anything other than in Top Fuel. It is so much fun to see these records get set. 341 mph. That is just insane. It wasn't that long ago we were talking about speed i the 315's. And before that breaking 300mph. 341 is just incredible.

[@loudpedalraceteam3995]

Absolutely absurdly at a track that doesn’t hold too fuel events. Great job Victor on getting your track ready for the big boys!!

[@DJDouglasWarden]

Badass!!!!

[@GeorgeWeimer-l2h]

Holy Smokes! Way to go Tasca!

[@greatscottsartstudio8042]

Congratulations Bob , thats mustang is FAST!!! You are the man 💪

[@robertfish4052]

It seems they've rustled a few thousand head of horses! The numbers totally blew me away ! Top work you guys.

[@FrankLSD38]

It's the Cleetus lane....many records have been made on that lane

[@kden1271]

HELL YEAH BROTHER

[@TheSilverShadow17]

Bob Tasca did it for Dale for sure lol hell yeah brother

[@ronnash4078]

Wow that is Bad Ass Fast . That is Incredible 😮

[@drag.race.god7316]

That new mustang body looks great I can’t lie. Cant wait for racing season here!

[@hootowl2112]

This is like when Kenny Bernstein went 300 for the first time in Gainesville

[@codymoe4986]

As opposed to when the first driver went 310, 320, 330?

[@erpfanatic6586]

​@@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.

[@kevinim300]

Mind Blown

[@ctvxl]

What's really crazy is that it wasn't even a super clean run. He was slightly out of shape about half track, which means there is still a lot of room to improve. Mind blowing!

[@nicolausranker8521]

Man that car came on at half track! WOW.

[@JungleYT]

*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!*

[@plantfeeder6677]

The new Mustang body looks great. That Ford engine looks incredible

[@richardchambers3533]

Tasca had the car in "Kill mode"

[@acts2211]

Great run

[@sr71sr71]

That car freakin SAILED

[@RichardCHudson]

Incredible

[@bobsilver3983]

Let's Go Bradenton

[@markfullerton7174]

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'

[@rickyrickyrule6451]

Awesome sauce ❤

[@mixwizzard8681]

1000 ft rips for the win. bradenton is heating up. cant wait for tomorrows action. swap air

[@frosthoe]

This is awesome! . Now watch the Nhra make the 1/4 mile 900ft now in response to the speed.

[@eastcoastrifraf9101]

That's a whole other level of fast

[@stevel1458]

It's a darned shame it wasn't an NHRA sanctioned event. First Tasca III tied Robert Hight's "official" record, and without laid-back headers to boot, then he goes even faster the next evening. So, officially the 340 mph barrier has yet to be broken. Unofficially, Tasca III shattered it.

[@odiewan67]

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

[@feelincrispy7053]

I think they are pretty close to having to slow them down again. That speed in that distance is unfathomable

[@justinferebee6206]

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.

[@codymoe4986]

C'mon man, this is literally 2 mph faster than the records set at their own events/tracks...

[@justinferebee6206]

@@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.

[@joserdiazalmodovar1898]

Uffff insane Sickkkk ¡ Wow Man ¡ Awesome

[@anthonyestevez118]

Let's here it for the track prep folks!!

[@acts2211]

I didn't know funny cars were still racing a full quarter mile truly phenomenal.

[@Sam-656]

1000 ft. not 1320

[@frankmorton1626]

Cleetus Melton Hauser lll is happy as hell

[@junk6563]

Are those lights correct? They should be verified!

[@michaelcave2962]

NHRA please allow the sport to grow, Don't mess it up with rule changes to slow the cars down.

[@codyharp5900]

Almost 8 months later and NHRA has never even mentioned this

[@JohnDoe-zz3hj]

thats a controlled explosion

[@TiggerBill]

What motor does Tasca Ford use ?

[@Elbandi26]

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

[@randywells6120]

So what year do we think we see the first 400 mph run

[@RandomRaceGuy337]

most likely never

[@michellecarter4219]

Wish it was on regular cable tv

[@louislepage5111]

And at 1000 ft , amazing 😊

[@debbielowery119]

That's bad ass,FORD

[@kevinholder3816]

With a dodge based hemi engine 😂👍🤪

[@chrisd078]

Sticker?

[@gurneyforpresident2836]

@@kevinholder3816 Wrong. And it has nothing to do with Mopar either. 'BOSS 500' Powered by FORD!

[@gurneyforpresident2836]

@@kevinholder3816 You don't know anything but what you think you know. Also Ford had Hemi engines of their own in the 1960's and 70's. The 427 FE Cammer, and the BOSS 429 semi semi.

[@gurneyforpresident2836]

@@chrisd078 Not just a sticker.

[@TheoneGodfather]

Going to have to build longer tracks or shorten to 660 eventually. Amazing run.

[@Manny32V]

damn. what would the 1320 speed be. 360?

[@robertvalente8217]

I would think at least that

[@tinzalix8624]

Not sure if it would go any faster, it's tuned to the 1000

[@ManFa_Q]

​@@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"

[@jonnie2bad]

@@tinzalix8624 so tune it for 1320

[@curtiswallace5730]

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.

[@stratonut]

I made a 343.00 mph pass right before I woke up last night, this is nothing.

[@311superfly]

Florida rules

[@MrBikedrummer]

How long is the track? Used to be a 1/4 mile. Someone said that the dragstrip was shorted. Anyone know the truth?

[@BrandonHenderson-n8f]

YYYYYEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

[@Mac-td7lt]

Not an NHRA event! That track and the event is awesome. Hey, big brother (NHRA) we don't need you. U need us.

[@dakotaautosales9673]

You are so wrong

[@codymoe4986]

Congrats on achieving nothing but slightly upping a speed record, I guess?

[@jonnie2bad]

@@codymoe4986 why are you so mad lol

[@joefell7845]

​@@codymoe4986🤡

[@02WIFE]

My Camaro went 10.80 @ 125 mph. I can't imagine 341 mph

[@jensonhartmann3630]

No drama, nothing was upset, the car looked effortless. It wanted to go faster, give it a little more gearing and she'll run to the moon!

[@richardmountz3865]

I love that the Nitro Fish team was a part of this...YO...

[@garyfeltman4482]

WOW!🎉

[@CSGATI]

Going to need a longer track soon.

[@TomyRegimbal-d1j]

Wow but clay wil do 342 3,66,ave a nic weekend tomy Québec

[@K-Effect]

I would be happy to go 141 mph

[@shakergt81]

What can he do. He can become the fastest man ever down the drag strip with a piston engine.

[@_SHAR999]

*Молодой*

[@snarsada827]

Awesomeness🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@precbsfender]

341 mph...Hauling the mail.. BIG TIME..

[@daveyt4802]

Woo Hoo! 3.79 is the time record I think.

[@zerkfiter]

FORD

[@Trapper50cal]

Man, that's cookin' with gas...I can't believe that physics allow for that type of hook-up.

[@hankramos8663]

Wow 341 at 1,320 would be impressive as hell but at 1,000 ??? ...near miraculous