New Australian Top Fuel Record 4.61@315

[rodderz]

Mildura based Lamattina Bros. Racing with Darren Morgan at the helm of their top fueller did the fastest time out of Nth America and the fastest time ever in Australia with a pass of 4.61@315mph at the Willowbank Nationals in QLD. He backed it up with 3 successive 4.6 sec passes to confirm the record

Thats over 500km/hr in 400m from a standing start.....

Link to short vid of run

[The Monty]

Saw him race at the winternationals. He is fast and consistentely so. That is unheard of outside of north america. Good on them, they deserve it.

[302donk]

awsome run on friday night. the national record is 4.66 not a .61 because he didnt run within 1% of that 4.61 as he did a 4.66 and a 4.68 still 3 passes in the 4.6s is awsome . too bad its ranied out and every one is on there way home. every national event he go too it rains the old man is spitin chips about it as he ran a 7.27 on the last quilafier last night and the data we got he trought he could but a little more clutch in it and go a little quicker today but its not to be. good for me i dont lose any points to anyone this round :

[Craig]

Originally Posted by rodderz

Mildura based Lamattina Bros. Racing with Darren Morgan at the helm of their top fueller did the fastest time out of Nth America and the fastest time ever in Australia with a pass of 4.61@315mph at the Willowbank Nationals in QLD. He backed it up with 3 successive 4.6 sec passes to confirm the record

Thats over 500km/hr in 400m from a standing start.....

Link to short vid of run

Not being picky but he was the "Quickest" not the "Fastest". These mean a lot in Drag Racing. Quickest means the ET and Fastest is the MPH. Regards CC

[brodfloyd]

a question from someone who is clueless, but what times do they do in the states??? or are the classes/regulations not the same???

[boost4.0L]

I HEARD that in the states they can run more overdrive from the blowers and i think we are still running less overdrive from the blowers .i pretty sure this is correct can't be 100% sure tho. thats probaly why they are faster.

[Steffo]

Originally Posted by brodfloyd

a question from someone who is clueless, but what times do they do in the states??? or are the classes/regulations not the same???

The ET record in the USA is 4.441 sec and MPH is 333 or 334. Basically, most of our field wouldn't even qualify in US T/F, they're that much faster. But its a much bigger dollar, better funded larger sport up there then it is here.

[The Monty]

4.441 for the states. Fastest MPH is 336.15. Both held by the same guy, Tony Schumacher.

[The Monty]

Damn, I type to slow. The guys over there are also very consistene, and suffer a lot less engine and driveline failures. I guess this is because of the amount of money being spent over there.

[Craig]

Originally Posted by The Monty

4.441 for the states. Fastest MPH is 336.15. Both held by the same guy, Tony Schumacher.

The MPH record is 336.15 but Tony Schumacher actually ran 337.00 MPH earlier this year.

[SpoolMan]

Good work, Darren Morgan and his team.....Rod is up there this weekend has sent me some nice numbers there running up there..

[FTE19]

Originally Posted by boost4.0L

I HEARD that in the states they can run more overdrive from the blowers and i think we are still running less overdrive from the blowers .i pretty sure this is correct can't be 100% sure tho. thats probaly why they are faster.

Top Fuel is the same over there as here , But Doorslammer is diferent , they have more restrictions over there with blowers , over drives , rear end gears and clutches , so here should be faster in Doorslammers

[toby123]

Originally Posted by FTE19

Top Fuel is the same over there as here , But Doorslammer is diferent , they have more restrictions over there with blowers , over drives , rear end gears and clutches , so here should be faster in Doorslammers

And here is quicker in doorslammer, or pro mod as in the US.
But once again the US is more consistant....

Top fuel is more restricted in the states than here, they have less nitro and Less rpm to name a couple...

Also the T/F record is now 4.437 held by Schumacher still..

[Melz]

Well done to the Lamattina/Fuchs Team, fantastic effort. It was a shame they didn't have such a good run at East Coast but by the sounds of it they have made up for it!

[Gauntster]

Originally Posted by BA Company Car

The MPH record is 336.15 but Tony Schumacher actually ran 337.00 MPH earlier this year.

My little brother ran faster than that in his billy cart the other arvo....was down a hill though........alright alright, he had a tail wind aswell!! :

[4.9 EF Futura]

Originally Posted by BA Company Car

The MPH record is 336.15 but Tony Schumacher actually ran 337.00 MPH earlier this year.

They have to back it up with another run to get the record, yes?

TS set the ET and MPH records this season did he not??

[Craig]

Originally Posted by 4.9 EF Futura

They have to back it up with another run to get the record, yes?

TS set the ET and MPH records this season did he not??

Yep you need to back up your time within 1 percent to claim the record at the same event.

Tony ran the ET record at Chicago earlier this year and the MPH Record at either Kansas or Ohio can't quite remember.

[toby123]

he set the MPH record in may in Ohio
And the E.T. record last month in Illinois..

[302donk]

yeh tony set the et at route66 illinois. doug kalita has gone 4.40 but didnt back it up dam we have some makeing up in ET and Mph to do over here

[northey]

Our cars are every bit as good as their's but we don't have the same grip levels.
Their big meets run about 1200 cars; ours 400 approx. They run a lot more fast cars and collectively they lay a lot more rubber.
The few times Aust cars have run in top fuel the yanks sat up and took notice.
And no we don't have the same amount of money generally speaking.

Australia sits at a very high level in drag racing!

[Gauntster]

Originally Posted by northey

Our cars are every bit as good as their's but we don't have the same grip levels.
Their big meets run about 1200 cars; ours 400 approx. They run a lot more fast cars and collectively they lay a lot more rubber.
The few times Aust cars have run in top fuel the yanks sat up and took notice.
And no we don't have the same amount of money generally speaking.

Australia sits at a very high level in drag racing!

No, no problem with grip.....but he did start to get the death wobbles then increased to a tank slapper towards the very bottom of the hill!! :

[toby123]

Originally Posted by northey

Our cars are every bit as good as their's but we don't have the same grip levels.
Their big meets run about 1200 cars; ours 400 approx. They run a lot more fast cars and collectively they lay a lot more rubber.
The few times Aust cars have run in top fuel the yanks sat up and took notice.
And no we don't have the same amount of money generally speaking.

Australia sits at a very high level in drag racing!

Our tracks here are as good or better even than some of the NHRA tracks.. We have similar cars, but we don't have the knowledge and track time they do.

Alot of the top NHRA contenders will have more track time in a season than what most of the fuel car drivers here will have in there career...

[SilverMustang]

I just wish we had a track they could run on here in Melbourne

Sydneys to far to take the kids to watch the drags

[4Vman]

Are they running 90-95% nitro here like in the states? or are we still on 100%?
Also TF/FC in the states run a 32 car field for the finals from memory, all seem to be quick cars, in Aus were lucky to have 4 cars that are competitive.

[302donk]

16 car fields and i think its only 85% nitro they changed it will darren russule had his crash and died last year. and we can only wait and see how good our tracks are when dave gubnic and doug kalita and the whole kalita racing team comes out to race at wsid on boxing day! i am thinking if they can get the tune right we might see a 4.5

[Craig]

Originally Posted by 4Vman

Are they running 90-95% nitro here like in the states? or are we still on 100%?
Also TF/FC in the states run a 32 car field for the finals from memory, all seem to be quick cars, in Aus were lucky to have 4 cars that are competitive.

Most teams here run the 90% deal because that's where most tune-ups are based from, i think cowin might be running 85% though.

The fields in the US are 16 cars only. Yes we don't have as many cars as the US but you have to remember to population, costs, opportunities etc and the sport of Drag Racing in the US is a full time business. In Australia it is a hobby to most.

We have some real nice facilities here now (some of the tracks in the US are terrible Phoenix to name one) and our Nitro guys are as passionate as anyone in the world and well done to them all for having a go.........

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[4Vman]

Originally Posted by BA Company Car

Most teams here run the 90% deal because that's where most tune-ups are based from, i think cowin might be running 85% though.

The fields in the US are 16 cars only. Yes we don't have as many cars as the US but you have to remember to population, costs, opportunities etc and the sport of Drag Racing in the US is a full time business. In Australia it is a hobby to most.

We have some real nice facilities here now (some of the tracks in the US are terrible Phoenix to name one) and our Nitro guys are as passionate as anyone in the world and well done to them all for having a go.........

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Thats good to know, yeah i understand about the population V expense side of it, its bloody hard to fund a competitive TF car in Aus.
A mate goes over to the states at the end of every NASCAR season and fills a container with "obsolete" engines and parts for use in Sports sedans etc here, he says its absolutely amazing what the teams over there rate as obsolete and discard!

My dad took that movie that was posted on here from my website, photos from the whole website can be seen on Dragmania.com.au

[302donk]

hi carl nice of you to join us

[ratter]

I don't believe they can run on just 100% nitro, they need some methanol in the mix to help it ignite or control the burn