Personal Bests: 2017 NHRA Joliet & Western Swing

Steve Klemetti provides new drivers and personal best elapsed times and speeds from NHRA Joliet and the Western Swing races in 2017. ETs and speeds are sorted by the amount of improvement within the class.

New Drivers

Class Driver Best ET Speed Year Track
PRO Steve Graham 6.623 208.94 2017 SEATTLE
PRO Steve Graham 6.644 210.14 2017 SONOMA
PSB Ryan Oehler 6.978 192.33 2017 JOLIET
TAD Mike Edstrom 5.304 263.92 2017 TOPEKALO
TFK Greg Carrillo 4.344 281.01 2017 DENVER

New Personal Best Elapsed Times

CLASS Driver Previous Best ET Improvement New Best ET Year Track
AAFK Robert Hight 2017 Epping 3.822 -0.015 3.807 2017 SONOMA
PRO Tom Huggins 2017 Vegas 1 6.829 -0.120 6.709 2017 SONOMA
PSB Andie Rawlings 2017 Atlanta 7.870 -0.259 7.611 2017 JOLIET
PSB Charles Sullivan 2012 Sonoma 7.285 -0.145 7.140 2017 SONOMA
PSB Angie McBride 2014 Sonoma 6.846 -0.047 6.799 2017 SONOMA
PSB Scotty Pollacheck 2017 4Wide 6.817 -0.026 6.791 2017 SONOMA
PSB Hector Arana Jr 2014 Englishtown 6.772 -0.023 6.749 2017 SONOMA
PSB Matt Smith 2014 Englishtown 6.793 -0.022 6.771 2017 SONOMA
PSB Lance Bonham 2016 Sonoma 7.133 -0.021 7.112 2017 JOLIET
PSB Melissa Surber 2016 Gainesvi 6.853 -0.012 6.841 2017 SONOMA
PSB LE Tonglet 2016 Sonoma 6.780 -0.009 6.771 2017 SONOMA
PSB Karen Stoffer 2015 Dallas 6.814 -0.003 6.811 2017 SONOMA
TAD Todd Swinford 2015 Woodburn 6.066 -0.753 5.313 2017 SEATTLE
TAD Dean Dubbin 2016 Noble OK LODRS 5.420 -0.083 5.337 2017 JOLIET
TAD Shawn Cowie 2017 Topeka 5.214 -0.049 5.165 2017 WOODBURN
TAD Kim Parker 2016 Seattle 5.266 -0.038 5.228 2017 SEATTLE
TAD Dan Page 2017 Gainesville 5.260 -0.027 5.233 2017 NED
TAFC Chip Beverett 2016 Vegas 2 5.622 -0.138 5.484 2017 WOODBURN
TAFC Phil Esz 2017 Norwalk 5.745 -0.068 5.677 2017 JOLIET
TAFC Tyler Scott 2016 Gainesville 5.639 -0.055 5.584 2017 JOLIET
TAFC Randy Parker 2002 Mission BC LODRS 5.797 -0.031 5.766 2017 WOODBURN
TAFC Chris Marshall 2016 Seattle 5.520 -0.029 5.491 2017 SEATTLE
TAFC Brian Hough 2017 Topeka 5.487 -0.024 5.463 2017 SEATTLE
TAFC Kirk Williams 2017 Houston 5.605 -0.019 5.586 2017 JOLIET
TAFC Steve Gasparrelli 2016 Indy 5.510 -0.017 5.493 2017 WOODBURN
TFK Blake Alexander 2017 Englishtown 3.992 -0.110 3.882 2017 JOLIET
TFK Mike Salinas 2017 Norwalk 3.792 -0.013 3.779 2017 SONOMA

New Personal Best Speeds

CLASS Driver Previous Best Speed Improvement New Best Speed Year Track
AAFK John Force 2017 Winter 335.15 2.01 337.16 2017 SONOMA
AAFK Robert Hight 2017 Topeka 338.09 1.78 339.87 2017 SONOMA
AAFK Tommy Johnson Jr 2017 Topeka 331.61 0.41 332.02 2017 SONOMA
AAFK Jonnie Lindberg 2017 Houston 326.16 0.24 326.40 2017 JOLIET
PRO Tom Huggins 2017 Vegas 1 202.67 4.32 206.99 2017 SONOMA
PSB Andie Rawlings 2017 Atlanta 160.79 10.61 171.40 2017 JOLIET
PSB Charles Sullivan 2012 Sonoma 179.59 7.77 187.36 2017 SONOMA
PSB Matt Smith 2014 4Wide 198.32 1.56 199.88 2017 SONOMA
PSB LE Tonglet 2016 Englishtown 197.91 0.85 198.76 2017 SONOMA
PSB Andrew Hines 2014 Englishtown 199.23 0.32 199.55 2017 SONOMA
PSB Lance Bonham 2016 Gainesville 187.21 0.23 187.44 2017 JOLIET
PSB Melissa Surber 2016 Gainesvi 194.86 0.08 194.94 2017 SONOMA
TAD Todd Swinford 2015 Woodburn 181.45 85.24 266.69 2017 SEATTLE
TAD Bob Sargent 2017 Norwalk LODRS 240.85 11.29 252.14 2017 JOLIET
TAD Kim Parker 2016 Seattle 268.76 5.71 274.47 2017 WOODBURN
TAD Dean Dubbin 2016 Brainerd 260.06 5.53 265.59 2017 JOLIET
TAD Shawn Cowie 2017 Topeka 277.54 3.00 280.54 2017 WOODBURN
TAD Joey Severance 2017 Houston 277.37 1.52 278.89 2017 WOODBURN
TAFC Tyler Scott 2014 Reading 254.66 6.25 260.91 2017 JOLIET
TAFC Chris Marshall 2017 Arizona 261.22 4.58 265.80 2017 SEATTLE
TAFC Chip Beverett 2016 Pomona 2 261.83 2.48 264.31 2017 WOODBURN
TAFC Aryan Rochon 2017 4Wide 257.48 2.48 259.96 2017 NED
TAFC Steve Gasparrelli 2017 Winter 265.69 2.32 268.01 2017 WOODBURN
TAFC Greg Hunter 2017 Arizona 270.81 1.66 272.47 2017 WOODBURN
TAFC Jirka Kaplan 2016 Seattle 261.83 1.63 263.46 2017 WOODBURN
TAFC Kirk Williams 2017 Houston 260.16 1.51 261.67 2017 JOLIET
TAFC Brian Hough 2017 Topeka 266.95 1.43 268.38 2017 SEATTLE
TAFC Terry Ruckman 2016 Pomona 2 267.53 1.34 268.87 2017 SEATTLE
TAFC Matt Gill 2017 Maple Grove 263.05 0.21 263.26 2017 NED
TAFC Jay Payne 2017 Houston 268.76 0.05 268.81 2017 WOODBURN
TFK Blake Alexander 2017 Englishtown 289.32 14.11 303.43 2017 JOLIET
TFK Mike Salinas 2017 Bristol 320.05 4.62 324.67 2017 SONOMA
TFK TJ Zizzo 2014 Vegas 2 322.88 1.87 324.75 2017 JOLIET
TFK Clay Millican 2016 Vegas 2 328.38 0.16 328.54 2017 SONOMA