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Jeb Allen (M) from
Santa Rosa, California
USA
(Comp Nr/Finish:
776 ) |
1977 - Category: TOPFUEL, Type: TN, Class: AA/FD, Div: 7 |
| "Preying Mantis" Owned by Jeb Allen
from
Santa Rosa, California
USA
| Crew Chief: Jeb Allen |
| '76 Dragster by
Ron Attebury |
Powered by Supercharged Nitro 480 Chrysler Hemi with
2 speed manual transmission |
| 1/4 Mile ET: |
5.855 at Englishtown NJ 7/10/77 |
1/4 Mile MPH: |
239.00 at IHRA Bristol TN 6/26/77 |
| 1000 FT ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1000 FT MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
| 1/8 Mile ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1/8 Mile MPH: |
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Entry's 1977 Performance Ratings (0 to 100) based on comparison to average ET/MPH:
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1/4 Mile Rating: ET 77.43,
MPH 61.95 |
Entry is 0.95670 times average ET and 1.02242 times average MPH |
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1000 FT Rating: ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
| 1/8 Mile Rating:
ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
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| 1977 Records: |
1/4 Mile: 5.637 ET, 255.68 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
| 1977 Average: |
1/4 Mile: 6.120 ET, 233.76 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
| 1977 Minimum: |
1/4 Mile: 6.620 ET, 216.10 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
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Notes: Hometown confirmed by Jeb on Summernationals TV coverage. Ran 5.89 at Union Grove. | Allen started the '77 season by running 6.02/238.72 at the PRO Winternationals at Beeline on 1/14/77, and then by winning the AHRA Winternationals at Tucson. He qualified #2 with a 6.29. Jeb improved to a 6.20/228.42 in the first round, over Bill Selley and in round two, a 6.25 beat Jerry Ruth's 6.31. He went up against Ruth again in the semifinal when Clive Skilton broke after winning his second-round race and was unable to run the semifinal. Ruth got back in on the "break rule." The two ran again with the same outcome; this time Jeb won with a 6.34 over Ruth's 6.38. In the final, Allen faced the Rodeck powered car of Rance McDaniel. Rance ran a 6.49/213, but Jeb took the win with a 6.36/213.27. He made the field at Pomona for the NHRA Winternationals, qualifying #8, but he lost to Bruce Walker in the first round. His next strong showing came at Tulsa on May 1 for the AHRA Springnationals. Jeb qualified #1 for the eight-car show with a 6.43/222.22. He beat Dale Wilch and Frank Bradley to meet with Tom Dumbell in the final. Jeb got his second AHRA victory of the young season and set Low ET of the meet with a 6.33. Another AHRA win came at St. Louis for the Gateway Nationals in June. Allen's 6.54/218.98 qualified #3 in the field, but he improved to 6.45/215.32 in the first round, over Wilch, and in the semifinals he set Low ET and Top Speed with a 6.29/231.37 to beat Dumbell's 6.51/185. He had heavy competition in the final as he faced Gary Beck. Beck ran a strong 6.42/230, but it wasn't enough to stop Jeb's winning 6.34/229.01. A week later (June 12) he was at Columbus for the NHRA Springnationals. His 6.12/231.32 qualified #12 and in round one, a 6.20/229.59 lost to Pat Dakin's identical 6.20 at 227. Jeb then went to Bristol for the IHRA Springnationals where he went on to win his first IHRA title. It took two weeks to run as rain postponed the race from June 19 until June 26. But for Jeb, it was worth the wait. He qualified #2 with a 6.05 just behind Paul Longenecker's 6.02. These two would work their way through the sixteen-car field to meet in the final. Allen was consistent, running 6.01/237 in the first round, to beat Paul Romine's quicker, but later 6.00/233. He set a 5.96 track record at 229.59 in round two to beat Mike Palmer and in the semifinals, his 6.03/216.86 took care of John Speelman. Going against Longenecker for the title, Allen ran 6.00/239.00 to beat Paul's 6.09/239. He was runner-up to Don Garlits at Martin, Michigan's Memorial Weekend race. He always ran well at the NHRA Summernationals at Englishtown and '77 was no different. A 5.85/229.00 qualified #2 behind Shirley Muldowney's 5.77. Once again the two Low ET qualifiers would meet in the final. Jeb had an easy 6.39 win in the first round, when Jeg Coughlin lost fire on the line. In round two, a 5.99/223 beat Ron Attebury's off-pace 6.46. In the semifinals, he beat Lee Weller driving the Jim and Allison Lee car with a 6.04/209. Unfortunately, Allen's car broke in the final, and Shirley soloed for the win with a 6.02/234. He went to Milan Dragway on July 24 for the IHRA Northern Nationals. A 6.13 qualified #5 in the eight-car field, setting up a first-round meeting with low qualifier Garlits. Jeb had a supercharger explode on the line and Garlits advanced with a solo pass of 6.05/232. His next stop was at Dragway 42 at West Salem, Ohio, for the AHRA Grandnationals. Allen qualified #4 in the eight-car field with a 6.28/208.81. He beat Lou Novotny in round one, with a 6.29/221.13, but in the semifinals, he fouled against Bradley and shut off. He followed the NHRA tour to Canada for the Grandnationals, where his 6.18 qualified #5. The event was an eight-car show; that meant that he ran low qualifier, Muldowney, in round one. Shirley had been the only 5-second qualifier at the race and her 6.04 in their race put Jeb on the trailer. He had another first-round loss at the PHR Championships at Martin, Michigan. He qualified #4 with a 5.98/232.55 in the sixteen-car field. In the first round, he faced a poorly qualified (#12) Beck. But in their first-round race, Gary improved to a 5.97 to beat Jeb's 6.00. Allen was in a position to win the AHRA Top Fuel Points Championship, and he went to Spokane on August 21 to try to win it. Only seven cars showed for the eight-car field so qualifying was not a problem. In the first round, Jeb ran 6.26/222.76 to beat Jerry Ruth's 6.34/198.22. In the semifinals, opponent Maynard Garritty lost fire and Allen advanced to the final with an easy 7.00/129.31 run. He faced Beck in the final and Beck had been running well. He had set Low ET at 6.05 in his semifinal win. The two had a good race with Gary's 6.24/227.00 getting the victory over Jeb's 6.32/198.22, but Allen still had enough points to be awarded AHRA's Top Fuel Crown. The next event run was the NHRA US Nationals. It was still a 32-car show and Jeb qualified #9 with a 6.00. He beat Larry Bucher in round one, with a 6.10/213. Another 6.10 at 211 beat Garlits' 6.25/238 in round two, but in the third round, he broke, advancing Richard Tharp's 6.16/239 into the semifinals. The year was beginning to wind down, but he still had time to win the PRO National Challenge race at Union Grove on September 11. It was a sixteen-car show and Allen beat Skilton, Chris Karamesines (with a 6.03/225), and Ron Correnti, who shut off with a 5.96/223. He faced Bradley in the final, and he ran his best of eliminations, a 5.89/234, to beat Frank's runner-up 6.14/201. At the NHRA Fallnationals, a 6.00 qualified #11, and he fell off to 6.23 in a first-round loss to Graham Light's 6.11. He had a disappointing end to his season when he went to Ontario for the NHRA World Finals. His best of 6.03 failed to qualify for the race. |
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Submitted by Draglist Archives, Last updated on Saturday, May 31, 2025, 10:52:20 PM by
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Rankings updated: 06/02/25 01:07:15 pm EDT
