FIRST OFFICIAL DRAG RADIAL 3.40 GOES TO PHARRIS

by Ian Tocher    Fri, 2021-04-02 14:56

 



Just nine passes into a return to racing after taking a couple of years off to focus on family and career, Daniel Pharris proved he's still the man to beat with a record-setting 3.498-seconds pass at 212.73 mph, marking the first-ever official run in the 3.40s on drag radial tires.

It placed Pharris and his Procharger-boosted '69 Camaro on top of a list of 13 Radials vs. the World qualifiers for promoter Donald Long's Sweet 16 event at South Georgia Motorsports Park. Halfway through a planned eight rounds of qualifying, Jason Lee was second at 3.53, Bryan Markiewicz held third with a 3.54, Steve Jackson fourth with the first non-Procharger qualifier at 3.60 in his screw-blown Camaro, and Marcus Birt leading the nitrous brigade with his C7 Corvette in fifth.

"You know it's good to come back with the same team I had before, I call them the dream team, Steve Petty, Tim Davis, Josh Watson, the whole Proline team. I mean, it's like one big family with these guys," Pharris said.

Making his return that much more impressive, Pharris revealed he'd never previously driven a supercharged car before arriving a SGMP for Sweet 16 Ver. 4.0.

"So this is kinda' harsh for me in many ways. The acceleration of these cars up front for the first 300 feet is way different than a turbo car," he explained. "They make a lot more power and it's a different kind of power, a different feel in the seat of the pants. But I like it."

Pharris also said he'd actually made a previous 3.49 pass in testing Monday at the all-concrete facility, but it felt even better to make it official.

"And we're gonna' try to go faster, too," he added. "Frankie Taylor set the world door car record several years ago at I think a .48 with a six or something, so I think we're going to try and beat that.

"Basically we've got three boxes to check: world record, number-one qualifier and win the race. So we've got one checked off and now it's on to the next day."

 

 

 

 
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