Drag racing fans who had visions of a mono-strut dragster reigning supreme in Top Fuel might want to chalk those thoughts up to fantasy. At least that’s how it looks for now.

Rob Flynn, crew chief for Rod Fuller, the driver who tested the mono-strut, said that project has been put on hold until further wind testing and certain safety aspects can be improved on.

“We need some wind tunnel testing to secure up some areas that we’re a little uncomfortable with,” Flynn said.

Rod Fuller drove the monostrut car in preseason testing last season in Phoenix with mixed results. The car was shelved once the season started.

Drag racing fans who had visions of a mono-strut dragster reigning supreme in Top Fuel might want to chalk those thoughts up to fantasy. At least that’s how it looks for now.

Rob Flynn, crew chief for Rod Fuller, the driver who tested the mono-strut, said that project has been put on hold until further wind testing and certain safety aspects can be improved on.

“We need some wind tunnel testing to secure up some areas that we’re a little uncomfortable with,” Flynn said.

Fuller drove the mono-strut car in pre-season testing last year in Phoenix with mixed results. The car was shelved once the season started.

“We just had to concentrate on racing the car last year,” Flynn said. “This combination actually needs more wind-tunnel testing than actual track testing to be honest. Some other people that have done wind tunnel testing, they kind of confirmed some of the stuff that we saw on the actual car that we didn't really like.”

In other words, Flynn admits we might not see it for a long time.
 
“I don't plan on running it at all,” Flynn said. “I don't see where there is any advantage to it at this point unless someone tested it more to prove that it's really a better part.  I don't think that we're going to be the guys doing that.”