One day after completing the NHRA Route 66 Nationals, members of John Force Racing and Don Schumacher Racing tested various combinations as part of the NHRA’s ongoing data-gathering process regarding nitro engines.

John Force Racing tested the 75 gallons per minute [GPM] fuel pump as well as the smaller displacement engine while Don Schumacher Racing worked with a restrictor plate device.

“Depending on how you were looking at the test, it went okay,” confirmed Mike Neff, a co-crewchief for John Force. “It definitely ran better than the 60 gallon pump. We didn’t do a lot with it, just a couple of runs.”

One day after completing the NHRA Route 66 Nationals, members of John Force Racing and Don Schumacher Racing tested various combinations as part of the NHRA’s ongoing data-gathering process regarding nitro engines.

John Force Racing tested the 75 gallons per minute [GPM] fuel pump as well as the smaller displacement engine while Don Schumacher Racing worked with a restrictor plate device.

“Depending on how you were looking at the test, it went okay,” confirmed Mike Neff, a co-crewchief for John Force. “It definitely ran better than the 60 gallon pump. We didn’t do a lot with it, just a couple of runs.”

Neff confirmed there was some damage to the parts, there was nothing major.

John Force went a 4.24 and a 4.22 to the thousand foot mark.

Neff returned to the cockpit, piloting Hight’s Mustang to a pair of runs utilizing the smaller displacement engine which Tim Wilkerson has primarily tested.

“It smoked the tires and we really didn’t get a lot out of that one,” Neff confirmed.

Antron Brown drove the Matco Tools dragster equipped with a restrictor plate device. Brown ran a 3.89 second pass at 303 miles per hour. Reportedly the team plans to run a more restrictive plate during the next data gathering session.