Former NHRA Top Alcohol champion turned nitro racer Tony Bartone stands on the verge of making history during the latest chapter of his drag racing career. He's already the 2014 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Champion and with a win at this weekend's California Hot Rod Reunion at Auto Club Famoso Raceway he will put an exclamation mark on an undefeated season.

No Nostalgia Top Fuel driver has ever been this dominant since the series began in 2009.

Former NHRA Top Alcohol champion turned nitro racer Tony Bartone stands on the verge of making history during the latest chapter of his drag racing career. He's already the 2014 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Champion and with a win at this weekend's California Hot Rod Reunion at Auto Club Famoso Raceway he will put an exclamation mark on an undefeated season.

No Nostalgia Top Fuel driver has ever been this dominant since the series began in 2009.

“We have had a dream season obviously, we haven’t lost a round of competition in over a year now, and only missed one race,” Bartone said. “We would love to win the final event of the season and sweep it. Whether or not we can do that is yet to be seen but we would love for that to happen.”   

Bartone has won each of the four NHRA Heritage Racing Series Nostalgia Top Fuel events this season, Bakersfield [March Meet], California; Boise, Idaho; Bowling Green, Kentucky; and Epping, New Hampshire. He also has set low E.T. and top speed each event weekend.

This weekend Bartone expects to meet the cream of the crop for this style of drag racing.

“It is going to be little bit different than what we had in Epping,” he said. “There are a lot of good cars out there, a lot of good cars. It won’t be an easy race but one more time is our goal. If we can do that is yet to be seen. But we would love to do that.”

The perfect season could be the result of the tireless work ethic he believes put them in this position.

“This is our fifth season running this car with a couple of years of poking around before that, and probably have had seven years invested in the program,” Bartone said. “You always go into a series thinking one day you would like to win a championship and I think what we were able to get in the last year is due to experience and making the car run consistent, and that was the key.”

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