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NHRA programs rewarded perfect performances at both ends of racetrack

It may be hard to be perfect, but don’t tell that to NHRA’s Sportsman racers, who flirt with perfection with regularity at both ends of the racetrack, and were rewarded by NHRA throughout the season for their accomplishments.
26 Nov 2024
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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It may be hard to be perfect, but don’t tell that to NHRA’s Sportsman racers, who flirt with perfection with regularity at both ends of the racetrack.

NHRA has two programs in place to reward perfection on the racetrack, the Trip Zip club for drivers who cut perfect .000 reaction times in national event eliminations and the Right Trailers Right on the Number program that rewards drivers who run right on their predicted dial-ins or indexes at NHRA national events.

Over the course of the season, NHRA handed out 143 of the special Trip Zip challenge coins to 130 drivers, 11 of whom did it on multiple occasions.

Joey Shipp

  • Super Gas standout Joey Shipp was perfect at the Christmas Tree an amazing three times at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, Gerber Collision and Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals, and Texas NHRA FallNationals.
  • Super Comp racer Chris DiPascale did it twice at the same event, the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals in Reading, where he was perfect in both the semifinals and final round to collect the event win, as did Ray Miller III in rounds two and four at the Gatornationals.
  • Super Street racer Mark McCall also had back-to-back perfect lights in the third and fourth rounds at the Texas NHRA FallNationals.
  • Super Comp racer Nathan Prose had perfect lights at both the Chicago event and the JEGS NHRA SPORTSnationals, as did fellow 8.90 racer Sherman Adcock Jr. at the spring Charlotte event at the Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals.
  • Dual-class threat Chris Sullivan was perfect on the Tree in Super Comp at the Gerber Collision and Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals and again later in the year, at the NHRA Midwest Nationals, where he did it in Top Dragster.
  • Larry Scarth pulled off a similar feat, being perfect on the starting line in round one of Super Stock at the Ford Performance NHRA Nationals and in round two of Super Gas at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.

Dan Fletcher

  • Dan Fletcher, one of the sport’s all-time greats, cut perfect lights in Stock in his G/SA Camaro in the first rounds at both the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte and the Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals.
  • Stock pilot Larry McLanahan also had two perfect lights in his FS/SA Mustang at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals and the NHRA Arizona Nationals. Clifton Hanson also was perfect twice during the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals in his A/SA ’69 Camaro.
  • Super Comp ace Jerron Settles was also perfect in the opening rounds at the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas and the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.

Perfection at the other end of the racetrack, either by running right on the class index or selected dial-in, was recognized by the Right Trailers Right on the Number program, which celebrated its third year in 2024.

Right on the Number

Unlike the Trip Zip Club, the payday in the Right on the Number program comes only when the program decal is riding on the car, which happened on 70 of 105 perfect runs.

Austin Williams in Super Gas and Larry Hodge in Super Stock were the only ones to collect the bonus money twice, with Williams doing it at the U.S. Nationals and Midwest Nationals and Hodge nailing his number at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals and the U.S. Nationals.

Right on the dial/index performances occurred at 18 of the 20 national events with the most coming, as one could expect, at the biggest race of the season, the Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals, where 13 drivers ran right on their number.

TRIP ZIP WINNERSRIGHT ON THE NUMBER

Allan Kremkau

Anthony Bertozzi

Amanda Boicesco

Austin Williams

Andy Spiegel

Bill Dennis

Anthony Bertozzi

Bill Jackson

Anthony Manning

Blake Hickman

Ashley Childress

Brina Splingaire

Billy Torrence

Daniel Inman

Bob Prose

Devin Isenhower

Bodie Carlson

Gary Wamboldt

Brad Pierce

Jack Sepanek

Brett Darroch

James Williamson

Brina Splingaire

Jason DeForrest

Chad Taylor

Jason Rosenbaum

Charlie Stewart

Jeff Brooks

Chris Sullivan

Jeff Kundratic

Chris DePascale

Jessica Eastburn

Chris Roe

Jimmy Ronzello

Chris Sullivan

Jody Lang

Chuck Krepela

Joe Hartline

Clifton Hanson

Joe Lisa

Cody Stevenson

Joe Santangelo

Craig Gaultiere

John Dalrymple

Dallas Glenn

John Gray

Dalton Deffenbaugh

Josh Decker

Damon Bustamante

Kathy Woeber

Dan Fletcher

Ken Mostowich

Darin Dolezal

Larry Demers

Dave Copstick

Larry Hodge

Dave Morris

Logan Belanger

Dave Pazak

Lyle Schreiner

David Morris

Matt Woodard

David Scutt

Michael Dalrymple

Dean Hall

Michael Handras

Dean Mowerey

Michael Holcombe

Derek Purvis

Mike Wiblishouser

Don Higgins

Nick Isenhower

Don Saathoff

Paul Richardson

Doug Fazzole

Phil Unruh

Duke Bodnar

Ralph Porpora

Ed DeStaute

Randy Beck

Ed Longhany

Ray Miller III

Freddy Perkins

Rick Milinazzo

Gary Warner

Rodger Sauder

Gavin Lehew

Scott Wright

Gerald Bucklin

Steve Foley

Herbie Null

Terry Hembree

Jacob Delune

Tony Collier

James Glenn

Tony Hewes

Jared Dreher

Travis Theobald

Jared Jordan

Vern Rowland

Jason DeForrest

William Morgan

Jason Lee

 

Jed Dahar

 

Jeff Dona

 

Jeff Eastburn

 

Jeff Lane

 

Jeff McMillan

 

Jerron Settles

 

Jimmy DeFrank

 

Joey Shipp

 

John Gosh

 

John Gray

 

John Lovins

 

John Sikish

 

Joshua Eastburn

 

Julie Biermann

 

Justin Lamb

 

Justin Mason

 

Keith Johnson

 

Keith Mayers

 

Kendra Larson

 

Kevin Wright

 

Kyle Pawuk

 

Larry Hodge

 

Larry McLanahan

 

Larry Scarth

 

Leo Zynda III

 

Madison Payne

 

Mark Grame

 

Mark McCall

 

Matthew Cheney

 

Matthew Treadway

 

Michael Cheney

 

Michael Dalrymple

 

Michael Howard

 

Mike Lucas

 

Mike Morehead

 

Monty Bogan

 

Morgan Taylor

 

Nathan Prose

 

Pat Martin

 

Paul Lorenti

 

Paul Nero

 

Pete D'Agnolo

 

Phil Smida

 

Philip Mollichella

 

Ray Miller III

 

Ricky Hall

 

Rich Dorr

 

Rick Mattioli

 

Robert Houston

 

Robert Tehle

 

Robert Youngblood

 

Rodger Chaney

 

Ron Pomerleau

 

Ronald Feist

 

Ronnie Proctor

 

Ryan Locke

 

Ryan Priddy

 

Ryan Smith

 

Scott Dean

 

Shelby Williams

 

Sherman Adcock

 

Sterling Simmons

 

Steve Desantis

 

Steve Hoyt

 

Steve Parsons

 

Steve Szupka

 

Steve Williams

 

Steven Wann

 

Thomas Smith

 

Todd Barton

 

Todd Erwin

 

Tony Scott

 

Val Torres Sr.

 

Vance Houston

 

Wade Archer

 

Wayne Landrey

 

Yeshua Wilcox

 

Zach Sackman