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EVENT “ONLY’S”

ONLY TOP GAS DRIVER TO WIN TOP ELIMINATOR:

Lefty Mudersbach (1961)

ONLY TIME A FUNNY CAR SET OVERALL TOP SPEED:

^*Rick Johnson (1985)

JUDGMENT CALLS

MOST IMPRESSIVE WINS

1.	"The Surfers" - Mike Sorokin	1966
2.	Warren-Coburn-Miller - James Warren	1975
3.	Don Garlits	1971

BIGGEST UPSETS

1.	Danell Bros. - Danny Danell	1983
2.	TR-3/Marc Danekas - Lucille Lee	1982
3.	(3-way tie)
	National Speed-Smyser-Hibler runner-up	1970
	Les Green’s "Vaporizer"-Dave Babler runner-up	1971
	Dwight Salisbury	1973

POUND-FOR-POUND GREATEST PASSES

1.	Chris Karamesines	7.99	1^st non - popcorn "7" at a big race	1963
2.	‘The Surfers’ - Mike Sorokin	7.34		1966
3.	(tie)
	Mooneyham-Faust-Ferguson-Jackson	7.10	1^st smokeless low e.t. at a big race	1967
	Don Garlits’	5.37	Broke Gary Beck’s 5.39 best set in 1983	1986

BEST BAKERSFIELD EVENT:

1966

WORST BAKERSFIELD EVENT:

1967
First Bakersfield race where the East Coast /
Midwest racers failed to show.

1988
The last one is close, a paradise for independent, low budget teams producing comparatively low ball performances.

THE WINNERS

1959 — Art Chrisman
1960 — Ted Cyr
1961 — Lefty Mudersbach
1962 — Don Prudhomme

1963 — Art Malone
1964 — Connie Kalitta

1965 — Don Garlits
1966 — Mike Sorokin

1967 — Mike Snively
1968 — Ron Rivero
1969 — Jim Dunn
1970 — Tony Nancy
1971 — Don Garlits
1972 — Tom McEwen
1973 — Dwight Salisbury
1974 — Carl Olson
1975 — James Warren
1976 — James Warren
1977 — James Warren
1978 — Dennis Baca
1979 — Don Garlits
1980 — Connie Kalitta
1981 — Shirley Muldowney
1982 — Lucille Lee
1983 — Danny Danell
1984 — Gary Beck
1985 — Gary Beck
1986 — Don Garlits
1987 — Don Garlits
1988 — "Butch" Blair

*Johnson drove Roland Leong’s "Hawaiian" FC to a 254.23, which eclipsed Shannon Stuart’s 251.39-mph Top Fuel speed.

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