The 2015 NHRA season was a crazy one in funny car. Jimmy Prock, Chris Cunningham, and John Medlin combined their brains and some calculated risks to set the world of nitro racing on its ear repeatedly throughout the season. Their regular season was amazing and unfortunately for them, by the time the NHRA Countdown to One began, many of their contemporaries had figured out the program and were landing body blows against them that they seemed impervious to earlier in the year. Ultimately they would runner up in 2015 but the boys are coming out firing in testing and this run proves it.
Jack Beckman and the Infinite Hero Charger went for an amazing ride the other day and while we have no idea what the numbers would have been had the car not tried to enter low Earth orbit but it did and Beckman caught it quickly, landing with a soft enough thud to leave him with steering control and the car intact. The team did decide to shelve that chassis until it could be fully inspected and will continue testing and move into Pomona with the machine that we’re guessing was going to be their backup car.
When you think about what’s happening here it really does blow your mind. When this thing started to pick up the front end it was likely going a couple HUNDRED miles per hour. Yes, once air got under the body it acted like a parachute and that accelerated/enhanced what happened here but to yank the wheels because you are accelerating so hard at that speed is mental.
Lesser guys may have wrecked this thing. Beckman knows what he’s doing and his skills were on full display here.
Check out the description and press play below to see the video and the ride!
Must watch! Jack Beckman does a nice job keeping his Funny Car in line after he goes #WheelsUp on this test run at #NitroSpringTraining. And, stay tuned we will be live on Facebook for more track coverage today from Phoenix. #NHRAonFOX
Posted by NHRA on Saturday, February 6, 2016
A little slower on the clutch next time……