How big a deal was it when Jonnie Lindberg destroyed alcohol funny car performance marks that had stood for four years? His triumph was played on the national news in Sweden and covered in the country’s largest papers. The video was clicked like crazy by people all over the world and the dude pretty much cemented himself in for any “run of the year” talk unless someone does something legitimately insane in any other category. Here’s the thing that makes this performance record different than virtually any other in drag racing. Alcohol funny cars are run on virtually the same rules all over the world so this record extends long past the shores of the USA and crosses over to the FIA competitors on Europe and down to Australia as well. If anything, Lindberg’s dizzying weekend has shined the light on something that many people have missed about this class and that is the fact that it is global and unified on a scale few others (if any) actually are.

This is a cool video made by Les Mayhew for CompetitionPlus TV that captures Jonnie in the trailer after the run was made and while he was on his way to cleaning house at the race in Charlotte. His crew wrenched hard, he drove like he never had before, and the car (which is an ex-Manzo piece) performed to the level they expected it to. These conditions won’t come around again any time soon and the type of perfection found in the Lindberg pit area may not again either. Some weekends everyone has the magic and this was one of those weekends for Jonnie Lindberg. It was NO fluke. They have been players in this arms race for years. They put all the pieces together to get the job done and this interview goes into just that.

PRESS PLAY BELOW TO SEE AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE WEEKEND THAT ROCKED ALKY FUNNY CAR TO ITS FOUNDATION WITH JONNIE LINDBERG –