Jeff Beckman

Team: Don Schumacher Racing
Team Website: www.shoeracing.com
Series: NHRA
Series Website: www.nhra.com
Division: Funny Car

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Car Specs:

• 2007 McKinney Chassis
• 125” wheelbase (20' feet from front bumper to parachutes behind rear bumper)
• 2007 Dodge Charger body designed by DSR and Dodge Engineers and molded of carbon kevlar
• American Racing wheels
• Goodyear tires (replaced every 2 runs)
• Alan Johnson fuel system
• J.T. Stewart pneumatic clutch system
• Strange Engineering 12” aluminum rear end assembly
• Strange Engineering carbon-fiber brake system
• ARP fasteners
• Impact safety equipment and parachutes
• Rolling weight – 2,425 pounds

Engine Specs:

• 500-cubic-inch TFX aluminum hemi (8000 horsepower)
• Nitro-methane racing fuel (14 gallons per run)
• Billet steel crankshaft (replaced every 8 runs)
• PSI 14-71 supercharger
• Gates Belts & Hose
• Mr Gasket Gaskets
• Alan Johnson aluminum hemi heads & manifold
• Venolia forged aluminum pistons
• MSD dual ignition systems
• BME aluminum connecting rods

Performance:

• Best quarter-mile elapsed time - 4.662 seconds (NHRA national record – • Pomona, Calif. -- 11/12/06)
• Best finish line speed – 333.66 MPH (NHRA national record – Pomona, Calif. -- 11/11/06)
• 0 to 100 MPH in .8 seconds (the first 60 feet of the run)
• 0 to 200 MPH in 2.2 seconds (the first 330 feet of the run)
• 5+ g-forces at the starting line
• 6 negative g-forces upon deployment of twin ‘chutes at 300 MPH