{"id":102460,"date":"2025-10-24T22:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T22:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/jimmy-taylor-recounts-record-setting-barrier-breaking-3-38-second-240-mph-eighth-mile-pro-mod-pass\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T22:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T22:44:11","slug":"jimmy-taylor-recounts-record-setting-barrier-breaking-3-38-second-240-mph-eighth-mile-pro-mod-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/jimmy-taylor-recounts-record-setting-barrier-breaking-3-38-second-240-mph-eighth-mile-pro-mod-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Taylor Recounts Record-Setting, Barrier-Breaking 3.38-Second, 240-MPH Eighth-Mile Pro Mod Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jimmy Taylor didn\u2019t just make a killer run \u2013 he made history. Earlier this week at Maryland International Raceway, the Tennessee-based Pro Mod standout rocketed to a staggering 3.387-second, 240.29-mph blast in his twin-turbo \u201969 Camaro, resetting both ends of the doorslammer world record and becoming the first driver to ever eclipse 240 miles per hour in the eighth-mile. It was the kind of pass that instantly reshapes what racers believe is possible \u2013 the moment when bold talk meets brave execution.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were going to be happy with a 3.39 with a nine,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cWhen the scoreboard lit up, we were ecstatic. We gained five numbers right there from our previous pass. That\u2019s hard to do at that kind of speed. But when we looked at the data, it still had a lot more left in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Behind the wheel, Taylor\u2019s record run was a fight from start to finish. The Camaro launched hard and carried the front wheels, drifting left toward the wall before snapping back right in a violent correction. \u201cThe car had the wheels carrying in the air and it was going left \u2013 I was going to lift, to be honest,\u201d he said. \u201cI had the wheel turned a little too much, and when it set down it jerked hard right. I was scared to let out because I didn\u2019t want to unload the car sideways. When it finally straightened up, I realized I didn\u2019t have to lift, so I just stayed in it. I knew it was on a lick.\u201d He crossed the finish line taking out a cone on the right with the parachutes \u2013 the final punctuation mark on a run that will live in infamy.<\/p>\n

For Taylor and his tuner Carl Stevens Jr., the record was more than a benchmark \u2013 it was proof of concept. \u201cIt was huge for us,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cThat\u2019s been the goal \u2013 break the records and go after the Winter Series championship. I\u2019m not saying we\u2019re going to win all three, but I feel like we\u2019re definitely a front-runner. The response has been wild. The internet\u2019s gone crazy \u2013 memes, comments, everything. It\u2019s been unreal.\u201d<\/p>\n

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That next goal comes soon enough. Taylor and team now turn their focus toward the Haltech World Cup Finals, where they\u2019ll attempt to make the first-ever four-second quarter-mile pass in a doorslammer \u2013 a milestone that would put them in a category all their own. \u201cWe want the quarter-mile record,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cWe were the first in the 3.30s, the first to 240 mph, and now we want to be the first to run four seconds in the quarter. Honestly, I think it\u2019s got a 3.29 in it if the chassis holds.\u201d<\/p>\n

The challenge isn\u2019t just about horsepower or nerve \u2013 it\u2019s also about the unknown. \u201cIt\u2019s nerve-wracking. Nobody\u2019s ever been there,\u201d Taylor admitted. \u201cI\u2019ve been on the phone with Frank Papp at Hoosier asking if the tires will take it. That\u2019s our biggest worry. We\u2019ve seen 280 mph on data. We just needed to get it into the 3.30s to make the math work for the quarter-mile.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The path to the record has been anything but easy. Taylor credits a small army of partners and problem-solvers who\u2019ve helped him chase speed at the edge of physics. \u201cThere\u2019s no way I could have done it without my sponsors,\u201d he said. \u201cRossler Transmission was at the track every pass, tearing it apart and checking gear sets. Marty at Neal Chance built us a bigger converter with more clutch capacity after we smoked the small one. It took all of us to make it happen \u2013 if any one of them was missing, none of this would\u2019ve happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even the night before the record, the team was troubleshooting. They had planned to stretch the car\u2019s legs in a quarter-mile attempt but called it off after Taylor insisted on new rubber. \u201cWe had 30-plus passes on those tires,\u201d he said. \u201cI told them if we\u2019re going to run it out the back, I want a new set. We put them on and it shook the tires at the hit \u2013 but we\u2019ll be ready for it next time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Now, with the eyes of the drag racing world squarely on him, Jimmy Taylor stands on the brink of another barrier-breaking run. His combination of determination, raw courage, and calculated aggression has already rewritten the record books \u2013 and he\u2019s not finished. \u201cWe\u2019re not done,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cWe\u2019ll be back at the World Cup, and we\u2019re going to swing for it again.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story was originally published on October 24, 2025. \"Drag<\/p>\n

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Jimmy Taylor didn\u2019t just make a killer run \u2013 he made history. Earlier this week at Maryland International Raceway, the Tennessee-based Pro Mod standout rocketed to a staggering 3.387-second, 240.29-mph blast in his twin-turbo \u201969 Camaro, resetting both ends of the doorslammer world record and becoming the first driver to ever eclipse 240 miles per […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}