Bartone Bros. Racing and driver Sean Bellemeur swept the Texas NHRA Fall Nationals Stampede of Speed at the Texas Motorplex this weekend.<\/p>\n
. NHRA Lucas Oil Top Alcohol Funny Car National Champions \u2013 Friday<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0JEGS Allstars Winners \u2013 Saturday<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0WALLY National Win \u2013 Sunday<\/p>\n
\u00a0HAT TRICK<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SWEEP!<\/p>\n
On Friday, driver Sean Bellemeur accepted his fourth NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Top Alcohol Funny Car National Championship Wally on the strength of the team\u2019s six national event wins backed up by three regional victories so far this season.<\/p>\n
On Saturday the Killer B\u2019s backed-up their JEGS Allstars win from last year by beating Chris Foster with a time of 5.47 and 268 MPH.<\/p>\n
Still focused on the national prize on Sunday, Bellemeur kept his poise and put Chris Foster on the trailer in the semis with a run of 5.49 and 267 MPH. In the final, he lined-up against Chris Hough who go out on the Pirate Ship, but the Tony Bartone-owned and Steve Boggs-tuned machine drove around him to run a 5.49 and 266 MPH to take the Wally. Bartone Bros. Racing won everything there was to win in Top Alcohol Funny Car in the Lone Star State this weekend. The win was Bellemeur\u2019s 42nd\u00a0national win.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the competition the way it was here I didn\u2019t fully expect to sweep the weekend,\u201d Bellemeur said. \u201cIt is nearly impossible to accomplish what we did here in Texas. What Steve and the guys did was amazing!<\/p>\n
\u201cThis team has been champions before. They know what it takes and just to focus on the next run. Just look at the next run is what we kept saying. If all of us are on A-game, we\u2019re tough to beat.<\/p>\n
\u201cOther than Q1, we made eight runs in a row that were low ET or second. We never went slower than 5.49. Absolutely phenomenal. Heat of day, Steve had no fear. He just kept telling me to keep driving it. I did, he did, we did, and we won it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dallas is a special place for Bellemeur.<\/p>\n
\u201cDallas draws the best crowds and the best teams,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe Top Alcohol Funny Car field was nuts; you go 5.59 and don\u2019t qualify. We knew we had to bring it. Steve Boggs and the Killer B\u2019s just brought it today. Steve Boggs is almost 81 years old and everyone on the planet is scared of him, including me. He said this baby is hot, it may blow up, but don\u2019t baby it and we drove it to the win. What a weekend for Bartone Bros. Racing!<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Tony Bartone led team with Steve Boggs, Troy Green, Nick Stoms, Justin Taylor, Garret Bateman, Seth Shebester, Matt Krebs, and Lauren McMaster are the best in the business and make this Pirate Ship go.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bartone Bros. Racing 2024 Top Alcohol Funny Car Wins:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0WON<\/strong>\u00a0NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (national)<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0WON<\/strong>\u00a0NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX DRAGWAY (national)<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0WON\u00a0<\/strong>18th Annual University Hospitals Cavalcade of Stars presented by Budweiser at Summit Motorsports Park, set TAFC track record with a pass of 5.393 and 269 MPH (regional)<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0WON<\/strong>\u00a018th Annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park (national)<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0WON<\/strong>\u00a0JEGS SPEEDWeek NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at National Trail Raceway (regional)<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0WON<\/strong>\u00a0Cornwell Tools Night Under Fire at Summit Motorsports Park (regional)<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0WON\u00a0<\/strong>70th TOYOTA NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park (national)<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0WON\u00a0<\/strong>NHRA Carolina Nationals run at zMAX DRAGWAY (national)<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0CROWNED\u00a0<\/strong>NHRA North Central Region Top Alcohol Funny Car Champions<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0CROWNED\u00a0<\/strong>NHRA Lucas Oil Top Alcohol Funny Car National Champion<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0WON\u00a0<\/strong>JEGS Allstars at Texas Motorplex<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0WON\u00a0<\/strong>Texas NHRA Fall Nationals Stampede of Speed at the Texas Motorplex (national)<\/p>\n The team will celebrate and prepare to travel to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Ford Performance NHRA Nationals to run Oct. 31-Nov. 3.<\/p>\n The team would like to thank team sponsors Red Line Synthetic Oil, Roger Dean Chevrolet, Talon Air, LLC, NGK Spark Plugs, and Mastercam along with product sponsors Simpson Performance Products and Taylor Motorsports Products.<\/p>\n This story was originally published on October 14, 2024. <\/p>\n The post Sean Bellemeur, Bartone Bros. Racing Sweep Top Alcohol Funny Car at Dallas<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bartone Bros. Racing and driver Sean Bellemeur swept the Texas NHRA Fall Nationals Stampede of Speed at the Texas Motorplex this weekend. . NHRA Lucas Oil Top Alcohol Funny Car National Champions \u2013 Friday \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0JEGS Allstars Winners \u2013 Saturday \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0WALLY National Win \u2013 Sunday \u00a0HAT TRICK \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SWEEP! On Friday, driver Sean Bellemeur accepted his fourth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96459","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"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}