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Kentucky's Jon Wright made the world's fastest quarter-mile pass in an outboard-driven boat during Saturday's qualifying. His bright red "Tinker Toy" went 156.26 mph in qualifying to crush the previous 149.75 mph record, but parts breakage on raceday prevented Wright from backing it up within one percent for the official record.
The six-cylinder, 131 c.i. Mercury outboard faded to 150.64 mph in a bye run on Sunday after springing a leak in its nitrous system just before the finish. The 7.521 elimination effort actually was quicker than the record speed pass, though, so Wright was sure the boat was capable of carding the official mark.