“Nitro” Jim Campbell – From Bucket List to NHRA Funny Car Driver. His first brush with drag racing came on the safety squad at local...
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"NITRO JIM"
- CAREER BEST ELAPSED TIME (E.T.) 3.920
- CAREER BEST SPEED 324.43 MILES PER HOUR (MPH)
- 2022 6th YEAR DRIVING FOR JIM DUNN / JIM DUNN RACING
- 2021 5th YEAR DRIVING FOR JIM DUNN / JIM DUNN RACING
- 2020 FINISHED 12TH FOR THE SEASON
- 2020 4th YEAR DRIVING FOR JIM DUNN / JIM DUNN RACING
- 2019 QUALIFIED 19 OUT OF 24 NHRA NATIONAL EVENTS
- 2018 TOP 1/2 OF FIELD RICHMOND AND BRAINERD RACES
- 2017 COMPETED IN 1ST FULL TIME SEASON
- 2017 QUALIFIED 23 OUT OF 24 NHRA NATIONAL EVENTS
- 2017 RACED TO 2 NHRA NATIONAL SEMIFINALS
- 2017 RECORDED CAREER-BEST SPEED IN FUNNY CAR
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MEET JIM
NHRA’s open-pits policy allows fans to get an up-close-and personal view of how teams rebuild engines. Drivers are often found in their pit areas, signing autographs and chatting with fans, who have the rare opportunity to get behind the wheel themselves in a variety of racing simulators in the Nitro Alley Fan Zone. Those are just a few reasons NHRA fans continue to be some of the most loyal in any sport. Jim was a fan of the sport long before becoming a driver. He looks forward to interacting with all of the fans that attend and drop by the pit area to meet.
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About Funny Cars
Similar to their Top Fuel counterparts but with a shorter wheelbase and a carbon-fiber body that loosely resembles a production-based automobile, Funny Cars can run in the 3.8-second range and are capable of speeds in excess of 330 mph. Funny Cars are powered by the same supercharged and fuel-injected 500-inch engines as Top Fuel dragsters. Funny Cars are also similar to Top Fuel dragsters in that they do not use a transmission but rather transmit power to the huge Goodyear rear slicks through a multistage clutch assembly that is activated by timers.
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