National Hot Rod Association

• Tony Bartone
• Phil Burkart Jr.
• Dave Connolly
• Larry Dixon
• Gary Gardella
• Jason Hunt
• Bryan Jimenez
• Tommy Johnson Jr.
• Kurt Johnson
• Marty Ladwig
• Ron Krisher
• Erica Nocita
• Cruz Pedregon
• Tony Pedregon
• Tim Wilkerson
• Del Worsham

• Series: Funny Car
• Car: Lucas Oil Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo
• Crew Chief: Jim Dunn
• Birth Date: June 9, 1956
• Hobbies: Gun collecting, golfing, big game hunting
• Home Town: Manhasset, New York

Fast Facts:

• Career Wins: 0
• Career Final Rounds: 1
• Career-Best Elapsed Time: 4.792 seconds
• Career-Best Speed: 325.77 mph

CAREER

• Five-time winner of the Top Alcohol Funny Car Southeast Division championship (1992-94. 1996, 1999)
• Won the Top Alcohol Funny Car national championship in 1996.
• Made first Pro Funny car start at the Winternationals in Pomona in 2001.
• Won three national events in Top Alcohol Dragster in 2003 and finished third nationally and second in the Southeast Division standings.
• Has posted 25 career victories as an NHRA Sportsman competitor.

A former Top Alcohol Funny Car national champion (1996) and five-time Southeast Division TAFC champion (1992-94, 1996, 1999), Tony Bartone made his professional debut at the 2001 NHRA Winternationals. In 2003, the New York native climbed back into an alcohol car, won three national events in a TAD and finished third in the national points standings. Although Bartone has never won a race as a nitro Funny Car driver, he has captured a combined 25 career victories in both TAD and TAFC. Bartone has been the driver of the Jim Dunn Racing Chevy Monte Carlo since the 2003 NHRA Finals at Pomona, and last season, he reached his first nitro Funny Car final round at the SummitRacing.com Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Bartone also posted career bests in elapsed time and speed at the September meet in Chicago.

TRACK STATS

• 2005 Season

  • Runner-up at Las Vegas.
  • Ran career-best e.t. and speed at Chicago 2.

• 2004 Season

  • Earned first career national-event victory in Brainerd — the first of three season victories.
  • Made a career-high eight final-round appearances.
  • Recorded career-best performance numbers.
  • Earned first No. 1 qualifying award (Memphis).
  • One of only two drivers to beat champion Greg Anderson in a final-round match-up.

• 2003 Season

  • Qualified for 11 of 13 events in which he competed.
  • Established career-best numbers for elapsed time and speed.

• 2002 Season

  • Earned NHRA Division 3 Super Gas championship.