Rick Jackson Racing
Team owner Rick Jackson has been involved in NHRA Drag Racing for several years. Jackson is the owner of Center Pointe Collision Centre, a successful automotive body repair facility located in Santa Clarita, Calif. His Top Alcohol Funny Car team is lead by crew chief Steve Boggs who has been the tuner of record for nearly every victory driver Tony Bartone has captured. In the past nine years of fielding the Rick Jackson Racing Top Alcohol Funny Car, Jackson’s team has:
- 2009 Winner of the NHRA Winternationals, Pomona, CA.
- 2008 Winner prestigious U.S. Nationals, Indianapolis
- Finished in Top Five in National Points Standings 2008
- Fielded Entries Finishing in top 10 past two seasons
- Winner 3 National Events in 2008
- Winner of spring inaugural event The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway 2
Driver History – Tony Bartone
Outside of his twenty-year drag racing career, Tony Bartone is the owner of one of the largest and most successful construction-based businesses in New York City. Bartone prides himself in establishing solid business and personal relationships which enhance his sterling reputation. In his 20+ year racing career Bartone has:
- Nitro Funny Car Winner 2008 NHRA Shucks Auto Supply Nationals Seattle
- 2008 NHRA Spring Nationals Semi Finalist
- In his NHRA Fuel Funny Car career, Bartone never finished out of the top 20 in final season point rankings.
- Third driver in NHRA history to win in both Alcohol and Fuel Funny Car categories.
- 37 consecutive round wins in Top Alcohol Funny Car
- National Champion Top Alcohol Funny Car 1996
- Winner 5 Southeast Division Top Alcohol Funny Car Championships
- Winner 3 National Alcohol Events / 3rd in National Point Standings 2003
- Fan Favorite Bartone has 29 national career victories in TAD and TAFC and Nitro Funny Car
- Represented the business interests of 7 different primary sponsors in three different NHRA classes.
- Bartone stepped down from being a professional NHRA driver in order to spend more time with his family.
Personal Info
Bartone, his wife Sia and their children live in Boca Raton, Fla.
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