The fastest gate almost to the wire effort I have seen live was Island Glow at HP. Can't remember the exact sectionals but they went 1:55 & a piece for the 2160m which was low flying back then on that track and got narrowly beaten by BPH and OSV. Island Glow absolutely blasted off the arm, left like a Bat out of Hell, and kept on rolling. Wicked high speed. Mouse trained/drove him that night. It was the Bohemia Crystal FFA.