[1] Warren's first Top Fuel event[2] was at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, California, at the NHRA Winternats in February 1964.
In a field including "Big Daddy") Don Garlits and Chris "The Greek" Karamesines, Warren was eliminated in round one by "TV Tommy" Ivo.
[5] Later that year, he faced Prudhomme and McEwen (the Hot Wheels-sponsored team) at the Hot Rod Magazine Championship Drag Races, held at Riverside Raceway, "one of the most significant drag racing events"[6] of that era; the Top Fuel Eliminator (TFE) trophy that year went to Warren.
[8] In September, at the AHRA World Championship, held at Lions Drag Strip in Wilmington, California, Warren lost a Round One matchup to Harry Payne.
[10] At an AHRA match race in August, with no less than 58 entrants (including Garlits, McEwen, Karamesines, and Frank Pedregon), Warren made the field and survived to reach the semi-final, before being eliminated by eventual winner John Edmunds.
[13] In March at a PDA invitational at OCIR in Irvine, California, also attended by Garlits, "Sneaky Pete" Robinson, Snively, Prudhomme, McEwen, Kalitta, and Larry Dixon, Warren went out in Round One.
[17] Warren started the 1969 season at the AHRA Winter Nationals at Beeline by qualifying #15 in a 32-car field, which included Leroy "The Israeli Rocket" Goldstein, Karamesines, Robinson, Carbone, Cliff Zink, "King" Ruth, Hoover, and Prudhomme, among others.
[19] The next year at Pomona, Warren made a 32-car field, which included Kelly Brown, Jim Dunn, and Tony Nancy, qualifying #11; he was eliminated in Round Two by Larry Dixon, who went on to take the event win.
[24] At the first Grand Premiere, an NHRA Division 7 Top Fuel event at Lions in January 1972, the 8-car field included Prudhomme, Olson, Nancy.
[25] Warren went to the 1972 Winternationals, along with Olson, Cochran, Prudhomme, Garlits, Nancy, Dixon, and Ongais, among others; he qualified #17, eliminating low e.t.
Qualifying #2, Warren eliminated Jack Martin and Chris Karamesines on his way to a final round showdown with Garlits; Swamp Rat XIX won again.
[33] At an AHRA event at OCIR in April, also attended by Salisbury and Dixon, Warren went to a final round with Garlits, but lost (again to Swamp Rat XIX).
[38] Later that month, at the NHRA Fallnationals, held at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Washington, Warren qualified #3, but proved unable to capitalize on it.
[52] January 1977's PRO Top Fuel Winter Nationals, at Beeline, was especially successful, featuring appearances by Ruth, Muldowney, and LaHaie, among others.
[56] At State Capitol Raceway (Port Allen, Louisiana) in June, Warren joined a Cajun Nationals field including Muldowney and Beck, qualifying #4; the event was won by Richard Tharp.