Drag RacingBy: Kody T.

Jr. Dragsters Run 1/8th mile Fatest cars can run 7.9 seconds 5 horsepower 1 cylinder

Sportsman Have to have a drivers license Cant run faster than 12.5

Pro Can’t run faster than a 10.0 Role bar if running 11.5 or faster Race jacket if running 11.5 or faster

Super Pro Must have neck brace 5 point harness Full cage around driver Restraints on firewall

Pro Stock 500 cubic inches all motor No power adders

Funny Car 500 cubic inches around 8,000 horsepower 3.98 second quarter mile

Top Fuel mix of approximately 90%

nitromethane and 10% methanol 100 MPH in as little as 0.7 seconds can exceed 280 MPH average force of about 4.0 G between 8500 and 10,000 Complete engine 496 lbs

Pro Mods high 5 second quarter mile Can reach 228 MPH Average weight is 2,750 lbs Have to shift 3 times under 6 seconds

Random facts Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars consume between 16

and 20 gallons per mile Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars produce approximately

7,000 horsepower, about 37 times as the average car Funny Car is slowed by a reverse force more than seven

times that of gravity when both parachutes deploy simultaneously

Jr. dragsters run 5 horsepower motors Jr. dragsters run one cylinder motors When parachutes hit it is a force of 7Gs

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Citations http://www.dennymenholt.com/MiscPage_2 http://www.nhra.net/streetlegal/funfacts.html http://jrdragster.nhra.com/apcm/templates/about.asp?articleid=1004&zonei

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