Thursday Thirteen #2
Published Wed, May 2 2007 9:26 PM
Thirteen Things about Drag Racing
- A drag race is an acceleration contest between two (or sometimes, but rarely more) vehicles over a measured distance, usually an eight or a quarter mile (660 or 1320 feet respectively).
- Street racing, though frequently called drag racing in the news media is not drag racing.
- The National Hot Rod Association's rules and regulations make drag racing one of the safest forms of motorsports.
- Top Fuel dragsters can accelerate to over 330 miles per hour in less than four and a half seconds.
- For over 50 years the National Hot Rod Association has promoted drag racing as a way to keep racers off the streets, promoting public safety.
- If your car is street legal, and you have a drivers license, you can go drag racing and win!
- Drag racing is one of the few motorsports where you can go into the pits and interact with your favorite drivers at no extra charge.
- Children as young as 8 years old can participate in sanctioned drag racing events.
- A drag strip and a time slip are great tools for tuning your car for maximum horsepower.
- You don't have to race cars or dragsters, you can take motorcycles or even snowmobiles to the drag strip and race them.
- A drag racing event is a single elimination tournament. To win the event you have to win every round. Lose once and your day is done.
- Burnouts aren't just about making a lot of smoke (although the crowd loves that). They clean and warm up the tires making them extra sticky.
- Top Fuel dragsters put out an estimated 1,000 horsepower per cylinder. That's right, a single cylinder of those 550 cubic inch engines puts out as much horsepower as four or more typical street cars.
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beth responded with: Wow!
 | I didn't know hardly any of that about drag racing. I have a couple of friends who do street racing and THAT scares me! |
Perri Nelson responded with:
 | Street racing scares me too Beth. The streets just aren't controlled environments. There's never any way to tell what someone will do, such as come out from behind a parked car into the path of a racer, or what. When you're racing on the streets a pothole in the road can suddenly become a deadly obstacle.
Street racing is too dangerous for me, and I love drag racing. |
Jane responded with:
 | I am just NOT into drag racing. I just don't get it!! But that is why there is chocolate and vanilla.....something for everyone. Just be careful!
My T13 is up. |
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