Top Fuel Dragster power is awesome.
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Top Fuel Dragster power is awesome.
Saw that video when it dropped. So many things come to mind with the lyrics, Blaire White being in it and the siren used being from The Purge movies. His songs Fake Woke, Straight White Male and Dear Slim are really good as well. Even if you're not a fan of rap music, you should give his stuff a listen.
If anyone hasn't been out to Bandimere, this is Bandimere.Quote:
Originally Posted by flogger
I used to go with my gas station friends, and run a bored Kawasaki 900 looking for 9s.
It's kind of magical, to see a car that you know the owner has put his every heart and effort in.... loud as heck, his every dream, on the track.
I still have my first place trophy, on my Honda CB360T, doing like 79 mph at the gate. LOL
I really hate the whole "analogy" to the corvette doing 200mph. I hear this shit parrotted frequently.Quote:
Originally Posted by flogger
It's a lot closer than most would initially think, but the Dragster does NOT win.
Current Top Fuel Dragster record is 3.659 seconds to the 1000' mark. NHRA
Anything traveling 200mph is covering 293.333 feet per second.
293.333fph * 3.659s = 1073.305'
Now, does that negate what Flogger said about Top Fuel power? Nope. It's still awesome.
It's also crazy standing in one of the pits watching the tear down and rebuild between runs.
I went to Bandimere about 20 years ago for my first top fuel experience, an excavator friend (and drag bike freak) kept talking about it. He said you could get right down to the fence and watch the top fuelers take off.Quote:
Originally Posted by flogger
He also mentioned to wear boxer shorts at the fence so you can spread your legs a little "....and your balls just rattle!"
I never tried that but its an experience you will never forget and the pits are well worth the time/price.
Nothing much to see, just an aircraft carrier getting tested on ability to withstand explosive shocks so big they registered as a 3.9 magnitude earthquake! (Last time these tests were run was in '87).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C91puqsAkV4
Pretty damn impressive!
I wonder how many sea creatures cashed in their chips during those trials.....free fishies!