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Drag Racing. By: Kody T. Jr. Dragsters. Run 1/8 th 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
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Drag Racing By: 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&zoneid=70 http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=jr+dragster&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=jr+dragster&sc=8-11&sp=-1&sk http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=funny+car&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=funny+car&sc=8-9&sp=-1&sk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Modified