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- hudsonguy September 2009
55th. U.S.Nationals
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Wow, it had been a few years since I last attended, 5 to be exact. That was the 50th.year celebration. The thrill of top fuel from about 150 feet is unbelievable-just awesome:cool:!!. Then followed by funny car and prostock. We had a great time. I was a little discussed with the bracket cars or I guess they were bracket cars. Some launch with a wheel stand and then go to half throttle or engine miss-fire to create a perfect E-T. They don't go full throttle until about the 150-200 ft.mark. It was boring:confused:- it seems that it takes a whole lot of the guess work out of your run??-They should call it Dial-A-Dragcars:rolleyes:. The only thing the driver needs to do is cut a perfect light, leave the pedal down until your thru the timing lights. For entertainment purposes,this type of racing was boring to me. High-tech can be Great,but sometimes??. I do understand the purpose is to win and all,but human error and racing is what is so exciting to me.:eek:
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Clutch Guy,
Just the spec's of today's top fuel car is enough to get one excited.
8000 HP (or more)
0-100 MPH in .7 seconds
Total engine life between rebuilds about 2 minutes
Air/Fuel ratio just a couple molecules shy of complete 'hydro-lock'
Complete consumption of the spark plugs before the end of the run
yikes....I've gotta get back to the local track one of these days!