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- What is an altered race car?
- What was the first Funny Car?
- How fast do modified race cars go?
- Which is faster dragster or Funny Car?
- What does AA FA mean in drag racing?
- Why is it called drag racing?
- What fuel do Funny Cars use?
- What is the fastest Funny Car record?
- How much HP does a Whelen Modified have?
- How fast does a 410 sprint car go?
- What is the fastest 1/4 mile time ever recorded?
- How many G's does a Top Fuel dragster pull?
- How big are Top Fuel dragster engines?
What is an altered race car?
By definition, altereds were essentially stock gas, alcohol, or fuel-class cars with parts removed or changed, making them ineligible for the previous class, such as Keith Ferrell's Dogcatcher, a 1936 Willys delivery; built as a gasser, Ferrell deliberately left something off to run it in B/Altered.
What was the first Funny Car?
The first funny cars were Super Stock 1964 Dodge 330 Max Wedges, named the "Dodge Chargers", prepared, at the behest of Don Beebe, by Dragmaster's Jim Nelson and Dode Martin.
How fast do modified race cars go?
These cars are considered to be the most sophisticated cars in dirt racing. They hit speeds well over 100 mph (160 km/h) and slide around the dirt corners. They are raced on dirt tracks throughout the country anywhere from 1/5 to one mile.
Which is faster dragster or Funny Car?
Top Fuel dragsters generally have the same horsepower as Funny cars, but are faster because they are lighter with narrow bodies. Funny cars and Top Fuel dragsters are straight-line quarter-mile racers.
What does AA FA mean in drag racing?
Awful Awful (source) Drag racing slang for a AA/FA ("Double A" Fuel Altered) race car. Blower. Supercharger or turbocharger modifications, sometimes grouped as power adders with nitrous; generates more horsepower by increasing engine atmospheric pressure.
Why is it called drag racing?
Originally, the term drag referred to a horse drawn sled that was used to flatten roads . It was later applied to any vehicles that were dragged behind horses or men. And from there it jumped to the road itself, as the principal road in town became the “main drag.” So drag racing meant street racing.
What fuel do Funny Cars use?
Obviously, it gives back more horsepower in return. The Funny Car burns a mixture of 90 percent nitromethane and 10 percent alcohol—and it gulps down some 20 gallons of that mix in a single run. Nitromethane has a number of key properties that make it the ideal drag-racing fuel.
What is the fastest Funny Car record?
Beckman's 334.07-mile-per-hour run set a new speed mark for Funny Cars and the 3.873-second elapsed time was enough to earn the provisional pole. Funny Car championship leader Robert Hight tied Beckman's record-breaking speed, but enters Saturday in the No.
How much HP does a Whelen Modified have?
A NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour car is 11-inches shorter, 23-inches wider and almost 700 pounds lighter than a Cup car. A modified car is powered by a small block V8 engine generating 600+ horsepower.
How fast does a 410 sprint car go?
With a top speed of just over 150 mph or just under 250 kmh, the car that pops wheelies seems so much fun to do that drivers sometimes forget what they are truly driving.
What is the fastest 1/4 mile time ever recorded?
Fastest 1/4 mile ever 3.58 secs @ 386 mph (621.61 km/h)Santa Pod dragstrip is the venue in which the current world drag racing record, a time of 3.58 seconds...
How many G's does a Top Fuel dragster pull?
How many G's does a modern 11,000-hp Top Fuel dragster pull? The modern NHRA Top Fuel dragster accelerates harder and pulls more G's than any [unclassified] fighter jet launch. At 5 G's, there's no wheeled vehicle on earth that even comes close.
How big are Top Fuel dragster engines?
A Top Fuel Dragster—distinguished by a supercharged, custom-built, 500-cubic-inch engine—boasts 11,000 horsepower and burns nitromethane. By contrast, a Top Alcohol Dragster's output is about approximately 4,000 hp. Most alcohol dragsters burn methanol, although a few burn ethanol.
