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Originally Posted by Ngilbe36
The Top Fuel cars are just insane. Any car you see before you hear and burns your eyes and throat when they pass by you is unworldly haha.
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Originally Posted by SenorFunkyPants
Drag racing never really caught on in the UK in the same way as you guys...which is a bit of a shame.
There are tracks but its a sport that never quite made it onto mainstream TV.
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Yeah. The only time I've ever been afraid at a race track was at a drag race. They were shooting 4 up, I was standing 30 feet behind and the vibrations going through my body were insane. I still get the willies thinking about it. And watching near the finish line is no better. An object going by at aircraft cruise speeds on the ground is so unsettling that I don't have the words to express it.
Keep in mind that in college I helped test catapults before they went to the fleet so seeing a 60,000 dead load go by at 150 mph was no big deal. Drag racing is another thing, entirely.
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