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Drag Strip NHRA Top Fuel MPH* Brandon Bernstein: Hemi Powered Top Fuel: September 2008: 313.88 miles per hour (505.14 km/h) Drag Strip NHRA Funny Car ET* Tim Wilkerson: Ford Mustang: August 2016: 4.050: Drag Strip NHRA Funny Car MPH* Del Worsham: Toyota Camry: August 2016: 316.81 miles per hour (509.86 km/h) Drag Strip NHRA Pro Stock ET: Allen ...
Races included NHRA classes and the schedule was later expanded with bracket racing to fill weekend events. In 1996 the track was sold to Ron Johnson, who kept the name and NHRA sanctioning. [1] In late 2010 the track was sold to Charlie McCann and renamed Top End Dragways. [2] In 2012 the track hosted its first NHRA National Open. [3]
A safety requirement on all Drag cars running 9.99 and quicker in the 1/4 mile is the fireproof engine blanket that surrounds the engine block and contains debris in case of an engine explosion. NHRA rules call for a monetary, points, and time penalty if the car leaks oil during the run.
[4] In 1961, NHRA held its first ever Winternationals at the Pomona Raceway. It became NHRA's second national event. The first NHRA national event was the U.S. Nationals, which was nicknamed the "Big-Go". Thus, the Winternationals got nicknamed the "Big-Go West". It has remained at this location ever since.
The Hockenheimring dragstrip, 2005 Looking down a drag strip. Note the Christmas tree countdown lights in the center Drag racing vehicles ready to race Bring your own cars waiting to run down the dragstrip Snowmobile vs. Motorcycle. A dragstrip is a facility for conducting automobile and motorcycle acceleration events such as drag racing.
The Biloxi Dragway was a NHRA/AHRA-sanctioned Quarter-Mile Drag Strip located in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States and operated from August 18, 1957 to July 1, 1967. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] History
A new television compound was constructed for the ESPN crew on the north side of the drag strip, which frees up space in the pit area. The Pavilion at Gainesville Raceway, completed in 2006, is a 15,000 square foot, open-air, multi-purpose facility equipped with roll-down weblon siding to allow for partial to full enclosure.
Ontario Motor Speedway was a motorsport venue located in Ontario, California.It was the first and only automobile racing facility built to accommodate major races sanctioned by all of the four dominant racing sanctioning bodies: USAC (and now IndyCar Series) for open-wheel oval car races; NASCAR for a 500-mile (800 km) oval stock car races; NHRA for drag races; and FIA for Formula One road ...