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Two Top Fuel dragsters side by side during an NHRA event in 2012. Top Fuel is a type of drag racing whose dragsters are the quickest accelerating racing cars in the world and the fastest sanctioned category of drag racing, with the fastest competitors reaching speeds of 338.94 miles per hour (545.5 km/h) and finishing the 1,000 foot (304.8 m) runs in 3.641 seconds.
European Drag Racing Championship Records Category Record Type Driver Time/Speed Location Date Top Fuel Dragster 1000 ft Time: Ida Zetterstrom : 3.773 sec: Santa Pod : May 2023 1000 ft Speed: Duncan Micaleff : 321.40 mph: Tierp Arena : August 2024 Top Methanol Dragster 1/4 Mile Time: Timo Habermann : 5.209 sec: Tierp Arena : August 2015 1/4 ...
Top Fuel (class designation: AA/D top fuel dragster) and Fuel Funny Car (class designation: AA/FC top fuel coupe) have recently been limited to a 1,000-foot (300 m) track, instead of the historic 1/4 mile [1,320 feet (402 m)], as a means to limit top speeds and increase safety (there had been a number of engine explosions at or near 300 mph ...
The e.t. was quicker than Gary Beck's 5.39-second NHRA Top Fuel dragster record, the first time that the water record was lower than the land record. [ 7 ] [ 11 ] Hill quit boat racing in October 1984 after a crash at 217 miles per hour. [ 7 ] "
The 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season was announced on August 31, 2023. [1] It was the 69th season of the National Hot Rod Association's top drag racing competition. The NHRA will have 20 Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock events, marking the first time since 2018 that Pro Stock car will compete the full season. [2]
Shirley Muldowney (born June 19, 1940), also known professionally as "Cha Cha" and the "First Lady of Drag Racing", is an American auto racer.She was the first woman to receive a license from the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) to drive a Top Fuel dragster.
He finished his Top Alcohol Dragster career in 2020 with a best time of 5.12 at 283 mph. After earning his Top Fuel license in 2020, Hart elected to start his own race team. In 2021 Hart stepped up to the professional class of NHRA, driving a Top Fuel dragster .
In May 2010, Top Fuel dragster driver Urs Erbacher set a class speed record with a terminal speed of 314.87 miles per hour (506.73 km/h) reached in less than 5 seconds. At the same race meeting, Eric Teboul set a time of 5.2321 seconds at 249 miles per hour (400.73 km/h) on his Hydrogen Peroxide Rocket Bike, which he further improved to 5.19 ...