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None of these four-wheel designs bore fruit; the development of tires designed specifically for drag racing made four wheels unnecessary. In keeping with the austere nature of a dragster, the heavy cranking motor and battery needed to start the engine were two of the items removed to save weight, requiring that the dragster be push-started.
Flexible, impact-absorbing fenders are positioned right above the wheels to provide aerodynamic styling. An interesting feature is the use of twin tires at both the front and rear. Slingshot is equipped with 125/70-15 and 125/85-16 tires at the front and rear, respectively. This was to provide an additional safety factor in the event of a blow-out.
The S and SL models include a 20x9-inch back wheel fitted with a 255mm width tire, and 18x7.5-inch front wheels with 225mm wide tires. The SLR and R models have the same front wheels and tires, but feature an upgraded 20x11-inch rear wheel fitted with a 305mm wide tire. All models have a front double wishbone suspension with an anti-roll bar.
Slicks – rear tires with no tread pattern and softer rubber compound, for increased traction; Slingshot – early front-engined dragster, named for the driving position behind the rear wheels (erroneously attributed to launch speed). Small Tire – Class of car where rear tires are shorter than or equal to 28.5 in and or equal 12.5 in of tread.
Palm Beach International Raceway (stylized as PBIR and formerly Moroso Motorsports Park) was a motorsports facility located west of Jupiter, Florida.The facility had a quarter-mile drag strip, a 2.043 mi (3.288 km) road course, 7/10-mile kart track as well as mud racing tracks.
He founded 8 Star Motorsports in November 2012. [1] 8 Star Motorsports raced full-time in the 2013 IMSA Prototype Lites season. The team fielded several Venezuelan drivers. Seventeen-year-old Christian Potolicchio scored the best results. The son of the team principal scored one podium finish and ended sixth in the final standings.