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Originally Posted by stovens

I know, I kept thinking somebody is making up these numbers, but then you watch a drag race and think, Holy Cow!

I had a hard time accepting the numbers so I ran some basics and was surprised. Assuming a constant 200mph on the Vette it does the quarter in a flat 4.5sec. Assuming a record run by the dragster means the he beats the Vette by 0.072 seconds. Again assuming that at that point the dragster is at a peak speed (not really true, but pretty close) he travels 35.5 feet in that time span so he will pass the Vette at the 1285' mark. Now calculating back, at 200mph the Vette is going 293.3ft/sec, so he passes the 1285' mark at 4.38 seconds. The only thing I see wrong is the "...within three seconds...." point in time. Dragster wins, but he better not miss the light much

Pretty amazing isn't it! A car going over three hundred miles per hour.

Well that would have been true until the last Top Fuel rules change. Today they only race a 1,000 foot track in top fuel and funny car.

RS

Why the change Hombre?