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drag racingForm of motor racing in which two contestants race side by side from a standing start over a straight quarter-mile strip of pavement. Winners go on to compete against others in their class until only one is left undefeated. There are three main classes of vehicle: (1) the Top Fuel Eliminator (called a “rail” or “slingshot”), a lightweight, long-chassied vehicle with wide rear tires that is fueled by a special mixture, such as methanol and nitromethane; (2) the “funny car,” a high-performance copy of a late-model production car that uses special fuel; and (3) the standard production car, a modified version of a gasoline-powered production car. The Top Fuel class is the fastest, followed by the funny car. Drag racing is most popular in the U.S. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``A street car can never give you the same rush as a drag racer. It's usually joked that drag racers don't know how to turn. Drag racers vied legally on Terminal Island from 1974 to 1984, but the Los Angeles Harbor Commission closed it down and dug up the dirt there to mix it with dirt being dredged from the harbor for landfill, Robinson says. |
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