Professional Drag Racing
We are big Professional Drag Racing fans. We love all types of Drag Racing and typically attend several major events each year. We have been to NHRA, IHRA, and AHDRA National level events over the past few years and have collected many photos and videos of the races. *** Note that the videos on this page are large and make take a minute or two to download. Be patient, they are well worth the wait! ***
There is no doubt that the Top Fuel Dragsters are the kings of drag racing today.
Top Fuel Dragster Burnout at 2007 Mac Tools U.S. Nationals
These cars use a 500 ci aftermarket racing motor based on the Chrysler Hemi. They run on Nitromethane fuel and use a combination of supercharging and fuel injection to make over 8,000 hp! These cars literally shake the ground when they run. Click on the following link to see a video of a Top Fuel Dragster warming up in the pits. This link shows a video of two Top Fuel Dragsters doing their burnouts at the 2008 NHRA O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals in Houston, TX.
Top Fuel Engine - 8,000 hp on Nitromethane
The Nitro Fuel Funny Cars are close in performance to the Top Fuel Dragsters and they really put on quite a show. They use the same engines as the Top Fuel Dragsters and develop the same 8,000 hp on Nitromethane. Their short wheelbases makes the Fuel Funny Cars one of the most difficult vehicles to drive on the face of the earth. These cars (and the Top Fuel Dragsters) generate over 4G's of acceleration during a run down the 1/4 mi. They cover this distance in 4.5 sec (for T/F Dragsters) or 4.7 sec (for the Funny Cars). Both of these cars accelerate to over 100 mph in the first 60 feet and car reach speeds of 280 mph in 1/8 of a mile. Top Fuel Dragsters and Funny Cars accelerate from a stop to over 330 mph in a 1/4 mile!
Ashley Force doing a Burnout in her Fuel Funny Car at 2007 Mac Tools U.S. Nationals
Nitro Funny Cars a meant to resemble "funny looking" version of street cars. They use bodies made of carbon fiber material and a tube chassis. This makes them very light weight. The bodies flip up to reveal the massive engines and to allow access to the driver's seat. They do spectacular burnouts! Click here for a video of Ashley Force doing a burnout in her Nitro Funny Car.
Nitro Funny Car with the body up - 2007 Pro Care Rx SuperNationals at Englishtown, NJ
"Looks like fun" you say but you don't have room for one of these in your garage? Well how about a Nitromethane powered Harley Davidson motorcycle then? They are built around 200 ci aftermarket motors which are fuel injected. They run on the same fuel as the T/F Dragsters and Funny Cars and cover the 1/4 mi in 6.2 seconds at 230 mph! No chute, no cage, no harness - just balls!
Top Fuel Harley at the 2008 AHDRA Nationals in Dallas, TX
The sound that you heard when you came to this webpage was a T/F Harley doing a burnout. Click on the following link to see a video of a Top Fuel Harley warming up in the pits. This link shows a video of a Top Fuel Harley doing a burnout. These bikes do wheel stands for a good bit of the 1/4 mi when they race. Click here to see a video of two Top Fuel Harley's racing side by side down the 1/4 mi at over 218 mph.
This page is still work in progress and we'll be added many more pictures and videos in the near future so check back from time to time for updates.
