Tag Archives: Drag Racing

Top Fuel Dragster at 3200 FPS

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A Finnish tech magazine put together this incredible high speed footage of the Ahonen Racing top fuel dragster piloted by Olympic ski jumper Janne Ahonen. Shooting the car at 3200 frames per second allows us to see the individual cylinders firing out of the exhaust and the drag radial wrinkling on launch. There’s also some interesting footage of the end of the run where the tires are deformed from centripetal force and the turbulence eddies from the rear wing are visible because they’re compressing the moisture out of the air. Combine this with the time lapse of the team rebuilding the team and the multi-plate clutch and you’ve got a great gearhead video.


Tekniikan Maailma magazine at FHRA Nitro Nationals with Ahonen Racing Team from Tekniikan Maailma on Vimeo.
Source: Autoblog

Hot Rod Drag Week 2012

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Hot Rod Magazine just posted the coverage from their Drag Week event. The premise of the event is simple to say, hard to accomplish. Racers have to post the quickest average quarter mile elapsed time at 5 tracks in 5 days. Competitors are also required to drive their cars on 1400 miles of public roads between the tracks. The goal of the event is to find the fastest drag car that is also street legal and reliable. There are several classes, but the video focuses on the insanity that took place between the 2500+ horsepower monsters in the Unlimited Class.


Source: Motor Trend on YouTube

2012 NHRA Fall Nationals – Ennis, TX

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There’s nothing like some top level drag racing to get excited about a pure display of horsepower. Here’s some highlights from this year’s NHRA Fall Nationals that took place in Ennis, TX. The video starts with some time lapse footage of one of the top fuel dragsters getting its engine rebuilt between runs and then goes to some head to head racing. There are several runs that hit the quarter mile in less than 4 seconds. That’s mind blowing speed.

**UPDATE** I was told that the NHRA runs 1000 feet instead of a quarter mile for safety reasons. Still mind blowing speed.


Source: Triple-X Motorsports & Outdoors on YouTube