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Did anyone else see that footage on the news of that dragster snapping his chassis at a meet in the US.Pieces of his car ended up going through the traps at over 400kph.I believe the driver is OK but I reckon he'd have some mud in those flame proof jocks of his.
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RIP Craig - 13/11/08
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Yep Cory was fine a little bruised. The team bought out a bare chassis from there race shop and assembled it on the Saturday and raced it on Sunday but unfortunately lost in the 1st round with a 4.66 @ 300+ MPH.
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Lucky to be alive, couldn't belive my eyes, and to race on the next day...
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It was quite a spectackular piece of footage, He should go out and buy a Tatts Ticket!!
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What meet was it - NHRA? Top fuel rail i assume... Might be worth trying to catch on ESPN.... usually a few days delay before they play it here...
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RIP Craig - 13/11/08
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Catch it tonight on ESPN (the kings of commercial breaks) at 10.30pm......
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Truly a king amoungst men, craig!!! Thanks for the tip.
Surely it's worth enduring 40 minutes of ads for the UEFA champions league to catch this doosie. Lol.
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YE-Ouch! glad to hear he is ok. What a crash!
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Didnt Schumacher run a 4.44 for the fastest ever pass? (or somewhere around that), does make you wonder what will happen when they go to the next stage of technology
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Hell, I remember them running 5.2's and everyone starting the "is a sub 5 possible?" discussions many years ago. Now a 5.0 wouldnt even see you in the round.
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And a pretty wild crash. Lucky Schumacher was on the shutes when his broke in half a while ago, or similar would have happened.
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Just ask "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, he has had his retinas re attatched a few times.........
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I wouldn't imagine they'll ever get much quicker than the 4.3's and 340 mph... They are on the verge of that now, but NHRA will likely slow them down first...
What staggers me is that the Funny Cars are right on their tails, 4.60's are no guarrantee of a win. Considering the extra weight, shorter wheelbase and less aerodynamics that is truly amazing!
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I saw the crash on ESPN - amazing. Absolutely amazing.
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The limiting factor will be G forces, they nearly black out as it is, much quicker and they could end up unconcious.
They can make the cars quicker, but they can't improve the effects of gravity on the human body. i wonder how long before they go to 80% nitro or more boost/capacity restrictions? Funnycars are allowed larger engines or more overdrive than rails aren't they?
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Next time they have top alcohol racing at your local track, go and stand at about 900 ft and watch the different chracteristics of the dragster v the funny car, it is quite a sight to see.
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That rule is only in Australia in the Alcohol class (not enough cars to seperate them) it evens them out , "alcohol" dragsters and "alcohol" funny cars are called Top Alcohol here , now in the US the "Nitro" Top Fuel and "Nitro" Funny cars are in different classes but the engine rules are the same , 500 cubes max , blowers sizes (14-71) and the overdrives are the same , nitro % in the tank are the same , diff ratios etc , set ups are similar execpt the funny car locks up the clutch later and is softer off the start line because of less down force
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