World's fastest Top fuel Dragster runs 4.48 sec at 338 MPH!

Billybob here yall

yisiree n i was jus thinkin thats purdy quick but i seen faster cuzin

Last Edited by DGN on 12/22/2017 11:48 PM

Hookin' and bookin' bay-bee!

At some point it becomes a rubber traction problem!
Thats tooooo damn fast!

BillyBob her cuzin n BakeaTaterDangMe if them good ol boys din tune that hotrod better than noone never din before cryin out loud

A few things ....


1.With everyone wearing jackets, this tells me it was recent when most events dont run. Colder air makes more power so lets see him run this at the gator nationals...in the nhra ....in the heat.

2.In order for this to be a record he must have backed up that run, 1 run does not set a record, you must be able to turn the car around after a rebuild and back it up for it to be official.

3. There is no doubt this was one hell of a run, but it was a bye run, less see him do it with the pressure of competition...then ill be impressed.

4.I would have to dig into it, but years ago the difference between nhra and ihra rules packages where not even close for top fuel.

5.With it being a bye run im guessin it was and exhibition run where rules go out the window so....

how much horse power y'all figer went belchin out the headers

Enough to keep the tires from boiling.

Yeah, i mean yisiree rilly hard to balance that with the clutch disk timing. ya know them discs aint composit theyz sinister iron glowin red hot n sumtimes they weld tagether like smokin fried flap jacks n all ya kin do iz fro 'em out back far as ya kin n let the rodents knaw down on em


Last Edited by DGN on 12/23/2017 12:37 AM

I would have liked to be in the stands for that run! Amazing!

Slider clutches and better tires have done more for the sport than increased horsepower for at least the last 20 years nomsayin? If you listen to that mill it took it about .05 seconds to hit peak power RPM and the rest of the trip was just letting the tires catch up. I grew up in the days when the common wisdom was that it was impossible for a AA/FD to break 7 seconds but they were on 12 wide hard rubber slicks aired up to 20 psi and single disc clutches, could never have known the science that goes into todays rides.

Yeah the power makes my chest bones hurt.

BTW the national record is currently held by Leah Pritchett with a 3.64 elapsed time with a 335 speed thru the traps.The 338 is nice but was not backed up apparently, and the 4.48 time is not that impressive considering the time Leah ran. Maybe this is the best from IHRA? Sorry I dont follow the 2nd rate series of mostly chumps who could not hang in the NHRA lol

I was alive midway back last century when Dyno Don Nicholson invented the first 'funny car', ran direct drive to 150 mph.



Last Edited by DGN on 12/23/2017 12:57 AM

I have always been fascinated at how the tires
fold when first pushing off the mark.

They have to bolt the rims to the tires to keep
them from slipping.

Hard to believe they run at 5 psi. If they fold under the car shakes so hard it can crash. The tech is they are 14" or so wide for traction at launch then grow tall to only 10" wide to change the gear ration for 300 MPH speed.

The super soft sidewalls and lower pressure allows a longer contact patch that compensates for the narrowing as the tire gets taller with RPM - freaked me out the first few times I saw it in action.

Try to imagine putting 10,000 HP to a 10" tire, I don't get it.

You run watcha got- Goodyear or M&H in those days. Compound selection? Yeah, we got that too: hard or hard as a brick. It was probably just as well they were struggling to get 1200 ponies out of them without blowing up.

Ok review on this, it ran 338 MPH but so what, the ET was 4.48 not 3.48, caught me sleeping, the current field is running 3.70s.

Strange OJ didn't gas it.

Electric will shit all over this within 5 years.

It could, as the load time of batteries is short, but high...
In electric motor technology, you get maximum torque at all of the RPM range. Add amp trap traction control, and AWD.... Traction is a non issue.
But I love the small of nitromethane...

Edit: smell of nitromethane...
NHRA should have an electric division...

Dope