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• Drag racing is a sport in which two cars or motorcycles line up side-by-side and race down a straight strip as fast as they can go. The winner is the first vehicle to cross the finish line.

  A typical drag racing event consists of several classes of cars racing head-to-head in single elimination tournaments.

• Fast Facts

  1. Origin: U.S. and Canada
  2. Drag race lengths are 1/4 mile or 1/8 mile
  3. 325 operating drag strips worldwide
  4. Fastest top fuelers: 330 mph
  5. 1. Reaction time
  6. 1. Elapsed time
  7. 1. Speed
  8. 1. National Hot Rod Association
  9. 1. International Hot Rod Association
  10. 1. Top Fuel Dragster
  11. 1. Top Fuel Funny Car
  12. 1. Pro Modified
  13. 1. Pro Stock
  14. 1. Pro Stock Bike

• Starting the Race

  Professional drag races are started electronically with a "Christmas Tree," a set of vertically-arranged yellow and green lights. Informal races are started by a variety of means including flag-waving and arm-dropping.

• Drag Racing Terms

  • Blowover: Flipping of the car
  • Doorslammer: Pro Stock or Pro Mod cars which require doors
  • Holeshot: Getting an advantage off the starting line
  • Quick 8 (Q8): Quickest 8 cars in a race
  • Slicks: Rear tires with no tread pattern
  • Slingshot: Front-engined dragster
  • Top end: Finish line of the strip

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