Man I don’t know what I live better the loud agile f1 cars that I’ve been into for 6 years now or the nhra drag races with the pure speed and rumble of the engines
@@fish_R_stinky69 they kinda have to be disposable they just would not put up with the power. They are making the power of smaller ship engines out of 500ish ci. Also there is nothing wrong with pushrod engines
You can't appreciate how violent these machines are unless you have visited a race. Wearing the best ear plugs I have found while working in construction only lessened the noise to a little more comfortable level while my body still shook noticeably from the noise the dragsters generate while racing. I strongly recommend wearing the best ear plugs you can find while wearing over the ear protection as well to compliment them. I can't explain enough how violently loud these cars are. If you visit one of these races you will experience something you will never ever forget. The cars are violent! I will assure you that you will never regret attending one of these top fuel drag races, especially if you bring good ear protection to help you enjoy the experience.
Basically it's 660 ft. Half track(half of 1320) which they don't run any more. N.H.R.A. shortened the distance to 1000 ft for safety purposes, to answer your question they average 286-290+mph in about 2.8 sec.
@@raymondmasse5577 Yep, Thats when I stopped watching and the local track closed. They tried to race the 1/8 but there is no real interest in the short trackers around here. Takes much more car to run 1320, my generation would say a real car, and much more driver.
First time I stood next to the starting line of one of these races I could not push my fingers in my ears hard enough! My clothes were shaking, I thought my eyes were going to shake out of their sockets. The smell of the unburned fuel burned my eyes, it was just an unbelievable experience. And I was a master engine builder! What an experience.
My brother raced at a 1/4 drag strip for years, his Class he raced in was Super Pro, on a Sunday he was basically only running to acquire more points, not too many people go every weekend to the races but he had to go to keep his points up high enough. I might not be explaining it right but either way the parking lot was near empty. I’ll never forget when I took my younger brother-in-law to his first drag races. He never heard a car run before with open headers, when my brother started his car and revved it my brother-in-law took off running across the parking lot as fast as he could go. I had to run after him to stop him from keeping his distance, he had never heard that before and he thought the car was going to blow up! He was around 12 at the time. 🤭
@@Zzzzzz-ns7lg i was really young when i saw them like elementry school lol, one of these days i need to see them live again. last year i went to don garlits musem and they got a lot cool rails to look at
Just the clutch is 10k a piece. The engine block complete is about 58k. A complete built Dragster is 500k. True power has it's costs, which is why I am happy to just be a witness.
I always loved watching the funny cars, when they’re doing their burn outs every fender and piece of metal on the body is shaking and flexing! Even the tires curl under the force of the take off! Remember to take earplugs or hearing protection you’ll need it!
If you’ve never seen top fuel in person it’s a MUST when they launch it pounds your chest you have to wear ear plugs the smell if you’re close burns your eyes they’re absolute beasts
Honestly, it's better if you watch about 1/2 track when the clutches really kick in. Your whole body shakes. Plus you don't have to choke on nitro and burnt rubber on each run.
Harley D Yeah, you’re right ! It’s something that can’t be described really, you HAVE to experience it. I was lucky enough to get to stand behind the starting line one time. Thought it would be the best view ever, BUT, got showered with rubber and the fumes were choking. But the “feel” was beyond description ! Always wanted to sit close at half track or so.
I am a retired law enforcement officer and worked for years and years iin that job full time. Since police officers have families and bills just like everyone else, we had to work par time to make ends meet. I worked for my last five years part time at our local drag strip. Not a big venue, 6500 people total, but it drew many drag racers from all over. My job was, of course, security and I worked in my police blues, gun belt the whole nine yards. I never had so much fun at at part time job. I not only didnt have to pay to get in, they paid me and my fellow officers decent money for a fun job and the department I worked for had take home cars and allowed it's officers to drive to their part time jobs.. Sure there was alot of drinking there going on, but most people we had to talk to were respectful and didnt get out of line too much. It was cool to wander the pitts, return road, line up area, starting and finishing area. I was 62 when I finally pulled the plug and couldnt work security anymore. I sorely miss that part time job. I went to the oval races too on the smaller oval track. I am 75 now and still a big kid when I get a chance to go to these races. I went to Vegas five years in a row on Halloweern week end for the NHRA finals there. My buddy and I had seats just 25 or 30 feet from the start line. We would get to the Vegas Race Park at 9am on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and leave at 6pm. What a blast. You have to experience a 11,000 HP dragster or funny car from that distance. The ground shakes. I know, I know, we were over the top but we loved it. I never had any desire to drive one but they are fun to watch. Thank you
@@willpark7483 I am fully retrired now, so I drive a Chev Equinox for my pov. I drove Crown Vics and for seven years two 5.0 Ford Mustangs from 86 to 93. I had a test car once as a Highway Patrolman, a Pontiac 4door car. Was not a very good car.I also drove Chrysler products for a few years but the Mustangs wer my favorite cars. Thanks for asking.
@@TheBanjoShowOfficial Thank You. I was a Law Enforcement Officer from 1969 to 2007. I worked in California and Utah and have POST Certificates from both states.
Idk where I read it but once a top fuel dragster racer was asked how does it feel to take off in those things and he answered it feels like your on a regular sized sedan in a stoplight and then all of the sudden getting rear ended by a semi truck with its long trailer at 160 mph
3.7 seconds, which means the average G is almost 6, which means the peak G the driver experienced can be way higher than that average number (almost 7G), fyi
@@NguyenNguyen-th2eo 330mph is aproximately 528 kmh. That means an accelaration of 528/3.8=139. Which is more than 14g. How did you get 6g? Oh i forgot the devision by 3.6, but that makes it 4g...
I went to one of these races. It is insane. The reason the exhaust is shaped the way it is is to give the car another thousand pounds of downforce at the rear wheels. These machines are incredible. If I'm not mistaken I understand they make 11,000 to 15,000 horses and burn through something like 12 gallons of fuel per run. I'm all for it! Nothing exceeds like excess. I just feel sorry for the poor clutch plates.
im not sure they have clutches, i cant say i have ever heard a top fuel change gear, just go from idle to full throttle, to cut-off edit: 13:06 i stand corrected, that looks like the bits of a clutch plate
The amount of manpower and preparation that goes into a 3 second race is astonishing. You know your on a different level when you need parachutes to slow down.
This type of racing pushes mechanical engineering to its limits; especially when you consider that the track is only 1/4 mile long, yet half the time the cars breakdown before they even reach the finish line.
1000 feet since 2008 ... See my other reply as to the cost too run 1/4 mile again! I wish they could go 1/2 mile, but we need an UNLIMITED series of races to just see HOW quick and fast in the 1/4 mile! Theres WAY to many rules slowing these cars down! And thats not what drag racing is about.. New super tracks withOUT concrete walls ,,,and energy absorbing , transparent, fire retardant filled , modular, Urethane panels , that dont kill a driver,, need to happen AND over a mile of shutdown area should be an average track now.. But to CHEAP out they use concrete!! ,, they cost too many cars and lives,, to track tech that is PRIMITIVE compared to the cars that race on them!!!
Unlike a lot of other motor sports racing, you can go right into the pits, get pictures of you and talk to the drivers. That’s what makes NHRA drivers the best.
ANY Drag racer is the best !!! NHRA $UCK$ the life out of drag racing! Ask your heroes what NHRA pays them too win ,,,and what they spend at an event!!! NHRA is a cash cow FOR NHRA.. If they gave the T.V. package profits to the racers it would make it worth doing! NASCAR is where the money is.. NHRA pure GREED !!!
My first time to ever go was today. It’s the most insane thing I’ve ever wintnessed. Videos don’t do it justice. It physically shakes your whole body when they pass.
They're going a hundred miles an hour by the time the back tires get to where the front tires were, and the first 0 to 100 miles per hour is in about 0.7 Seconds -- and in roughly 60 feet. At half track or the Eight Mile which is 660 feet, a lot of the cars are getting there in 2.9 seconds and going 297 miles an hour! Hell even the speeds are hitting could be way faster, they keep having to slow the cars down that's the insane part! Doing things to reduce power, adding rev limiters you name it. They could pull away taller rear end gear but they don't allow it because they would hit 350 just from going from a 3.2:1, to a 3.0:1
@@blaydv2242 there have been rocket drag cars (Kitty O' Neil went the fastest in a rocket funny car in the desert in a 1/4 mile decades ago) -- as far as fastest regarding top speed, those go to land speed cars, fastest accelerating via wheel-driven, etc. yup these are going almost 300 at the 1/8th mile (only 660') in less than 3 seconds! 😊 --- something you HAVE TO SEE IN PERSON at an NHRA NATIONAL EVENT! 😊
If you’ve ever been in the pit wall for top fuel/funny car dragsters. You know how mad the fumes are, I could not believe it at the beginning of this video, the amount of methane being burned, yet the mechanics aren’t batting an eyelid. Mad.
These things are quite possibly the loudest things ever. It made me cover my ears, from half a mile away. I could still hear them even after I was about 2 miles out from the fragstrip
Is anyone else fascinated by how the tires expand out because of how much force and load is put on them it’s crazy they even start warping you can see it in the slow mos
it has Something to do with the pressure in the tires. at the start they have more surface area but later they expant so that they generate more speed. the wheel pressure is basically a science itself
I cant get my head around it!!!. 4-6 psi !!! 7000 lbs of down-force from the wing, plus 5600lbs. from the headers, plus what ever the mudflaps add and the centrifical force trying too ripp them off the rims AND the HELLISH traction trying to wad them up! No wonder they want to shake! Add the fact they are SOO thin and light weight! Youd thick they'd be a urethane/cabon-fiber composite by now !!! Pretty good for something out of a tree!
i used to work at a drag strip.. i was race starter most weekend days. standing between a pair of fuel cars as they leave the line is like being in a pillow fight.. with king size mattresses is the best i can describe it.. i was even race starter when the top fuel car got stuck in reverse and took off backwards during the burn out. hit the stack of containers behind the starting line.. driver was a quadriplegic as a result.. and i totally blame his crew..
00:23 that golf cart must be pushing serious HP to race a fuel dragster. 00:25 oh ok another dragster. I went from really happy to really bummed in 2 seconds.
I'm really happy to see how many views you have after only a few days! Everybody should experience this sport! It is a bummer there's no real good way to truly capture how much of a sensory overload this is compared to every other Motorsport and most things in the world! Camera footage can do some speed Justice if it's taken right but yeah, nothing like the real thing especially at night! Thanks for the upload! :-)
I dragged a few to the track over the decades.. some are instant nitro junkies for life,!!! Too many cant handle it,, and some just go BLANK.. Dont even care, and Uninterested,, cant digest the whole EXPERIENCE !
9:17 those sparks were probably the values shredding apart. I’ve seen a red hot valve shoot out of a dragster at night. Way before everyone had a camera in their pockets. Back when if you wanted to remember an event, you better pay attention watching it.
Pay attention watching it and enjoy the amazing experience, especially at night! It is the greatest experience being at a national event on a Friday night!
I have been to Santa pod and seen top fuels and jet cars IRL, the whole earth shakes and vibrates, like your vision goes fuzzy and your stomach wobbles when you are there, videos do no justice
These motors are started on what is essentially pump gas, and then the nitro methane is added. That's why the engine is running somewhat smooth at the start, and not quite as loud. Once the nitro methane kicks in, that's when the motor really comes to life!
I had a 74' Toyota Corolla 4 banger, and whenever I had a full load of passengers, could actually get 4th gear rubber. Even spun it under a tanker truck trying to pass on a hill. Cool car, flat black.
I was impressed watching Garlits in 1966 crack 225...the idling noise was increible, and the launch took the air out of my lungs....cant imagine a 380mph machine...
Its like a Jet doing a low pass over and over again. TV does no justice. The eyes watering , body shaking, heart pumping thrill of it all. Ive been once and what an experience. If it goes back to 1/4 mile Ill go again.
i REALLY want to see a tachometer going from 0-over500 in less than 4 seconds my brain would probably stop working the same second its seeing that acceleration
Well 500 is a LOW idle. Top Fuelers idle around 3000 rpm but dont sound like it.. They rev to what ever the current limiter chips allow! thats how they keep em under 350 mph!
Went to the drag races at epping on June 5th 2022, best way to describe the sound it made is by listening to the video, Take this sound, and imagine it's the only thing you can hear during the whole race, at max volume, even if you're sitting at around 10 meters from the track. The sound being loud to the point of making your eardrums hurt for moment.
*puts volume on mute* ..... still hears engine
low frequencies kickin
Man I don’t know what I live better the loud agile f1 cars that I’ve been into for 6 years now or the nhra drag races with the pure speed and rumble of the engines
i had a laptop that did that
Hear it? You mean FEEL it!! lol
XxxAirmanxxX 10 top fuel for days
those rolling 10k horsepower burnouts will never get old
Ever. Especially when john hits a extra long burnout and da stands start goin crazy. I love the atmosphere. Always a good time
Throttle stops limits air in ,horsepower out.
A mere fraction of total output
I dislike that these engines are disposable and pushrods.
Damn right , especially the way you can see the tyres doughnut from the sheer force
@@fish_R_stinky69 they kinda have to be disposable they just would not put up with the power. They are making the power of smaller ship engines out of 500ish ci. Also there is nothing wrong with pushrod engines
0:35 the guys face as he drives away 😂😂😂
I saw it too😂👌👌
The Backyard Hack hahahahahaha
😂😂😂 "😐🤪" haha 🙂
😂😂😂😂😂
"😎"
You can't appreciate how violent these machines are unless you have visited a race. Wearing the best ear plugs I have found while working in construction only lessened the noise to a little more comfortable level while my body still shook noticeably from the noise the dragsters generate while racing. I strongly recommend wearing the best ear plugs you can find while wearing over the ear protection as well to compliment them. I can't explain enough how violently loud these cars are. If you visit one of these races you will experience something you will never ever forget. The cars are violent! I will assure you that you will never regret attending one of these top fuel drag races, especially if you bring good ear protection to help you enjoy the experience.
That day i did not have my ear plugs i regret to this day
Well said bro
AutoMotoCha9L ure mad😂
Is it like shooting guns I had earpro and I felt the shots in my chest
I hear them still and i was at the races February last year!
Normal people: whats the 0-60 time?
Dragster racers: whats the 0-600 time in quarter miles please?
Apparently the 0-60 for these bad boys is 0.4 seconds 😂
🚗 💨
Basically it's 660 ft. Half track(half of 1320) which they don't run any more. N.H.R.A. shortened the distance to 1000 ft for safety purposes, to answer your question they average 286-290+mph in about 2.8 sec.
@@raymondmasse5577 Yep, Thats when I stopped watching and the local track closed. They tried to race the 1/8 but there is no real interest in the short trackers around here. Takes much more car to run 1320, my generation would say a real car, and much more driver.
0-100 in under 1 sec
They bought those spoilers at los santos customs
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Damn CJ, that's a nice joke
Carbon high wing unlocked at level 70
😂😂😂😂
It’s a wing. It’s not even a spoiler
3:10 I love how it’s basically stopped but runs a 10.2
He didn't even finish his 60-foot before letting off the gas!
And he’s still going almost 75😂
better then most home drag cars even after the engine exploded.
Robert McCandless 1/4 mile
@@aaronmontague2891 1000ft
Those aren't engines.
They're tamed explosions.
well like all engines
That's literally every combustion engine bro
@@Cleavatr0n You right actually lmao
This would be closer to a detonation
It's actually a Hemi.
First time I stood next to the starting line of one of these races I could not push my fingers in my ears hard enough! My clothes were shaking, I thought my eyes were going to shake out of their sockets. The smell of the unburned fuel burned my eyes, it was just an unbelievable experience. And I was a master engine builder! What an experience.
I was standing very close i know exactly what you are saying
My brother raced at a 1/4 drag strip for years, his Class he raced in was Super Pro, on a Sunday he was basically only running to acquire more points, not too many people go every weekend to the races but he had to go to keep his points up high enough. I might not be explaining it right but either way the parking lot was near empty.
I’ll never forget when I took my younger brother-in-law to his first drag races. He never heard a car run before with open headers, when my brother started his car and revved it my brother-in-law took off running across the parking lot as fast as he could go. I had to run after him to stop him from keeping his distance, he had never heard that before and he thought the car was going to blow up! He was around 12 at the time. 🤭
I hate that these engines are pushrod and disposable.
@@fish_R_stinky69 what would be the alternative?
@@mydearriley A more durable and powerful DOHC alternative. I hate that these things are trashed after one run!
These engines really living a quarter mile at a time
1000 feet at a time
More like there clutches lol
These don't do quarter mile
@Purple ezaH
One revolution at a time. The shortest-life engines on the planet.
yeah I know that they only race 1000ft bc of safety and shit but the joke wouldnt work then
Watching them on CZcams doesn't do them justice.
.. IT WOULD IF YOU HAD A 5000 WATT Speaker blasting in your ears !!!!!!!lollmfassoff
i remember the fence shaking at milan dragway when those things ran
astronaut dolphin detective shit I remember the whole earth shaking when they ran
@@Zzzzzz-ns7lg i was really young when i saw them like elementry school lol, one of these days i need to see them live again. last year i went to don garlits musem and they got a lot cool rails to look at
If you turn you tv up to full volume, it is exactly the same.
Meanwhile I get pulled over for emission violation on my bicycle...
OMG thank you for that!
Greta is to blame.
You shouldn't have eaten those beans!
@@tomasnokechtesledger1786 How DARE You?
Joe Causey 💀💀💀💀💀
7:20 the best part
Disagree 8:55
they make it look effortless
jer ros dayum
I liked the 8:59 part.
Giggle
Just the clutch is 10k a piece. The engine block complete is about 58k. A complete built Dragster is 500k.
True power has it's costs, which is why I am happy to just be a witness.
Money burning monsters
And when everything goes wrong then there is no going back
That's actually pretty good compared to F1 cars.
I always loved watching the funny cars, when they’re doing their burn outs every fender and piece of metal on the body is shaking and flexing! Even the tires curl under the force of the take off! Remember to take earplugs or hearing protection you’ll need it!
Alot of there expense is globetrotting around the world. If they stayed in one continent it would help!
If you’ve never seen top fuel in person it’s a MUST when they launch it pounds your chest you have to wear ear plugs the smell if you’re close burns your eyes they’re absolute beasts
Honestly, it's better if you watch about 1/2 track when the clutches really kick in. Your whole body shakes. Plus you don't have to choke on nitro and burnt rubber on each run.
Harley D Yeah, you’re right ! It’s something that can’t be described really, you HAVE to experience it. I was lucky enough to get to stand behind the starting line one time. Thought it would be the best view ever, BUT, got showered with rubber and the fumes were choking. But the “feel” was beyond description ! Always wanted to sit close at half track or so.
its pretty cool to stand at the finish line and hear the sound delay when they launch also
Ear plugs? Never
Probably why I`m so deaf these days HA!
Is it me or do they sound like a prehistoric monster roaring in defiance
Them big-blocks are all beasts, beasts of power n fury...you can see em breathin fire!🔥
Yeah when you burn a rocket fuel in an internal combustion engine at roughly a hundred gallons a minute, it would make dinosaurs run lol :-)
No mate, they do sound like that
@@stephencodde4868 And it's absolutely beautiful isn't it!
They totally sound like that, it’s not u
Every time I hear one of these monsters, it reminds me of an A10 Warthog loosing off some rounds from its 30mm cannon.
Agree!
Its almost like dynamite with every ignition of every cylinder!
When they do the tire warmup the tires say "O-0-O"
Only running 4-6 lbs air pressure
I am a retired law enforcement officer and worked for years and years iin that job full time. Since police officers have families and bills just like everyone else, we had to work par time to make ends meet. I worked for my last five years part time at our local drag strip. Not a big venue, 6500 people total, but it drew many drag racers from all over. My job was, of course, security and I worked in my police blues, gun belt the whole nine yards. I never had so much fun at at part time job. I not only didnt have to pay to get in, they paid me and my fellow officers decent money for a fun job and the department I worked for had take home cars and allowed it's officers to drive to their part time jobs.. Sure there was alot of drinking there going on, but most people we had to talk to were respectful and didnt get out of line too much. It was cool to wander the pitts, return road, line up area, starting and finishing area. I was 62 when I finally pulled the plug and couldnt work security anymore. I sorely miss that part time job. I went to the oval races too on the smaller oval track. I am 75 now and still a big kid when I get a chance to go to these races. I went to Vegas five years in a row on Halloweern week end for the NHRA finals there. My buddy and I had seats just 25 or 30 feet from the start line. We would get to the Vegas Race Park at 9am on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and leave at 6pm. What a blast. You have to experience a 11,000 HP dragster or funny car from that distance. The ground shakes. I know, I know, we were over the top but we loved it. I never had any desire to drive one but they are fun to watch. Thank you
Stan Parkin Wow interesting story. What car do you drive?
Jesus that’s a life story
lol, good story man, but thats really cool
@@willpark7483 I am fully retrired now, so I drive a Chev Equinox for my pov. I drove Crown Vics and for seven years two 5.0 Ford Mustangs from 86 to 93. I had a test car once as a Highway Patrolman, a Pontiac 4door car. Was not a very good car.I also drove Chrysler products for a few years but the Mustangs wer my favorite cars. Thanks for asking.
@@TheBanjoShowOfficial Thank You. I was a Law Enforcement Officer from 1969 to 2007. I worked in California and Utah and have POST Certificates from both states.
0-300mph in 4 seconds. What a thrilling and dangerous ride that must be.
They hit 5Gs of force! They accelerate harder than most fighter jets
@@RmX. I'm thinking Sprint Cars, many Sports and Muscle Cars are faster 0-100mph than Fighter Jets.
Idk where I read it but once a top fuel dragster racer was asked how does it feel to take off in those things and he answered it feels like your on a regular sized sedan in a stoplight and then all of the sudden getting rear ended by a semi truck with its long trailer at 160 mph
3.7 seconds, which means the average G is almost 6, which means the peak G the driver experienced can be way higher than that average number (almost 7G), fyi
@@NguyenNguyen-th2eo 330mph is aproximately 528 kmh. That means an accelaration of 528/3.8=139. Which is more than 14g. How did you get 6g?
Oh i forgot the devision by 3.6, but that makes it 4g...
I went to one of these races. It is insane. The reason the exhaust is shaped the way it is is to give the car another thousand pounds of downforce at the rear wheels. These machines are incredible. If I'm not mistaken I understand they make 11,000 to 15,000 horses and burn through something like 12 gallons of fuel per run. I'm all for it! Nothing exceeds like excess. I just feel sorry for the poor clutch plates.
Wow that's alot of fuel but these are the ultimate beasts impressive machines
Don't worry, the plates get to become permanent friends with each other and retire after every run :D
im not sure they have clutches, i cant say i have ever heard a top fuel change gear, just go from idle to full throttle, to cut-off
edit: 13:06 i stand corrected, that looks like the bits of a clutch plate
Exhaust?
@@rhino2960 if they did, they get replaced, like the engine, after every run
6:27 the tires deformation 😨😨
I didnt notice that shit. OMG that is insane power
Bruh the tires clenched themselves like butt cheeks on Antron’s car. That’s how much power is being delivered during those burnouts.
@@katiesmith7946 not so much the power, but the speed. The rear tires run low air pressure and are designed to expand with the high rotational speeds.
Newbie: Gee, your cam seems to have a rough idle
Driver: Yeah, it only smooths out above 9000...
LOL
The amount of manpower and preparation that goes into a 3 second race is astonishing. You know your on a different level when you need parachutes to slow down.
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My 02’ explorer would gap these things no questions asked
My 02 elantra would blast past these suckers especially because it's a manual
I bet a chevy cobalt would blow them out of the water
In Parking?
Matthew Mayorga my 1995 miata would gap the shit out of your explorer, these things, and the space shuttle EX
If I didn't have a boost leak my wrx could leave them in the dust for sure
The balls and confidence to drive one of these is insane
Nowhere near as much as Rally racing
And to see young ladies do it makes me feel impotent and OLD !
This type of racing pushes mechanical engineering to its limits; especially when you consider that the track is only 1/4 mile long, yet half the time the cars breakdown before they even reach the finish line.
1000 feet since 2008 ... See my other reply as to the cost too run 1/4 mile again! I wish they could go 1/2 mile, but we need an UNLIMITED series of races to just see HOW quick and fast in the 1/4 mile! Theres WAY to many rules slowing these cars down! And thats not what drag racing is about.. New super tracks withOUT concrete walls ,,,and energy absorbing , transparent, fire retardant filled , modular, Urethane panels , that dont kill a driver,, need to happen AND over a mile of shutdown area should be an average track now.. But to CHEAP out they use concrete!! ,, they cost too many cars and lives,, to track tech that is PRIMITIVE compared to the cars that race on them!!!
8:55 best part no questions asked
No it's not the best part bro
@@weylinnecaise3964 It's literally big boobs bouncing up and down. In what universe is that not the best part?
Seeing (feeling) them in person is a must. Put that on your bucket list.
Unlike a lot of other motor sports racing, you can go right into the pits, get pictures of you and talk to the drivers. That’s what makes NHRA drivers the best.
ANY Drag racer is the best !!! NHRA $UCK$ the life out of drag racing! Ask your heroes what NHRA pays them too win ,,,and what they spend at an event!!! NHRA is a cash cow FOR NHRA.. If they gave the T.V. package profits to the racers it would make it worth doing! NASCAR is where the money is.. NHRA pure GREED !!!
The fact that the engine literally tears itself apart in the 1/4 mile is just insane. Can't wait to go to one of these races soon!
My first time to ever go was today. It’s the most insane thing I’ve ever wintnessed. Videos don’t do it justice. It physically shakes your whole body when they pass.
Imagine the worse possible scenario being a 10.21
ikr 💀 still faster than 80% of production cars
Tesla is still slower
IF they are on the throttle for a second,and smoke the tires, and shut off they can still rack up a nine second run!
1OOmph a sec,holy miss moly, got me a live one!💨
They're going a hundred miles an hour by the time the back tires get to where the front tires were, and the first 0 to 100 miles per hour is in about 0.7 Seconds -- and in roughly 60 feet. At half track or the Eight Mile which is 660 feet, a lot of the cars are getting there in 2.9 seconds and going 297 miles an hour! Hell even the speeds are hitting could be way faster, they keep having to slow the cars down that's the insane part! Doing things to reduce power, adding rev limiters you name it. They could pull away taller rear end gear but they don't allow it because they would hit 350 just from going from a 3.2:1, to a 3.0:1
DME EMD don’t these vehicles have the fastest top speed of any car?
@@blaydv2242 there have been rocket drag cars (Kitty O' Neil went the fastest in a rocket funny car in the desert in a 1/4 mile decades ago) -- as far as fastest regarding top speed, those go to land speed cars, fastest accelerating via wheel-driven, etc. yup these are going almost 300 at the 1/8th mile (only 660') in less than 3 seconds! 😊 --- something you HAVE TO SEE IN PERSON at an NHRA NATIONAL EVENT! 😊
@@dmeemd7787 -
the tyres are only rated to 300mph for a few seconds.
That is what limits them.
You have to witness these vehicles in person to experience the feeling of your organs rattling.
If you’ve ever been in the pit wall for top fuel/funny car dragsters. You know how mad the fumes are, I could not believe it at the beginning of this video, the amount of methane being burned, yet the mechanics aren’t batting an eyelid. Mad.
You build up a tolerance to work through it - or you wear a gas mask.
Crazy how much the tires expand when they gas it🤯🤯
Im excited to watch top fuel again. Great sound quality btw!
8:52 to 9:01 your welcome..
I thought it was for the car... then I realized there were more than just pistons and metal bouncing around...
Thats alotta moving parts trying to go fast!
Oh my!
Sorry to be that guy but: you’re*
She must carry oil in them
These things are quite possibly the loudest things ever. It made me cover my ears, from half a mile away. I could still hear them even after I was about 2 miles out from the fragstrip
I love watching rockets on wheels. I love the feeling when you're right there and muffles from the engine and exhaust are felt through your body.
Is anyone else fascinated by how the tires expand out because of how much force and load is put on them it’s crazy they even start warping you can see it in the slow mos
it has Something to do with the pressure in the tires. at the start they have more surface area but later they expant so that they generate more speed. the wheel pressure is basically a science itself
I cant get my head around it!!!. 4-6 psi !!! 7000 lbs of down-force from the wing, plus 5600lbs. from the headers, plus what ever the mudflaps add and the centrifical force trying too ripp them off the rims AND the HELLISH traction trying to wad them up! No wonder they want to shake! Add the fact they are SOO thin and light weight! Youd thick they'd be a urethane/cabon-fiber composite by now !!! Pretty good for something out of a tree!
It's needed for them to expand to change the "ratio" of gearbox thru larger diameter wheel
i used to work at a drag strip.. i was race starter most weekend days. standing between a pair of fuel cars as they leave the line is like being in a pillow fight.. with king size mattresses is the best i can describe it.. i was even race starter when the top fuel car got stuck in reverse and took off backwards during the burn out. hit the stack of containers behind the starting line.. driver was a quadriplegic as a result.. and i totally blame his crew..
Poor driver. What's his name. I'd like to look that up? Any links?
@@sanfranciscobay its been 25 years+.. i don't recall it. .
That must have been horrible to watch.
Was it a modern cab-forward car or the older “slingshot” type seating?
@@yamdigger it was a brand new in 1983 or 84 rear engine top fuel dragster..
No shit,, tell more! Who where when!
i can hear and feel the power of the 11k horses
Really its lots more they've said that for 15 years now!
you don"t just hear the sound, "YOU FEEL IT"
Absolutely,if you've never seen them in real life you just wouldn't understand.
Are you talking about a tuba, an upright bass, or a topfuel dragster?
It’s like a bomb goes off a quarter mile away when you’re on the other end of the strip. The shockwave hits you before the sound.
@@VayporWayve I don't understand your comment.
@@georgelockard3399 All of those things are 'sounds' you can feel.
4:00 that sinking feeling when you have to eat another burger and sink a couple cold ones while they dry the strip!
00:23 that golf cart must be pushing serious HP to race a fuel dragster. 00:25 oh ok another dragster. I went from really happy to really bummed in 2 seconds.
UFFF this Speed & Sound... so brutal and mindblowing
I'm really happy to see how many views you have after only a few days! Everybody should experience this sport! It is a bummer there's no real good way to truly capture how much of a sensory overload this is compared to every other Motorsport and most things in the world! Camera footage can do some speed Justice if it's taken right but yeah, nothing like the real thing especially at night! Thanks for the upload! :-)
I dragged a few to the track over the decades.. some are instant nitro junkies for life,!!! Too many cant handle it,, and some just go BLANK.. Dont even care, and Uninterested,, cant digest the whole EXPERIENCE !
The ground actually vibrates with the engine.
It registers a 2 point something on a Richter scale!
9:17 those sparks were probably the values shredding apart. I’ve seen a red hot valve shoot out of a dragster at night. Way before everyone had a camera in their pockets. Back when if you wanted to remember an event, you better pay attention watching it.
Pay attention watching it and enjoy the amazing experience, especially at night! It is the greatest experience being at a national event on a Friday night!
You saw a spark plug ...
I can’t stop watching these
I went to one of these in Florida as a child it was literally the loudest thing I have ever felt. I say felt bc they literally shake your bones
That’s fuckin crazy
The fact that the drivers can get to that speeds is making me give all my respect to them
Dude takeoff sounds like incoming apocalypse
I have been to Santa pod and seen top fuels and jet cars IRL, the whole earth shakes and vibrates, like your vision goes fuzzy and your stomach wobbles when you are there, videos do no justice
I LOVE THE SMELL OF NITRO IN THE MORNING! ! !👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Having to be in an enclosed space with this monster hammering away has to be pure torture..lol
It's better than doing dull work in a factory.
And it's certainly fun, too.
ECSTASY you mean!
7:21
Ikr so fast
This was a great video! My favorites are the funny cars. Thanks!
These motors are started on what is essentially pump gas, and then the nitro methane is added. That's why the engine is running somewhat smooth at the start, and not quite as loud. Once the nitro methane kicks in, that's when the motor really comes to life!
The amount of technology is mind blowing and these people know how to use it.
These Engines are so LOUD ( 150 db ) that they literally cause small Earthquakes. They can be heard 15 Miles away. No Joke.
No doubt LOL
15 miles away
Looks real fun, ur lucky to be apart of this
“20 miles to the gallon?”
“No no, gallons to the mile”
I'll be living in paradise with all the money spent with those dragsters.
I hear you!
Automotive Paradise!!!
8:55 best part of video lol she got them thangs knocking! 😂🤣
OMG those thangs are a banging 😍
@@ginamiller6015 What thiangs Speak English stupid.
I went to a drag strip race here in vegas today and it was so loud. Your body vibrates with every launch. You have to be there to experience it.
I love this. Just popping smoke and roaring big block horsepower. No goofy music or miscellaneous BS.
That kind of acceleration is INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!
Some day I want to take in an NHRA event. Looking forward to Top Fuel and Funny Car and having them reach deep into my soul with that power.
ANY nitro race is worth going too !
Be sure and wear earplugs. If not after a while you will have a sore throat from how loud they are.
Idk if I like the top fuel dragsters of the top fuel funny cars more! So good
I am not a fan of drag racing but I still love watching top fuel and the spinning tyres. That is AWESOME power. Also I have a tyre fetish.
I took my daughter to her first funny car race when she was 4, after a few races she turned to me and said daddy when they go by I see wiggly..lol
bruh that tiny ass wheelie bar to the back is halarious
I had a 74' Toyota Corolla 4 banger, and whenever I had a full load of passengers, could actually get 4th gear rubber. Even spun it under a tanker truck trying to pass on a hill.
Cool car, flat black.
I was impressed watching Garlits in 1966 crack 225...the idling noise was increible, and the launch took the air out of my lungs....cant imagine a 380mph machine...
Well since 339MPH is the most yet , I guess no one can!
The launch is like a nuclear detonation
👍
I would love to pull up to a traffic light with one of these bad boys
Me too LOL
Lamborghini-Bugatti-Ferrari- Maserati-Nissan GTR-Konisseg-Mclarren. They just notings just display in this race,top fuel master of speed 👍😊
Agree!
Nice video, do you adjust color in post production?????
Watch these in person. It shakes your heart.. and every hair on your body is blown
Ground Pounding Chest Vibrations Bring it Back and Recondition the Engine...
Dave The Mace just like those half mile flat track races!!!
8:53 the cameraman and video editor knew exactly what they were doing with that shot
Dominic Toretto be like: You don't need nitro methane to do a quarter mile, you need *FAMILY*
The exhaust has a unique smell to it, because it's pure nitro.
Its 90 % max.
And they check it after every run REAL CLOSE !
3:04 imagine fucking up severely and still doing a faster quarter mile that the average sports car with 600hp
I know it's nitpicky, but, I'd like to see the tree as much as possible prior to launch. Idk, that's 1/2 of the excitement for me.
Great video!!
Its like a Jet doing a low pass over and over again. TV does no justice. The eyes watering , body shaking, heart pumping thrill of it all. Ive been once and what an experience. If it goes back to 1/4 mile Ill go again.
08:49 enjoy
ryanburbridge nice
Boob
For the boys
Dragster: *exists*
Tesla Roaster: “why do I hear boss music?”
Last time I checked dragsters aren’t road legal
@@randomperson7135 yea but tesla keeps flexing with that 0-60 as if they can beat one of these any time soon
@@goodnoodle4337 no Tesla comes close to accelerating like that !! Lmao !!!!
I knew dragsters where long but when i went to a museum i didn't expect it to be long long bro.. and i saw sum other cars :))
The top fuel dragsters are that strong you only hear noice till it ends so you can hear something like an engine. What a beasts!!!
i REALLY want to see a tachometer going from 0-over500 in less than 4 seconds
my brain would probably stop working the same second its seeing that acceleration
Well 500 is a LOW idle. Top Fuelers idle around 3000 rpm but dont sound like it.. They rev to what ever the current limiter chips allow! thats how they keep em under 350 mph!
Gasoline is for kids.
Nitromethane is for legends🔥🔥🔥🔥
Forget the dragster, I want one of those golf carts
Awesome footage ! 👍
1:10 is what you came here for
just got to love Nitro
The best sounding engines
I love your drag racing videos
Thank you!
Went to the drag races at epping on June 5th 2022, best way to describe the sound it made is by listening to the video,
Take this sound, and imagine it's the only thing you can hear during the whole race, at max volume, even if you're sitting at around 10 meters from the track. The sound being loud to the point of making your eardrums hurt for moment.