The book is beautiful as well as instructive, published by Publications International Ltd. Prieto has written a terrific history of hot rods called Hot Rod Chronicle, and if anybody can capture all of that, it would be my pal Prieto. That means the supercharger has been blown off the top of the engine and the raw nitromethane fuel has eaten through your visor. He said, 'You know that you're in deep trouble in a dragster if you can suddenly see things clearly. The record he set back in 2017 is yet to be beaten, though not for lack of trying. For our final slot, we have the worlds fastest drag racing motorcycle to grace our presence - Larry Spiderman McBrides Top Fuel bike. Prieto then reminded me of a factoid he had passed along in the days of front-engined dragsters. 1 Larry ‘Spiderman’ McBride’s Top Fuel Drag Bike 5.61 Seconds. He suggested that the business about heat from dragster exhaust igniting the hydrogen in the atmosphere was probably hypothetical. That doesn't sound too excruciatingly boring, now, does it? I called my equally good friend Don Prieto, of the Prietive Group in Torrance, California, to check the facts. From a standing start, the dragster spotted you 200 mph and not only caught you but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1320 feet. You keep your foot down, but you hear a brutal whine that sears your eardrums, and within three seconds, the dragster catches you and beats you to the finish line, a quarter-mile from where you just passed him. The Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship takes drag racing at a new level of professionalism and excitement across six action packed rounds. The dragster launches and starts after you. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment. You run the Vette up through the gears and blast across the starting line and past the dragster at an honest 200 mph. Top Fuel drag bike racers from all over the world attend the quickest and fastest ¼ mile racing event every season. You have the advantage of a flying start. The premiere Top Fuel motorcycle drag racing event this year will be the Man Cup FuelTech World Finals. More than a mile up the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged and ready to launch down a measured quarter-mile as you pass. Putting all of this into perspective: You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter twin-turbo Corvette Z06.

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