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New England Dragway is a 1 ⁄ 4 mile NHRA dragway in Epping, New Hampshire, Rockingham County, United States. The track hosts the New England Nationals event as part of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. The track also hosts a regional event as part of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series.
Bracket racing is a form of drag racing that allows for a handicap between predicted elapsed time of the two cars over a standard distance, typically within the three standard distances (1/8 mile, 1,000 foot, or 1/4 mile) of drag racing.
Santa Pod Raceway is Europe's first permanent drag racing venue for 1 ⁄ 4 mile (1,320 ft; 402 m) and 1 ⁄ 8 mile (660 ft; 201 m) racing. [1] Located in Podington, Bedfordshire, England, the drag strip was built on a disused Second World War Royal Air Force (RAF) airbase, known as RAF Podington; once used by the USAAF's 92nd Bomb Group.
As with land-based drag racing, competitors race their vehicles for the lowest elapsed time (low ET) over a straight race course of a defined length. There are three standard drag race course lengths, 660 feet (1/8 mile), 1,320 foot (1/4 mile), and the most common length, used in professional drag boat racing, 1,000 feet (3/16 mile plus 10 feet).
Although a quarter mile (1320 feet, 402 m) is the best known measure for a drag track, many tracks are eighth mile (201 m) tracks, and the premiere classes will run 1,000 foot (304.8 m) races. The race is begun from a standing start which allows three factors to affect the outcome of the race: reaction time, power/weight ratio, and traction.
Edmonton International Speedway, also known as Speedway Park, was a 251-acre (1.02 km 2) multi-track auto racing facility located in the present Cumberland and Hudson neighbourhoods [1] of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The facility featured a 1 ⁄ 4-mile (400 m) dragstrip, a 2.53-mile (4.07 km) 14-turn road course, and a 1 ⁄ 4-mile short oval ...
In 1974, "Big Willie" Robinson and his wife Tomiko, opened the drag strip which hosted 1 ⁄ 4 mile drag racing. It opened on an old Navy airfield paying $1,000 per month to lease the facility. Willie opened Brotherhood Raceway Park with the motto "Run Watcha Brung," to promote the idea that all people from around Los Angeles were welcome. [1]
Some drag strips are even shorter and run 660 feet, 201 m, or 1/8 mile. The 1,000 foot distance is now also popular with bracket racing, especially in meets where there are 1/8 mile cars and 1/4 mile cars racing together, and is used by the revived American Drag Racing League for its primary classes (not Jr Dragster).