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Two Top Fuel dragsters side by side during an NHRA event in 2012. Top Fuel is a type of drag racing whose dragsters are the quickest accelerating racing cars in the world and the fastest sanctioned category of drag racing, with the fastest competitors reaching speeds of 341.68 miles per hour (549.9 km/h) and finishing the 1,000 foot (304.8 m) runs in 3.61 seconds.
The Donovan hemi is an American Top Fuel drag racing engine, designed and built by Ed Donovan and first appearing in 1971. In the 1970s, it was the most popular engine in Top Fuel dragsters. In the 1970s, it was the most popular engine in Top Fuel dragsters.
Wards 10 Best Engines is an annual list of the ten "best" automobile engines available in the U.S. market, that are selected by Wards AutoWorld magazine. The list was started in 1994 for model year 1995, and has been drawn every year since then, published at the end of the preceding year.
These are the most recognizable of all Drag Racing cars. The 25-foot-long Top Fuel dragster can cover the quarter-mile in 4.4 seconds at up to 540 kmph, mostly using a 4130 chrome molly chassis constructed in the USA. They weigh about 1000 kg which makes for a massive power-to-weight ratio. The total finished cost of a Top Fuel dragster is ...
The NHRA Factory Stock Showdown (FSS) is a class of drag racing designed to showcase the Chevrolet COPO Camaro, Dodge Challenger Drag Pak, and the Ford Mustang Cobra Jet. FSS continues to be a fan favorite with growing popularity over the last ten years. The popularity of this class of racing is in large part due to the recognizable cars.
The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series is a drag racing series organized by the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). It is the top competition series of the NHRA, comprising competition in four classes, including Top Fuel Dragster , Funny Car , Pro Stock , and Pro Stock Motorcycle .
Top Gas (T/G) is a former NHRA drag racing professional class.. Analogous to Top Fuel, Top Gas was a pro class, and allowed dragsters (T/GD) as well as bodied cars.. Several noteworthy cars ran in Top Gas.
Ed Donovan (1928–1989), commonly called "The Mole" (or "Pachy"), [1] was an American racing engine and parts builder. Donovan developed the first all-aluminum-block hemi designed specifically for Top Fuel drag racing. [2] He was posthumously inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2003. [3]