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Yellow Fang (dragster)
''Yellow Fang'' is a Streamliner#Automobiles, streamliner Front engine dragster, slingshot Dragster (car), dragster.Taylor, Thom. "George Schreiber's Yellow Fang", in "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone", p. 36. Designed by Steve Swaja (with some tweaking by owner George Schreiber and his boss, Ed Roth, "Big Daddy" Roth) and built by Jim Davis in 1963, the car had a wheelbase. The aluminum body, hammered by Tom Hanna for US$5000, had a very pointed nose, canopied cockpit, and V-shaped "claw" tail, and was painted Diamond T yellow with red lettering (hence the name). The straight front axle had bicycle wheels and wing-like fairings. The engine, a Supercharging, blown Chrysler Hemi engine#392, Chrysler hemi (bored over, for a total Engine displacement, displacement of ) prepared by Bill Demerest (but maintained by owner-driver Schreiber), was exposed, as were the wheels.Taylor, p.36 photo. Early trial passes revealed problems with the cockpit canopy, and when Schreiber took over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Fuel
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 and finishing the runs in 3.62 seconds. A top fuel dragster accelerates from a standstill to in as little as 0.8 seconds (less than one third the time required by a production Porsche 911 Turbo to reach ) and can exceed in just . This subjects the driver to an average acceleration of about over the duration of the race and with a peak of over . Because of the speeds, this class exclusively races to only a distance, and not the traditional one-fourth of a statute mile, or . The rule was changed in 2008 by the National Hot Rod Association following the fatal crash of Funny Car driver Scott Kalitta during a qualifying session at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey. The shortening of the distance was used by the FIA at some tracks, and as of 2012 is n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
