Dodge Boys Nazcar Racing ((DODGE))

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De nada, mi amigo

[tr8dervic]

Muchas gracias señor Eli !

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Next race: Sun., Aug 11 Cook Out 400 Richmond Raceway 70/230/400 6:30pm USA

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Nazcarchives: 07-21-2024 Brickyard 400 Indianapolis Motor Speedway

***2 weeks off for the Olympics---we're back Aug 11th at Richmond

4-way photo this week at The Brickyard

Hi Score: Aintright-Vic-New-Dave 115

175 Clubbers: None

Big Movers: Newtogame up 2 spots



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GL...

[Aintright]

45 5 54 22 please... TY, GL!

[tr8dervic]

To the rear: #2-Cindric (unapproved adjustments), #19-Martin Truex, Jr (pre-race inspection failure)

Green flag: 2:31pm/et

TV: NBC
Radio: IMS, SiriusXM

Stage Laps: 30/95/160

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[tr8dervic]

GL Eli !

[Vexari]

11, 22, 45, 54

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Big daddy is a Tampa boy...

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11,45,54,34....tyty

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ive still never made it to the Gator Nationals but i have been to the Don Garlits museum in Gainsville....

https://garlits.com/

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Standing at the finish line at Englishtown was always a ground-shaking experience when the top fuelers and funny cars came thru---amazing

used to stand in the pits between top fuel runs and watch them tear down and rebuild the engines---the nitro was tougher than peelin' 10 onions

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[RizZo]

9,24,34,54

Good Luck Everyone!!

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Wow

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45 11 47 22 tia

[EZ2]

45-9-22-54

[fuzzy]

9-45-22-54,,,,thanks

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I don't know how many here are into NHRA Top Fuel Dragsters, but I found this and thought you might be interested.
UPDATE: I just learned that this info is from 2004, so you can only imagine how much the cost, the technology and the speed has gone up.
Drag racing must be one of the most expensive hobbies on the Planet ! A single barrel of fuel is over $750.00 U.S., and here is what you get from that :
TOP FUEL ACCELERATION PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE
* One Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic-inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower (10,000 HP) than the first 5 rows at the Daytona 500.
* Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1.2-1.5 gallons of nitro methane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced.
* A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to merely drive the dragster's supercharger.
* With 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.
* At the stoichiometric 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitro methane the flame front temperature measures 7050 degrees F.
* Nitromethane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
* Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.
* Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After 1/2 way, the engine is dieseling from compression plus the glow of exhaust valves at 1400 degrees F. The engine can only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow.
* If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up in the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.
* Dragsters reach over 300 MPH before you have completed reading this sentence.
0 to 100 MPH in .8 seconds (the first 60 feet of the run)
0 to 200 MPH in 2.2 seconds (the first 350 feet of the run)
* In order to exceed 300 MPH in 4.5 seconds, dragsters must accelerate an average of over 4 G's. In order to reach 200 MPH well before half-track, the launch acceleration approaches 8 G's.
6 g-forces at the starting line (nothing accelerates faster on land)
6 negative g-forces upon deployment of twin chutes at 300 MPH. A Top Fuel Dragster accelerates quicker than any other land vehicle on earth . . quicker than a jet fighter plane . . . quicker than the space shuttle.
* Top Fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light!
* Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load.
* The redline is actually quite high at 9500 RPM.
* The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.420 seconds for the quarter-mile (2004, Doug Kalitta). The top speed record is 337.58 MPH as measured over the last 66' of the run (2005, Tony Schumacher).
THE BOTTOM LINE: Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000 per second.
Putting this all into perspective:
You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter twin-turbo powered Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged & ready to launch down a quarter-mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the 'Vette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line & pass the dragster at an honest 200 MPH. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment.
The dragster launches & starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums & within 3 seconds the dragster catches & passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter-mile away from where you just passed him. Think about it - from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 MPH & not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long race!
That's acceleration!
The picture shows what 10,000 horsepower does to a top fuel tire at launch.

[SkeBallLarry]

Indianapolis ~ 5 11 17 22

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GL---I'm in: 11-45-54-34

[tr8dervic]

Stephen is in with 45 11 17 54

Dave has 11 5 54 34

[tr8dervic]

I'm in with 45 5 22 54

Waiting on the other two slackers.

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[tr8dervic]

GL Youz Touz!

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Tazzie's picks 5-11-54-22 my picks 5-45-54-22
GLTA

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway


Overview, history...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C8D_c12tro

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it will be a Flat race in all 4 turns

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Will this be a hot mess

Or a good race

Not sure

Where to lean

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Driver Top 10 Standings for Race # 22 Sun. Jul 21 Brickyard 400 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 50/100/160 2:30pm NBC

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[tr8dervic]

Thank you Eli!

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Next race: Sun., Jul 21 Brickyard 400 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 50/100/160 2:30pm NBC

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Nazcarchives: 07-14-2024 The Great American Getaway 400 Pocono Raceway

Aintright is right this week at the Pocono as Blaney slips thru all our cracks

Hi Score: Aintright 174

175 Clubbers: None

Big Movers: Aintright up 3 spots

ps...New---you can get off the couch now



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[tr8dervic]

Bubba does well at Pocono. I would have picked him if he was starting closer to the front.

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Takin' a flyer on Bubba---fast car but startin' way too far back here---not a safe pick at all LOL

[tr8dervic]

GL Eli !

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Mandolin rain

I laughed and she'd smile

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4, 11, 24, 48

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