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Richard Rawlings in a Hellcat...
 Skip the first minute... Don't start your drag race doing a burnout.
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"I felt like I was getting a little out of the lane when I hit the wall, but I was good."
"I was so far behind ... why not show the crowd a little something — hit the wall...." What a freakin' tool. the guy can't talk any straighter than he can drive. |
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The epitome of a douchbag in a car he can't handle.
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Never heard of the guy.
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At least he wasn't leaving a cars and coffee...
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the whole concept is boring,
even with 5 second edits from 5 different cameras. Last edited by ted; 08-13-2018 at 10:17 AM.. |
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YAWN
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There are those who call him.....Dick
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The 'sport' of accelerating in a straight line quickly?
Navy pilots do it better. And that's before their first cup of coffee. Then they do so much more... |
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So he got a job as a fireman, that didn't work out. So he bought a small printing company, that didn't work out. So he opened a small garage called gas monkey, that was doing OK because the guy he partnered up with was really good. Until he got fed up and quit. One of his wealthy friends made a bet he and Richard couldn't break the record for the cannonball run. They did, but some people dispute that. That's his 15 minutes. His shop occasionally sponsors DBs like Alex Laff-lin. If Richard is the ultimate douche (and he is), Alex is running a close second. When he gets beat (often) he throws a temper tantrum and runs overhis opponent's chutes in the shut-off lane. Royal douche. Rawlings tried sponsoring a top fuel dragster but AFAIK it never qualified for a race. 
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i dont know much about the guy.
but he did seem to do okay for himself. i dont have a reality TV show. i'm not sponsored by dodge and get to do TV commercials. didnt he open a restaurant as well? i didnt watch the crash video.
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Mr Garlits did about 4Gs for a few seconds.
Oh my. But his challenger went on to pull sustained 9Gs in a full-on fight to the death while calculating time to lock-on, and every combination of opponent maneuvers, watching stall speed and radar and other instruments, co-coordinating with communications protocol, analyzing advantages vs disadvantages while also investigating other potential threats on the horizon. |
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I find the lower classes of drag racing to be about as exciting to watch as golf. Top Fuel and Funny Car are a whole different story. Any true gear head owes it to themselves to see it live - TV just cannot do it justice.
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I can't imagine anything a human can sit in (maybe a rocket sled) that can accelerate faster than a top fuel dragster. When they go a 1/4 mile. 3.58 seconds at 386.26 mph (621.61 km/h) was set by Sammy Miller in his Vanishing Point funny car in July 1984!
So fast they changed the rules to slow em down. 386 MPH after less than 4 seconds is nucking futz. I would love to have a ride in something like what Major Roger J. Smith, U.S. Air Force had: From brake release at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, at 913 feet (278 meters) above Sea Level, the F-15 reached 30,000 meters (98,425 feet) in 3 minutes, 27.799 seconds. WOW!
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No catapult to launch him, just thrust!
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Shape shifter, Excellence magazine 11/2010.
lil' black
1988 Chevy Camaro IMSA GTO/Trans Am series spec.
Andy Porterfield's last race car.
Carrera
1970/1982 Porsche 914-6/911SC 2.7 RS
