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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
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.
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I remember that run by Sammy Miller, it was in a rocket car.
Crazy.
Nowadays they have top fuel dragsters running in the high 3.6 second range at 330 mph or better, but they only run 1000 feet now as 1320 was too dangerous
This pass was made by a buddy of mine a couple years ago:
