[GH85Carrera]

Drag racing is a skill all its own. And the a top fuel levels the physics alone is just mind blowing. Only top speed runs go faster than many of the top speed racers at Bonneville, and they do it over many miles, not in a 1,000 feet.

At a Porsche Parade a few years ago Michelin held their "test and compare" event. No charge to run, and they put us in a brand new Cayman S and we did a launch control drag race and had to stop inside of a stop box. There were two identical Caymans, except on was on Michelins, and the other was on Continental tires. They had a human "flagger" drop his arms and all we had to do was release the brake pedal and hold on, and judge when to slam on the brakes and do a max stop. It was lots of fun, especially since it was not my car, not my tires, not my gas.

I won two drag runs, and then a guy beat me. They did an overall head to head and in the end with lots of Porsche owners, the winner was a "late 70 something" man that was a retired drag racer. It is all about reaction time, and experience.

Everyone needs to go see a top fuel dragster at least once in their life. Zero to 100 in under one second. They pull 5 Gs, They Consume 15 To 22 Gallons Of Fuel Per Mile, Their fuel pump system can pump out 77 gallons per minute at full throttle, and make up to 11,000 HP.