Why Do Top Fuel Burnouts Go Halfway Down The Strip?
I attended my first NHRA drag race yesterday. The Funny Cars and the Top Fuel dragsters went from 1/3 to 1/2 the length of the quater mile strip for their burnouts while the Stock class and some of the other divisions were able to do their burnouts before the staging area. Why?
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January 23rd, 2010 at 11:18 am
nhra rules say all classes other than pro classes must do there burnout behind the starting line. if the pro classes stayed behind the line the would simply expire there motors as they have so much power. its not necessary to do the burnout 1/2 way down the track that’s just for show it gets the fans going. years ago john force would do a burnout all the way down the track his famous 1/4 mile burnout the fans loved it but hes just a big show off and on the way back he would stick his hand out the top and wave at every one
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Because they have 5000 horsepower and no front brakes for one. And two, To ‘burn’ the clutches in.