Dragster how fast

The fastest speed on record is A Top Alcohol Dragster can travel as fast as mph in the quarter-mile. However, in drag racing, elapsed time is the determining factor in winning rounds.

The quickest Top Fuel pass on record is 3. The quickest elapsed time from a Top Alcohol Dragster—the quickest and fastest car that runs on the full quarter-mile track—is 5. The primary braking system for each is a pair of parachutes activated by a hand-controlled lever inside the cockpit.

Car Life. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. It Wasn't Always That Way. Jason Zindroski. Even the Rahal Reynard single seater Indy car, with power and weight something akin to Formula 1, is left for dead somewhere around midway along the quarter mile, doing about mph, as the top fuel car "wins the race" at mph! This is a match up I would love to see - why has nobody ever done this? Check this graph too - all the road cars only manage around 0.

Hows this for the ultimate demo So the "super car" has the advantage of a flying start and crosses the starting line at mph, passing the stationary dragster.

At this moment the 'tree' start light goes green and the dragster launches Well, the Top Fuel car would still pass the mph car and win the drag race!!