I need to correct myself he

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Anyway, my point here is that the rocket cars
> had got so fast, and I believe I remember hearing about a run that was
over
> 400MPH and in the very low 4 second range, but that I am not sure of.

To quote this site:
http://www.eurodragster.com/news/sammy_miller_tribute/

Sammy's career was one of superlatives. He raced Funny Cars of the Fuel
variety before switching to rockets in 1976. His Spirit of '76 was the first
Rocket Funny Car and it very quickly smashed track records across the USA.
Sammy's next rocket FC was the first Vanishing Point, a Vega-bodied car in
which he recorded the first ever three-second pass in Florida in 1979, and
in which he first broke the 300 mph barrier in Europe, at Santa Pod in July
of the same year. A number of Vanishing Point FCs, the Oxygen Rocket
Dragster, and a Jet Dragster followed, all of which still hold ET and speed
records. He also set a world ice speed record when he put skis on the Oxygen
dragster and recorded 247 mph at Lake George. Sammy also arranged the first
ever rocket races, which were against Al Eierdam and which were also
contested at Santa Pod.

In 1984 Sammy recorded a pass of 3.58 at Santa Pod Raceway which still
stands as the absolute ET record anywhere on the planet.



Chris