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Geez, I wish you'd go see a drag race, and check their fifty foot
speed. Remember, a jet needs a catapult just to get started off a
carrier. There's no f**kin' way in hell they could beat super stock car
at eight seconds.
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> Searching the net, I am unable to find any valid jet dragster numbers.
> The major sanctioning bodies do not actually sanction the jets anymore,
> just as they don't have rocket, compressed air, or electric car classes
> or ones for four wheel drive vehicles. (The electric guys have NEDRA).
> Since these are exhibition vhicles the ET and trap speeds may be
> accurate, but they are not recorded by the sanctioning bodies.
>
> What is obvious from a Web search is that most of these jet dragsters
> and funny cars are essentially hobby efforts and are running first and
> second generation jet engines long out of aircraft service. Obviously,
> legit competition and funds with more modern engines would drive speeds
> radically higher. I think Arfons was quoted as running in the low fives
> or high fours in the mid/late 60's.