The ‘Old Fifty One’ Pro Mod is based on a 1951 Chevrolet Business Coupe Bert Englefield’s ’38 Ford Coupe ‘The Hot Rod’ Bobby Wallace lifts the wheels and runs his first 5 in his new nitrous injected Camaro Pro ModĬomp Eliminator. Three engine types are permitted, supercharged running on methanol, nitrous injected or turbocharged, the biggest motor is over 14,000cc! These crazy machines will run high 5 secs up to 260mph over the 1/4 mile. The styles range from a 1930’s hot rod to modern American ‘muscle cars’. A holeshot is where the elapsed time is slower but the reaction time to the staring lights quicker Bengt Ljungdahl in his Chevrolet Camaro Pro Stocker Multiple Pro Stock Champion Jimmy Alund of Sweden runs a 6.579 210mph in his Camaro Robin Noren of Sweden wins Pro Stock beating champion Jimmy Alund on a holeshot. In Europe this class is dominated by Swedish teams. Will run under 6 and a half seconds and reach over 210mph, they need perfect track conditions or will get well out of shape. Highly sophisticated machines based on production cars. Top Methanol dragster driven by Chris Polidano of Malta, an ‘A Fuel’ car 2019 Top Methanol champion Sandro Bellio of Belgium Top Methanol Dragster, Dennis Habermann from Germany Raced over the 1/4 mile, times of low 5 seconds and speeds to 280mph. The dragsters can run with a supercharged (blown) engine using methanol as fuel, or injected where nitro is allowed, these are known as ‘A Fuel’. Once very popular classes sadly numbers of entrants has dropped so the dragsters and funnies often race together with a handicap to the (very slightly) slower funny cars. These cars resemble the more powerful nitro machines. Steve Ashdown’s ‘Undertaker’ Nitro Funny Car blasts into the late afternoon sun Kevin Kent in the ‘West Ten’ Mustang (grey car) set new ET and speed records but still lost to a ‘holeshot’ by Kevin Chapman in the ‘Thermoreg/Hass’ Mustang Flames from the headers and clutch dust from the rear. ‘West Ten’ a Mustang bodied Funny Car driven by Kevin Kent Festival of Power 2019. The bodies are carbon composite replicas of modern cars and are often known as ‘floppers’. In Europe they are not as quick as the dragsters. These short wheelbase machines with the engine in front of the driver are as powerful as the Top Fuel dragsters. You have to witness this spectacle, it is hard to describe the sound and smell Liam Jones of the UK (green car) thunders down the strip in 3.90 secs at 307mph! Maja Udtian from Norway unfortunately loses traction and smokes the tyres. The moment 10,000 horsepower is let loose! 2018 champion Anita Makela of Finland launches her Top Fuel Dragster and runs 3.872 312.44mph over the 1,000 ft Finland’s Antti Horto runs a 3.97 300mph, check out the distortion in the rear tyre! Top Fuel match race. The ‘fuel’ is nitromethane a very explosive liquid that makes it’s own oxygen. These machines produce over 10,000 horse power, reach 100mph in under 1 second and will cover the 1000ft distance in less than 4 seconds at speeds of over 300mph. On this page are the classes that run in the UK with a variety of images of the machines that compete in them. In the world of drag racing Countries will often give a race class a different name though the rules are the same.
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