Drag Racing is two cars accelerating from a standing start over a distance on a straight track. The traditional race distance is a quarter mile (402,34 metres) or eigth mile (201,17 metres). The professional classes or higher amateur classes compete in dragsters with horsepower well over 1.000 hp. The reaction time of a driver as well as their ability to maneuver that kind of horsepower on a specially prepared track make the difference between victory and defeat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Drag Racing began in 1940s in USA when young people started racing illegally on the highways between intersections. Films like American Graffiti and Rebel Without a Cause take up this topic. Usually two cars raced from one set of traffic light to the next. These match races soon where converted into legal race events mostly on airfields, that where abandoned after the war. In California they even used the dried salt flats as racetracks. The first official racetrack exclusively for drag racing was introduced in 1950 in Santa Ana, California. And even in Germany and England drag racing was a popular past time for American soldiers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In\u00a01951\u00a0the\u00a0National Hot Rod Association<\/em>\u00a0(NHRA) was founded and since then has been the largest Drag Racing organisation. The second most important\u00a0organisation in american Drag Racing is the IHRA, the\u00a0International Hot Rod Association<\/em>\u00a0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From the late\u00a01950s up to the\u00a0\u00a01970s muscle cars in the USA where tuned by the manufactures for use on the quartermile. The most popular where the 1969 Dodge Charge, the 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda and the 1969 Chevy Camaro Yenko. The latter Held the record on the quartermile over years with 11.82 seconds. Which makes it the fastest stock vehicle. Even the 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS with the largest stock engine by Chevrolet a 7.4 Litre (454 cid) and 331kW was not able to beat the Camaro.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n In\u00a01997 the FIA established the European Championship for Drag Racing. For this Purpose the FIA cooperates with the american NHRA and adoped their rulebook. The classic distance for a drag race is a quartermile (402,34 m). The\u00a0run out area is about the same distance. \u00a0Some tracks that do not have\u00a0the capacity run an eigth mile (201,17 m). Generally two drivers compete against eachother. The elapsed times (ET) run\u00a0during Qualifying are decisive for the pairings for the race, that is carried out with an\u00a0elimination system. \u00a0The elapsed times are recorded using light beams. Especially the reaction times at the startline are a decisive factor for victory or defeat.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Public Race the competitors can participate with stock vehicles, that are fastern than 16.50 sec. but slower than 11.99 sec.\u00a0\u00a0The class\u00a0Modified Public is reserved for modified stock vehicles, that are faster than 12.00 sec. but slower than 10.90 sec. With these so called bracket races\u00a0the\u00a0slower vehicle leaves the startline\u00a0first with a handicap so that the faster vehicle should have the chance to catch up so that both should reach the finish line at the same time, so it really comes down to reaction time and how well you know your vehicle.\u00a0In order to prevent excessive upgrading of vehicles and to allow fair competition between \u00a0cars with a varying degree of performance some amateur classes compete under a\u00a0class\u00a0index.\u00a0Going below the class index will result in disqualification of a competitor.\u00a0\u00a0Therefore it is common for a competitor to\u00a0lift the accelator before the finish line\u00a0in order not to go under his class\u00a0index. The ability of a competitor is more of a decisive factor\u00a0rather than\u00a0engine performance.\u00a0Class index:\u00a0Super Street 10.90 sec., Super Gas 9.90 sec. and Super Comp 8.90 sec.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Public Race is reserved more or less for tuned street legal cars.\u00a0Modified Public is reserved for modified street cars.\u00a0Super Street and Super Gas are\u00a0cars with extensively modified an engines and bodies. The\u00a0cars used in the higher amateur classes Super Comp and Competition Eliminator are\u00a0dragsters that are purposely built for drag racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The professional classes consist of Pro Stock, Pro Modified, Top Methanol Funny Car, Top Methanol Dragster, Nitro Funny Car and Top Fuel Dragster. The elapsed time on the quartermile in these classes range from 7 second down to under 4 seconds. Especially in the USA Pro Stock is popular due to similiarity of the cars with stock vehicles and the very competitive field of cars.\u00a0\u00a0Whereas in Europe Pro Stock has a very limited amount of competitors, most of which are from Scandinavia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Top-Fuel-Dragsters can reach more than five times\u00a0gravitational acceleration, which makes them the fastest accelerating vehicles next to Jet Dragsters. When it comes to acceleration even a Formula-1 race car cannot keep up with a Top-Fuel-Dragster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After the\u00a0burnout<\/em>,\u00a0the driver\u00a0stages<\/em> his vehicle at the startline. Two\u00a0white bulbs on the start tree (start light)\u00a0that are triggered by two light beams indicate the position of the vehicle. When both vehicles are staged (in start position) the starter initiates the the start sequence and three yellow bulbs on the start tree glow, depending on the class they either glow after each other or all at once followed by the green start light.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the driver leaves the startline before the green light\u00a0the red-light is on\u00a0resulting in Disqualifikation. After the run the driver receives a time slip with the incrementals of his run. The first incremental is\u00a0at 60 Feet.\u00a0Another incremental is the elapsed time and speed\u00a0typically at the 1\/8-mile\u00a0as well as for the 1\/4-mile. The elapsed time and speed is shown on the score boards for the spectators as well as a light to\u00a0indicate the winner.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drag Race Events for the professional classes are held on specially preparated drag strips. These race events are governed by the rules of the\u00a0FIA,\u00a0NHRA or\u00a0DMSB and partially Count for the European Drag Racing Championship.\u00a0Professional events are held\u00a0in\u00a0England, Sweden, Finland and Germany. The race Events\u00a0at\u00a0Santa Pod Raceway<\/em>\u00a0in\u00a0Podington (GB)\u00a0as well as the\u00a0annual NitrolympX at\u00a0Hockenheim in August are some of the largest events in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next to the\u00a0professional events there are numerous official race events for sportsmann classes, where anyone can compete. In Germany these type\u00a0of events are usually held on airfields.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: Wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Drag Racing is two cars accelerating from a standing start over a distance on a straight track. 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Vehicle Classes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Race Procedure and Timing System<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Race Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n