Top Fuel by the Numbers.

http://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/1y4zap/top_fuel_by_the_numbers/

This is really freaking cool.


22.5 gallons per 1/4 mile

 

I like this one mentioned below the main article: Tuning down the downforce, an F1 can reach about 260mph. A Top fuel car is faster from 260mph to 320mph than an F1 from 0 to 60mph. Top Fuel cars reach 60mph before the rear tires cross the start line!

 

http://www.motoiq.com/MagazineArticles/id/3099/nerds-eye-view--inside-10000-horsepower.aspx and http://www.motoiq.com/MagazineArticles/ID/3161/Nerds-Eye-View--Inside-10000-horsepower-Part-2.aspx

 

Topfuel is amazing to watch. If you've never been and get the opportunity, I highly suggest it. When the cars are making their pass, you cannot breathe because of the compression on your chest, and your eyeballs vibrate. Watching them set the clutch in the pits is awesome too, make sure you have a gas mask though, because the exhaust burns like crazy.

 

I don't think there are any tracks here capable of hosting them here. All we have is Mission Raceway and it's a pretty small track.

 

We always go to Las Vegas. I would love to go to Charlotte, watching these beasts 4 wide would be ridiculous.

 

How well do they accelerate out of a turn?