Brittany!

[rrrr]

Brittany Force laid down a 341.58 run in qualifying last night, upping the NHRA Top Fuel national speed record by a huge 3½ MPH. In the same quad run, Doug Kalitta set a new track ET record of 3.646 seconds.

Force blasts to 341 mph; Kalitta, Lee, Glenn, and Herrera take No. 1 spots

Top Fuel’s Doug Kalitta set the track E.T. record at zMAX Dragway on Friday, taking the provisional No. 1 qualifier, while Brittany Force made the fastest run in Top Fuel history at the American Rebel Light NHRA 4-Wide Nationals.

www.nhra.com

 

[was thatguy]

Saw that yesterday!
The entire top half of the funny car field is in the 3.80’s as well.

 

[n2otoofast4u]

NHRA- We gotta make this safer, let’s shorten them to 1000’, that will slow them down

Tuners- Hold my beer

 

[was thatguy]

They literally would not be able to run a 1/4 mile today at most of the tracks.
They’d need like 4 chutes and some sort of reverse flaps!
As you know, most of the tracks have property line issues that prevent shut down area extensions.

 

[monkeyswrench]

As you know, most of the tracks have property line issues that prevent shut down area extensions.

They just need to get creative...

With the speeds they hit now in the 1000ft, I wonder how fast they could go with another 320ft

 

[mjc]

They literally would not be able to run a 1/4 mile today at most of the tracks.
They’d need like 4 chutes and some sort of reverse flaps!
As you know, most of the tracks have property line issues that prevent shut down area extensions.

Even more chute would be tough, the decel G's are where the driver really have problems accel G's are minor in comparison.

 

[Willie B]

Even more chute would be tough, the decel G's are where the driver really have problems accel G's are minor in comparison.

… Isn’t that how Garlits got his retina detached from the decel forces of the parachutes?… I know when I drove …when the schute fully deployed it would lift the back of the car up…

 

[mjc]

… Isn’t that how Garlits got his retina detached from the decel forces of the parachutes?… I know when I drove …when the schute fully deployed it would lift the back of the car up…

So did Amato

 

[was thatguy]

They’d definitely have to be deployed in stages.
But it’s irrelevant, it’ll never happen.
F1 crash telemetry G force readings are astronomical at times.
Last year Max Verstappen hit the barrier at 180 mph and his telemetry recorded a deceleration G Force of 51G

Of course, that’s not repetitive.
5 Gs is typical in high speed cornering.
(My head would fly off and land in the next time zone…)

 

[Colton]

I stepped into this thread expecting the latest brittany spears half nakey weird video

 

[rrrr]

They’d definitely have to be deployed in stages.
But it’s irrelevant, it’ll never happen.
F1 crash telemetry G force readings are astronomical at times.
Last year Max Verstappen hit the barrier at 180 mph and his telemetry recorded a deceleration G Force of 51G

Of course, that’s not repetitive.
5 Gs is typical in high speed cornering.
(My head would fly off and land in the next time zone…)

Takuma Sato did a tank slapper in Turn 1 at Indy on Thursday. Peak was 94 Gs. He climbed out and walked to the med van, and while he was sore yesterday, he's OK.

 

[Romans9]

NHRA- We gotta make this safer, let’s shorten them to 1000’, that will slow them down

Tuners- Hold my beer

No shit!!

 

[was thatguy]

I stepped into this thread expecting the latest brittany spears half nakey weird video

Here ya go.

 

[bonesfab]

Here ya go.

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probably just as dangerous as a ride as a top fueler.

 

[thmterry]

Its funny that she runs 341 mph but only has the 3rd fastest ET of the day.

 

[4Waters]

Its funny that she runs 341 mph but only has the 3rd fastest ET of the day.

She staged shallow

 

[was thatguy]

Its funny that she runs 341 mph but only has the 3rd fastest ET of the day.

By a few thousandths…
All three ran 3.66 I believe?

 

[rrrr]

By a few thousandths…
All three ran 3.66 I believe?

Dougie ran a .646. The other two were .66s.