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Just a point - the picture which claims to be of a Top Fuel dragster is actually a Top Methanol dragster raced out of Malta and shown performing a burnout at Santa Pod, the UK's main drag strip.

Martin

The driver of the Top Methanol dragster on the picture is actualy Peter Beck from Switzerland. The dragster has then been sold to Malta. Andrea

I added the section, based on a piece in CC or HR (I forget which). Early & more recent records would be welcome! How 'bout it? Somebody who's been a fan longer than me (& with better records!) must know this stuff! Trekphiler

Supercharged 8 cyl. engine* (typical) = 350hp-765hp [260kW-570kW]

These make up to 7500 HP these days

"Top Fuel" 8 cyl. engine (typical) = 5,500hp+ (these are 500 cubic inch V8 Hemi Engines running on a mix of 95% Nitro Methane to 5% petrol - they produce phenomenal power and propel the vehicle to speeds of over 300mph (500+kmh) in under 5 seconds

The do not use "Petrol", they use Methanol. Top fuel engines are generally limited to 450 cid, and generally are limited to 80% nitromethane (NHRA allows an increased amount of Nitromethane at Denver Colorado, to compensate for the high altitude of the track). There used to be no limit to the amount of nitromethane used. This is straight out of the 2004 NHRA rulebook.

In fact, most of the information under four, six, and eight cylinder vehicles are grossly innacurate, or at least extremely modest in terms of horsepower ratings. There are normaly asperated, nitromethane burning 8 cylinder engines that make a few thousand HP, much more than the 550hp listed. 550 is a VERY modest number for an American V-8 that is used, even very casually, as a Drag car. Unfortunately, this is not the type of information one can find from any written source.

In the "The Race" section, some verbage regarding "pedalling" a top fuel car is injected right after talk of shift points. To make this less mis-leading, it should be mentioned that Top Fuel cars have no transmissions, thus do not employ "shift points". This is what makes "Pedalling" nessisary, since there is no option of depressing the clutch to allow the tires to regain traction.

Under "Racing Organization" TA/D and TG/D should be removed from the "Top Fuel Dragster" line, as those are not pro catagories.

This line, also under "Racing Organization": The NHRA is more popular with large, ¼ mile nationally-recognized tracks, while the IHRA is a favorite of smaller 1/8th mile local tracks. Is Mis-leading, it implies that IHRA only incorporates 1/8 mile races.

This line, under "The Burnout", is not entirely accurate: Some cars have a mandatory "line-lock" which prevents the rear brakes from engaging when the brake pedal is depressed (which can be toggled on and off).

"Line Lock", when mandatory, is required to be on the FRONT brake system. It HOLDS the pressure in the font brakes, leaving the driver free to operate the clutch and Gas pedals. The only may it coukld be used on the rear brakes is in a car with an automatic transmission (else one would need an extra foot for the brake), but there are no classes (that allow automatic transmissions) that require it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.63.253.240 (talk • contribs)

The list of cars in "Brazil" has a minor problem, the Volkswagen Golf was written as "Gol". Could someone please fix this? ~2025-33477-91 (talk) 07:09, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]