Atlanta Motor Speedway. Bristol Motor Speedway. Charlotte Motor Speedway. Kentucky Speedway. Las Vegas Motor Speedway. New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Sonoma Raceway. Texas Motor Speedway. Stay Connected. Email Address. Like their Top Fuel counterparts but with a shorter wheelbase and a carbon-fiber body that loosely resembles a production-based automobile, Funny Cars routinely run in the 4.
Funny Cars are powered by the same supercharged and fuel- injected inch engines as Top Fuel dragsters. Funny Cars are also like Top Fuel dragsters in that they do not use a transmission but rather transmit power to the huge Goodyear rear slicks through a multistage clutch assembly that is activated by timers. Built around a sophisticated tube chassis and four-link rear suspension, Pro Stock cars must conform to precise measurements and weigh no less than 2, pounds. Pro Stock engines use two carburetors and spec gasoline, and are restricted to a maximum of cubic inches.
They can rev to more than 10, rpm and make more than 1, horsepower. A competitive Pro Stock car can run in the 6. These highly modified vehicles, which can run under seven seconds at more than mph on the quarter-mile, featuring a purpose-built tube chassis and a lightweight, aerodynamically enhanced replica of original bodywork. The class features a wide variety of makes, models, and engines, including V-Twin entries from Harley-Davidson and Buell and inline 4-cylinder-equipped Suzuki and Kawasaki models.
To ensure a level playing field, the pushrod-equipped V-Twin engines are limited to cubic inches, and the high-winding 4-cylinder engines cannot be larger than cubic inches. Fuel injection is permitted, and spec gasoline is the only fuel allowed. Top Alcohol Dragsters may look like Top Fuelers, but they have significant differences. Whereas Top Fuelers use supercharged, nitro-burning engines, Top Alcohol Dragsters may use a supercharged methanol-burning engine or an injected nitromethane combination.
The injected nitro cars do not use a transmission, and the supercharged cars have three forward speeds. Weights vary according to combination, but are generally between 1, and 2, pounds. A typical quarter-mile run is in the 5.
Similar in physical appearance to their nitro-burning Funny Car counterparts, Top Alcohol Funny Cars are restricted to the use of methanol fuel and have a three-speed transmission.
Top Alcohol Funny Cars feature basically the same chromoly steel chassis as the nitro cars and are fitted with the same carbon-fiber replica bodies, though the Top Alcohol Funny Car bodies do not need as much downforce and use a much smaller rear spoiler. Top Alcohol Funny Cars are capable of quarter-mile performances in the 5.
Dragsters, altereds, street roadsters, coupes, sedans, front-engine nostalgia dragsters, sport compact cars, and trucks race in 87 classes. The engine combinations are just as diverse as the vehicles, from turbocharged 4- and 6-cylinder engines to Pro Stock-style V-8s and nitrous-oxide-equipped mountain motors. Super Gas is a full-bodied version of an open-wheel Super Comp. Super Streets are full-bodied vehicles under 2, pounds. Funny cars began appearing on drag strips around when race drivers began using Dodge and Plymouth cars with radically altered wheelbases that had the rear axle moved forward by about 15 inches, and the front wheels moved toward the nose by about 10 inches.
These early Chrysler vehicles featured a cubic-inch Hemi V-8 engine. The Funny car and Top Fuel dragster share many characteristics. They can generate up to 7, horsepower, or about horsepower per cylinder based on an eight-cylinder engine.
Output is about 37 times more powerful than the standard factory production car. Both vehicles burn about five gallons of fuel in a one-quarter-mile run, which averages between 16 and 20 gallons of fuel for just one mile. Modern Funny cars employ aerodynamically altered carbon-fiber bodies to reduce wind drag and vehicle weight.
Most Funny cars have cubic-inch supercharged nitromethane fuel-injected Chrysler Hemi engines capable of hitting the quarter mile in 4.
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