Are you too dumb to understand that she should wear ear plugs , because you know, it's her first time, or do you just not care enough about her to tell her to wear them?
I'll always remember my first attendance to the NHRA Northwest Nationals. I got to watch legends like John Force, Joe Amato, Eddie Hill, Warren Johnson, Bob Glidden, Ricky Smith, Darrel Alderman, Connie Kalitta, and Angelle Seeling in her early years of Pro Stock Motorcycles. Been attending races throughout the years and sitting in the exact same seats every year. Sadly, 2023 was my last year attending as a decline in health will be keeping me away from from the 2024 event at Pacific Raceways (I don't hold up very well in the Summer heat on those bleachers and suffer from annoying dizzy spells). Neverthess, I do hope to see 'yall at the annual Goodguys Rod and Custom Car Show in Puyallup... can't miss that one!! 👍😁👍
I asked my buddy son one day when we was at the drag strip how they make the top fuels go backwards after the burnout he happened to tell me they had killer elves in the long part of the top fuel dragster after the burnout they push the car backwards to the staging line. Then he said after that they get ready to apply the brakes at the end you said the elves need new shoes after every run
I live six miles from an NHRA drag strip. You can easily hear those top fuel dragsters at my house. It's the enjoyment of summer hearing those cars. I once drove by the drag strip on my way home from work just as the top fuelers took off. It scared the holy shit out of me. I was driving by about 60 mph with the windows up and the radio playing. Damn, they are loud, but I love it!
Bwaaahaha, nothing can prepare you for the first time. The blast pressure when it hits your body, the sound, the speed. It's amazing. I love watching these virgin clips.
There is NO normally aspirated American production engine with enough horsepower to drive the blower on a top fuel Hemi engine. Wrap your head around that for a moment.
Watch your first timers afterwards tho". Make sure they take it in and no signs of distress, and just laugh it off. There was a lady who had severe problems at the start line watching for the first time. Unknown medical condition arose from the visceral excitement of two fuelers booming past, almost took her life. Shock and heart related. She collapsed in the stands beside her kids. 1997 at the Seattle race.
Something that is interesting, for comparative speed purposes, is to see a class with "high performance" street cars, Camaros, Mustangs, Dodges, etc run a round of racing just before some top fuelers take their turn. It will calibrate a "newby's" thought processes as to what we conventionally consider to be fast.... "the Mustang in the left lane turned a 12.5 ET at 120 mph... and then there's a fueler that comes up and runs a 330 mph lap at 3.75 seconds. The "newbys' thought they knew what "fast" was, until they see what "really fast" IS.
People's reactions are priceless. If you never went to to an event you will not be disappointed it's so awesome the feeling you get when they launch. Undiscribable so much fun
Please tell me you protected the little kid’s ears. This is not a joke - a kid is especially vulnerable to catastrophic hearing loss, and no amount of coolness about an activity changes that. Don’t let something you’ll regret the rest of your life and hers happen.
There is nothing on earth that compares with the live experience of 22,000 horsepower literally exploding off the line and running for 3.5 seconds. Something you don’t soon forget!!
I still say that to experience the full effect, you have to be at or near the starting line. I've seen "first timers" curl up into the fetal position from that sound.
From studies, the constant hum or droning from machinery or even the wind in your ear or the sound of waves constantly is more damaging to you hearing, as it " wears out" the parts in your ears.
