TONY FRANCO in the LUCAS OIL TERMINAL VELOCITY jet dragster at the 2017 Mile High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway. Follow DRW on Twitter: / drwshow Like DRW on Facebook: dragracingwe... Follow DRW on Instagram: / drw_show
It seriously is our very own Tyler Jackson just got his license in one of these just a few weeks ago here in Montana, and that was one thing he couldn’t express enough is how fast and hard they just keep pulling!
Yeah, it's like a blink from the 660 to the trap, a blink seriously, if you sneezed at the 660 you'd have trouble recovering focus before you were way thru the trap and out of road on most small town strips.
@@sitsia3808 he left the starting line at the 2:10 mark of the video and went thru the traps at 2:16. Do they really pull the chutes before crossing the 330’ mark?
I've seen these things plenty of times over the past 25 years. Such a rush to see and feel the power of those monsters. I've always wanted to pilot one just once in my lifetime!
What's the cost of a single pass in a Jet Dragster? Top Fuel teams quote numbers from 5k - 10k per run. And what's involved in a general turnaround between rounds?
There is a very large difference between jets and top fuel or even alcohol cars. They basically push their stuff to the absolute breaking point. If everything goes right on a jet and you don’t take out a hot end or anything else really the cost in pretty low mainly fuel. We aren’t wearing down tired or anything like that. Turn around time can have car ready to roll in 30 minutes. Pack shoots, refuel, check over the other miscellaneous stuff.
That’s the thing about jet engines. They are designed to run for tens of thousands of hours. Yeah they are expensive to buy and maintain but over a handful of short runs vs flying 5-10 hours a day 365 days a year in airline service or 300 hours a year in military service it’s hardly anything. It’s only if they get overtemped or FODed out that it gets unexpectedly pricey.
Finally a head on cockpit view seeing what the driver sees! Always wanted to see down the track and the blurr of everything going past AWESOME and u got the driver inputs, camera was crooked but still ... want that view in funny cars/ Hot rods
Back in the 80s, at the now defunct raceway Park in englishtown New Jersey, I used to jump over the fence and run out to the crash rail and take pictures as the jet cars went screaming by!!🔥🔥🤪😜
Me too, i Still can't believe it's Shut Down, So many Summer Nationals, Supernationals, Whatever they kept changing the name too. Even went to there Jet Car Nationals too, Mid 80,s - throughout the 90,s. Seen Many Mustang Shootouts there, Mustang vs. Gran National Events. Englishtown was the Place !!! I was 10 when Don Garlits Flipped Over Backwards there. I still remember that, Back in 86.
That's one fast vacuum cleaner. How fast do you think these could go if the organizers lifted the restrictions? I remember one year here in the UK, one (Fireforce 3) sat at the line with the jet screaming for a bit longer than usual and hit 336mph at the finish. Got a slap on the wrist for it I believe.
As I lifetime fan of these amazing machines I have just one request... Spool up the engine and give us a few big pops with the AB. The rapid fire stuff dilutes the experience.
Arisaga ummmm I do believe you are maybe asking the turning radius is and to be honest I’m not sure I’ve never been able to turn one of these things in one shot.
In all seriousness though, this is insanely fast. 6 seconds that man already out the car and thinking about lunch. Is it true that these things use like an entire 18gallons of fuel or something like that on one pull? Or am I thinking of similar shaped drag cars with like two V8 engines on each side spittin hot fire with back tires as wide as a Camry?
Ironically this view does nothing to prove how fast these things are! I feel unless you're in the grandstands to start line and never get to feel your eyes vibrate and that is a honest thing that happens you will never understand how fast these cars are!
@@DragRacingWeeklyI can only dream to feel that one day! You get to actually live it good for you man! Damn jealous would love to feel that just once! I can't imagine what it feels like I picture it to be almost like a tunnel or that must feel and look like what they make warp drive look like in movies and TV shows! HAHA I have done 200 mph on a motorcycle and things went from far to past you in a second I can't imagine what another 100 feels like that adding in the fact it took me many more seconds than your 3 seconds it takes you!
@@DragRacingWeeklywhen ESPN 2 used to cover the series I remember they would ever so often show a replay camera angle from the mechanics' vantage and you got some of the sense of the real thing but only if you have been to the real thing. The camera vibrates and the car just disappears like it is a fake video. You have to explain these cars with your senses because the brain just can not comprehend 1000HP a cylinder. From the lovely fumes during start ups and throttle burps after a teardown and rebuild. Not to mention the crowd no matter how many times they watch the different teams fire these cars up over the weekend and the days but they ALWAYS jump because they are startled I love it all!
Watched these all the time growing up for a few years and just the feel you get right before they go and after they pass you just can't be put into words but just if I try its amazing and same with the things you said
I would never get into something like this after seeing what happened to Richard Hammond. Totally scary for me. The drivers must have balls made of steel!
How long does it take to go from 0 thrust to 100% thrust? The 'spool up' time. I guess that all the time the motor is going, there is some thrust and the car is being held back by the brakes? What's the maximum thrust that can be held back by the wheel brakes? Thanks.
I think a hybrid jet-electric dragster would have the potential to beat Top Fuel. Instant torque right off the line as the jet engine gets up to maximum thrust, and then the battery runs out and the jet takes over the rest of the acceleration.
There are a lot of different types of dragsters. For example top alcohol dragster, supercomp dragster, pro charged dragsters etc, typically jets are faster than these. The really only dragster that is fast than jets are top fuel dragsters.
Yes so what he’s doing on the right thumb is hitting a button that sends fuel into the tail pipe and combustion chamber then with his left thumb he is hitting another button that ignites the fuel
These are jet dragsters, in the video it was Terminal Velocity jet dragster, and the Lucas Oil Missile jet dragster, but there are many others out and about.
🤣 those most definitely aren’t bicycle wheels. The are specifically manufactured for high speed dragsters. I mean I suppose you could if you really wanted to use these tires and fabricate something so they could go on a bike 🤣
Most tracks are a similar length, just a little longer because they don't have a giant hill to use, but the last time that one wasn't able to stop was at Perth Motorplex in 2013.
