Drag Race Technology looks at the world’s fastest sport that uses the most powerful engines ever raced. Top Fuel and Funny Car are the quickest categories but ‘Pro Stock’ and ‘Pro Stock Motorcycle’, which round out the professional classes, are equally popular due to the link they forge with road machines. Supporting the pro classes are a host of other types of warrior making drag racing the most diverse form of motorsport on the planet. This Race Technology Report from the editors of Race Engine Technology investigates the type of engines that power today’s runners and looks at the fascinating machinery they power. Drag racing is the fastest growing motorsport in the world and Drag Race Technology reveals the amazing engineering that it promotes.
Contents include:
Profile: TOP FUEL ENGINES
What it takes to push out 7,000 horsepower
Profile: PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLES
Steve Tartaglia keeps DSR on track
Insight: FUNNY CAR CHASSIS
Working to combine safety with speed
Insight: CREW CHIEF WISDOM
Top tuners share their insights
Insight: PRO STOCK CARS
The power of painstaking precision
Focus: THE SPORTSMAN CATEGORIES
Where ingenuity means more than money
Profile: RUNNING A TOP FUEL CAR
Getting ready for the Big Go
Report: DRAG RACING WORLDWIDE
The changing face of this global sport
GRID
Hot issues and innovation
PS: THE SPIRIT OF DRAG
A whiff of nostalgia
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