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Old 01-13-2011, 10:04 AM   #5
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Default Re: Drag Racing-INSIDE

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Originally Posted by Mike Schwartz View Post
Thanks for the link. I had only seen one picture of that race previously. I wonder if it was any less safe than racing Monster Trucks in an indoor arena.
Pics are from 63 or 64, a race like that today would be 9 times more dangerous with the speed/traction/power of today's cars, even if they only raced 1/16 mile.... might be able to engineer a solution for the fumes, noise could be handled, but how much indoor room (or how short of a distance) do you need to contain some cars that now cover the entire 1/4 in less time than most of these cars could accelerate to 60mph? LOL
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