What is involved in drag racing?
drag racing, form of motor racing that originated in the United States and in which two contestants race from a standing start side by side on a drag strip—a flat, straight course, most commonly 1/4 mile (0.4 km) long.
What are the 4 categories in professional drag racing?
The four Professional categories are Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle. They, along with Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, the three “Super” classes – Super Comp, Super Gas, and Super Street – and Pro Mod feature a single class of vehicle in heads-up competition.
What do they put on a drag strip to make it sticky?
PJ1 TrackBite, formerly known as VHT TrackBite or simply VHT, is a custom formulated synthetic resin, typically black in color, used in drag racing to either increase the traction of a car’s tires or as a sealer for newly ground and/or resurfaced race tracks.
What makes a good drag racer?
An essential part of drag racing is the tuning of your car. Yes, you need the skills, but you are expected to win in a car that is out of tune; no amount of talent or skill will help you. Some will say in drag racing, and it’s 80% tuning and 20% skill. To have a quick start, your air to fuel ratio needs to be perfect.
What engines do dragsters use?
Top Alcohol Dragster 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.
What liquid is used for burnouts in drag racing?
VHT is what the drags use. If you want extra traction buy some Tracbite and put it on your tires for awhile. This will soften your tires and help out with traction. Tracbite will not clog up with rubber ***** like the VHT does on the surface.
What is traction compound made of?
The main ingredient in vht is high fructose corn syrup. So take some cheap pop and mix it with mineral spirits or mek and spray the pavement and light it up.