um, yeah. those dragsters do 0-100 in 0.7 seconds.
yes thats right, less than a second to 100 mph.
they are going 330 at the trap.
think of what you have to steer with.
what i understand is that even 9 second cars are impossible to drive for
untrained mortals.
-james c
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly, Katie <kkelly@spss.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 10:40 AM
Subject: RE: Results from Round 6
> That Shirley DROVE?
>
> I THINK she's still driving! I'd have to confirm that, though.
>
> She just totally, totally rocks.
>
> And you know, it HAS to take skill to handle those cars. They are
absolutely scary insane. You can't just jump in one of those like you can an
autox car.
>
> Katie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Debbie [mailto:bartsmom@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 9:55 PM
> To: Joey Jarosz; James Creasy; Michael R. Clements; Navid Kahangi;
> ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Results from Round 6
>
>
> I hear ya...I got a kick out of drag racing too, til I discovered road
> racing and autox...To be honest with you, I would still get a kick out of
> drag racing if you didn't have to stick around for 3 hours for less than
45
> seconds (on average) of track time. Guess my attention span just isn't
very
> long.
>
> It would also be way more fun if I could drive the kind of stuff that
> Shirley drove...
>
> Peace,
> Debbie
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