Altered is a former National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racing class and a current drag racing chassis configuration that forms the basis of many...
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Look up altered in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Altered may refer to: Altered (film), a 2006 film Altered (drag racing), a former drag racing class...
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Drag racing is a type of motor racing in which automobiles or motorcycles compete, usually two at a time, to be first to cross a set finish line. The...
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Winged Express is a supercharged A Fuel Altered (AA/FA). On 28 September 1967, it was the first Altered to exceed 200 mph (320 km/h). Winged Express was...
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show is a play on drag queen and drag racing, and the title sequence and song "Drag Race" both have a drag-racing theme. RuPaul's Drag Race has spanned...
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Pacer's Auto (redirect from Pacer's Auto drag racing team)
record-setting drag racing team in the early 1950s and 1960s. Based in Oceanside, New York on Long Island, The Pacers' "Snizek & Dodge Racing Team" made up...
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Walt's Puffer II (category Drag racing cars)
Walt's Puffer II is an early American Altered drag racing car, built in Inkster, Michigan. Walt’s Puffer II is a FIAT Topolino powered by a fuel injected...
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Top Fuel (category Drag racing classes)
type of drag racing whose dragsters are the quickest accelerating racing cars in the world and the fastest sanctioned category of drag racing, with the...
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in Lapeer in 1968. Allen first became involved in drag racing in 1964 when he attended a drag racing event in Ubly, Michigan. Allen grew up in an area...
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Ronnie Sox (category Racing drivers from North Carolina)
American drag racer. His family ran a Sinclair (SOX SINCLAIR) station on Church St. in Burlington, North Carolina, where got his start in drag racing in the...
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Gasser (car) (category Drag racing cars)
A gasser is a type of hot rod originally used for drag racing. This type of car originated in United States in the late 1950s and continued until the...
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In motor racing, the drag reduction system (DRS) is a form of driver-adjustable bodywork aimed at reducing aerodynamic drag in order to increase top speed...
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Pure Hell was an American Fuel Altered (AA/FA) drag racing car. With an 89 in (2,300 mm) wheelbase, Pure Hell was initially powered by a Chevrolet small-block...
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Willie Borsch (category American racing drivers)
"Wild Willie", was an American AA/FA and funny car drag racer. Borsch started racing in Altereds in 1960 with Winged Express, built by Borsch and partner...
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was an American drag racer who was a winner of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) U.S. Nationals.[clarification needed] His racing career spanned...
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Competitive swimwear (redirect from Drag suits)
that reduces skin drag. Most competitive swimmers wear special swimsuits including partial bodysuits, racerback styles, jammers and racing briefs to assist...
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Glossary of motorsport terms (redirect from Reaction time (drag racing))
backup car See spare car. bag of donuts In drag racing, a perfect reaction time of .000 seconds. beam In drag racing, the electric eye controlling the pre-stage...
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Funny Car (category Drag racing classes)
Funny Car is a type of drag racing vehicle and a specific racing class in organized drag racing. Funny cars are characterized by having tilt-up fiberglass...
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Ford FE engine (section Drag racing)
Nevertheless, the SOHC 427 found its niche in non-stock drag racing, powering many altered-wheelbase A/FX Mustangs, and becoming the basis for a handful...
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The Hot Rod Magazine Championship Drag Races were a series of drag racing events sponsored by Hot Rod Magazine between 1964 and 1969. It was considered...
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Mickey Thompson (category Off-road racing drivers)
while pursuing hot rodding. He later became involved in the new sport of drag racing. Over the course of his career, Thompson set more speed and endurance...
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National Drag Racing Association, or ANDRA for short, is a drag racing sanctioning body in Australia. The organisation was created in 1973 from a more drag racing...
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Dragster (car) (category Drag racing cars)
A dragster is a specialized competition automobile used in drag racing. Dragsters, also commonly called "diggers", can be broadly placed in three categories...
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Palm Beach International Raceway (category IHRA drag racing venues)
The facility had a quarter-mile drag strip, a 2.043 mi (3.288 km) road course, 7/10-mile kart track as well as mud racing tracks. The road course at Palm...
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Tasmanian Devil (NHRA dragracing) (category Drag racing cars)
The Tasmanian Devil was the name of a drag racing car in the 1960s, named after the Tasmanian Devil cartoon character. During the same time period that...
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The drag curve or drag polar is the relationship between the drag on an aircraft and other variables, such as lift, the coefficient of lift, angle-of-attack...
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Need for Speed: Underground (category Street racing video games)
no nitrous oxide in this mode. Drag racing is the second most technical form of race in the game. It involves racing against one or three cars on typically...
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Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt (category Drag racing cars)
Fairlane Thunderbolt is a limited production, factory experimental, drag racing version of the Ford Fairlane produced during the 1964 model year only...
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as those of touring car racing, Rallying, Drifting (motorsport) and Drag racing. Many countries or municipalities have legal requirements which govern...
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Katya Zamolodchikova (redirect from Katya (drag queen))
Brian Joseph McCook (born May 1, 1982), known by his drag persona Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova (Russian: Екатерина Петровна Замолодчикова), or mononymously...
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