i was there during sammy millers run i stood in the front making pictures.
by the way i was in the paddock and i spoke to mr miller. He is from texas and he said a highpressured tank of nitrogen serves as propulsiongas for the other tank filled with hydrogenperoxide ( hear him with a texas accent!!!) it blowes through a pipe with a honeycombshaped grid at the end of the pipe causing a chemical reaction to make two gasses come together namely hydrogen en oxigen. it's a thrustrocket from NASA!!!!
I saw this car when he did the record at Santa Pod. It still is THE most amazing thing I have ever seen. Its a hydrogen peroxide rocket, same as lunar landing vehicle.
i love santa pod went there from age of 7 till 27 took my son at age of 3 and he still goes now my dad passed away 5 years ago i took flowers to pod as that was my best memorys was with him i miss him so
Bring back the rocket cars! Fastest accelerating cars in the history of the world and I never got to see one in person! (I know it can't happen ,but I can whinge in hopes can't i?)
ik was er bij,niet te geloven ,'t was zooooooo indrukwekkend
volgens mij was die sammy miller knettergek,heb daar n.l. met een topfuel funnycar piloot gesproken en die zij dat die topfuels die er toen waren niet echt voluit konden gaan,omdat het geen echte dragracebaan was.
dit in verband met de grip op de baan.
trouwens,met zo'n snelheid komt bosuit wel heeeeel snel dichtbij.
propulsion is by hydrogen peroxide. mixed with oxygen it expands at a massive rate.they used a thruster off a lunar landing vehicle. his 0-60 time was too fast to get. 0-100 m.p.h. was in 0.36 of a second pulling 12g's.
Apparently the reason these cars are not running any more is because the tracks cannot get public liability insurance to allow them to run. The G-Forces applied to the driver were causing them to lose consciousness. Vanishing Point did have an issue with obtaining 90% Hydrogen Peroxide fuel but I believe it was overcome. Tragically Sammy Miller was killed a few years ago in a workplace accident. He was a super guy and the real driving force behind the rocket cars at Santa Pod,UK. RIP Sammy.
@mikegeetarsmith super guy? not according to his former partner who sued him for patent infringement. (can't recall his name but I read his version of the story) Guy was a former NASA rocket engineer, designed the motors that allowed VP to really hit insane speeds, worked with Sammy from I think '79-'82. The real money was in using HP for oil drilling and sammy allegedly ripped off his inventions. He was killed messing with something he knew little about. I may only know half that story.
Okay I went and looked it up, his name is Ron Vigneri and another review shows Ron doesn't really dis Sammy as bad as I recalled in fact he has fond memories of the personal relationship ("like brothers") but is pretty blunt about the business aspect which may have been soured by third parties and a little greed. Google Ron Vigneri Vetech Rocket Car History page should be near the top and if you are a fan this is a very worthwhile historical read. RIP Sammy, daredevils forever.
in the 70s and 80s they ran almost at 400 mph/ 640 kph in the 3 second range. Its a shame they were banned from racing. Imagine how fast they could run today with technology and better aerodinamics
Yes, banned from racing, they were outlawed in the US. This phenomenon only lasted about 10 years and many of these records still stand to this date. Sammy Miller, Ky Michealson and others turned these cars into land locked missiles. Nobody do this anymore
that funny car was the baddest car, I remember seeing it run when i was about eight or nine years old. he ran the car at an event at englishtown raceway park back in the day. i told people about the car for years and nobody believed that there was ever a rocket car that ran so fast...if i never saw it with my own eyes, i may not have either. but it was and is true... over twenty five years later... that was a BADD car... thanks.
Rocket engine was Oxygen/Hydrogen Peroxide mixed by a valve that was the throttle. Same as a thruster motor on a spacecraft. They were only running when the valve opened. That's why its not running on the starting line-to inch forward the valve was opened and closed for a microsecond-big bang and the car jumped forward to position. THey were outlawed by NHRA and AHRA. Too fast and dangerous. LOL Boy, they were cool.
Agreed. No one would want to be inside that vehicle at such extreme forces. Let's keep it conjectural, shall we? Woeful. A cause for sorrow or regret!
He was killed from a explosion in a Texas oilfield. I spent most of my late teens with Sammy street racing and was in his pit crew with his first dragster.He was really a great guy and will be remembered by me fondle. J Noll
He was killed in a explosion in a Texas oil field. Sammy and I did a lot of street racing in the late sixty's then I was in his pit crew with his first dragster.He was really a great guy and a good friend and will be missed by many... J Noll
max acceleration as measured in g's for a wheel-driven vehicle is around 3.35 g's. Any greater torque and you loose traction. G's immediately drop off. Rocket's are capable of achieving 400 g's of accleration. Ground-based anti-missile missiles routinely demonstrate this. 8 g's as is widely quoted for wheel-driven dragsters is Hollywood fantasy .. 3.35 g's max. Instantaneous or otherwise.
This guy burst blood vessles and also broke ribs on some "good" runs! a true legend, if only they could do something like this again. i never got to see Sammy, missed his last run at Santa Pod's Speedfreaks Ball i was gutted.. R.I.P thanks for the video buddy!
trans - I understand that the record quarter mile was run by Kitty O'Neil in a rocket dragster in 1977. 0-412 mph in 3.22 seconds. Assuming a linear acceleration curve, the average g-force for the run would be about 5.9 g. That's a pretty heft load to sustain. I'm not sure that getting shot out of a cannon would be any gentler.
I thought your figure was too low but you're right. Imagine they did away with the safety rules and ran a car at a constant 10g which fighter pilots can endure - what would be the top speed and time?????
Pulling 6 Gs is extremely punishing. I'll take you at your word that fighter pilots sustain 10 Gs (I simply don't know), but would quickly add that fighter pilots are highly trained and extremely fit AND wear G-suits.
As to your question, at a constant 10 Gs, you'd be adding 218 mph every second: 0 to 1000 mph in 4.58 seconds...I wouldn't want to take that ride.
no your right i checked it wiki actually states that this is contrary to wide-held beleif that sammy miller holds the record im sorry i beleived the first one i read which i cant even remember the name of
Sammy hold the fastest (drag) on a drag strip kitty Oneils was faster but was done on a dry lake bed so the both hold records in there own right secondly acceleration of the line in these rocket cars was about 10g upto 12g and fighter jets can sustain around 9g the wings cannot cope with further pressure
Awesome video. Remember when speed records were fun and these cars were built in garages instead of aerospace factories? Guy's like Sammy were a breed apart. God Bless Him.
Those twin bottles in the front of the car is the source of the power? is it similar to knocking the valve off a pressured cylinder? This type of racer is new to me, so please bear my ignorance.
In these cilinders is hydro-oxygen on high pressure, and it is pressed through a perforated silver plate causing an chemical reaction wich expanse the volume a few thousand times.and there is one way out.( look out for the blast)on the back.Thanks for watching
I agree santa pod wins ! I have been going since i was 8 and im 15 now. My dad also used to race with a super pro dragster that run 7s but sammy and vanishing point are awesome, like nothing else !
i didnt know they used Zandvoort as a dragstrip, obviously they cant now because they changed the track layout and made the main straight much shorter. :)
You must been a huge fan of dragrace, we only have motorcycle dragraces overhere and I like that for sure but I mis the raw power of the Cars and specialy that of Vanishing Point and Oxygen.Thanks for your comment
I saw Slammin' Sammy at York US30 Dragway in 1978....it was a HOLY CRAP moment! I've never seen anything like it since. He was in the 3's and over 300 mph, but I don't recall the exact numbers....the run was mind numbing.
Hense why Santa pod is the fastest Drag strip in the world, coz sammy did nis 3.58 there and kitty did hers on a desert. A Desert has less rolling resistance that a specificaly design drag strip.
trak bite is glue that applies a resistance when the back of the tyre is rolling up from the ground. Much like walking over glue, it requires more effort to lift your foot. sand has a lot lower resistance than glue.
This run was filmed at Zandvoort in Holland, on a 1/8th mile track instead of the usual 1/4 mile as the shutdown area was short followed by a bend. The elapsed time for the run was 1.6 seconds, and the terminal speed was 319 MPH (Yes MPH) My still photograph of this run can be seen on the Trakbytes UK dragracing site along with other info about Sammy.
I saw this guy with this car around this time doing the standard drag racing quarter mile (=0.4 km) in 3.98 seconds. I remember them saying at the time that he accelerated from 0 - 100 miles per hour (=160 Kph) in 0.4 seconds. It was the fastest thing I'd ever seen... looked like it was fired out of an invisible gun. On the run in this video, he was taking it easy!!
Your information is quite accurate, I have ridden somewhere the 1/4 Mile in 3.58 seconds with an endspeed of 386 miles per hour(617 Kph)I had the previlege to see him one year later running against his other machine, OXYGEN, driven by an Englishman
i was there during sammy millers run i stood in the front making pictures.
by the way i was in the paddock and i spoke to mr miller. He is from texas and he said a highpressured tank of nitrogen serves as propulsiongas for the other tank filled with hydrogenperoxide ( hear him with a texas accent!!!) it blowes through a pipe with a honeycombshaped grid at the end of the pipe causing a chemical reaction to make two gasses come together namely hydrogen en oxigen. it's a thrustrocket from NASA!!!!
1goser 9 months ago
my 60ft isn't even that fast :(
kkage2 10 months ago
I saw this car when he did the record at Santa Pod. It still is THE most amazing thing I have ever seen. Its a hydrogen peroxide rocket, same as lunar landing vehicle.
Mike
Mikejohnw1111 10 months ago
i love santa pod went there from age of 7 till 27 took my son at age of 3 and he still goes now my dad passed away 5 years ago i took flowers to pod as that was my best memorys was with him i miss him so
julielarman189 1 year ago
@julielarman189
i find your post very moving, i have been a fan and participant since 1963 although not as a driver (well once)
your taking flowers to the pod is very touching
Norman
normanbristow 1 year ago
how do these compare to the modern day Top Fuels? Which are faster?
danobrien2468 1 year ago
Bring back the rocket cars! Fastest accelerating cars in the history of the world and I never got to see one in person! (I know it can't happen ,but I can whinge in hopes can't i?)
natureboy99 1 year ago
luckily there's no bunny on the road
Poomba1989b 1 year ago
0-110mph in 0.96 secs
ozzysavine 1 year ago
that is like comedy fast !! just awsome
retrobasshead 1 year ago
ik was er bij,niet te geloven ,'t was zooooooo indrukwekkend
volgens mij was die sammy miller knettergek,heb daar n.l. met een topfuel funnycar piloot gesproken en die zij dat die topfuels die er toen waren niet echt voluit konden gaan,omdat het geen echte dragracebaan was.
dit in verband met de grip op de baan.
trouwens,met zo'n snelheid komt bosuit wel heeeeel snel dichtbij.
dit zijn volgens mij opnames v/d tros televisie.
99rsk 1 year ago
I bet his body hurt after running that thing
Ed66H 1 year ago
oh my f**king god!
e553xboi 1 year ago
propulsion is by hydrogen peroxide. mixed with oxygen it expands at a massive rate.they used a thruster off a lunar landing vehicle. his 0-60 time was too fast to get. 0-100 m.p.h. was in 0.36 of a second pulling 12g's.
stigthespanner 1 year ago
but what was the quarter mile time???? so amazingly stupid to make such a video and not state the time..
DanFrederiksen 1 year ago
@DanFrederiksen ahem.... read the description
R35Man 1 year ago
@R35Man it says eigth mile in the description. not quarter
DanFrederiksen 1 year ago
Rocket cars are insanely fast....
they reach 200 mp/h when a F1 driver notice the green light.....lol.....but its true...:)
Turbohayabusa100 1 year ago
He was and still is a true hero.
jimmy506persson 2 years ago
I STRONGLY hope them to be sanctioned again in the States someday in the near future.
ofwend2823j 2 years ago
wow
xXRASHEEDXx 2 years ago
400 mph in 4 seconds, ouch.
bubi8894 2 years ago
Apparently the reason these cars are not running any more is because the tracks cannot get public liability insurance to allow them to run. The G-Forces applied to the driver were causing them to lose consciousness. Vanishing Point did have an issue with obtaining 90% Hydrogen Peroxide fuel but I believe it was overcome. Tragically Sammy Miller was killed a few years ago in a workplace accident. He was a super guy and the real driving force behind the rocket cars at Santa Pod,UK. RIP Sammy.
mikegeetarsmith 2 years ago
@mikegeetarsmith super guy? not according to his former partner who sued him for patent infringement. (can't recall his name but I read his version of the story) Guy was a former NASA rocket engineer, designed the motors that allowed VP to really hit insane speeds, worked with Sammy from I think '79-'82. The real money was in using HP for oil drilling and sammy allegedly ripped off his inventions. He was killed messing with something he knew little about. I may only know half that story.
batvette 2 years ago
Okay I went and looked it up, his name is Ron Vigneri and another review shows Ron doesn't really dis Sammy as bad as I recalled in fact he has fond memories of the personal relationship ("like brothers") but is pretty blunt about the business aspect which may have been soured by third parties and a little greed. Google Ron Vigneri Vetech Rocket Car History page should be near the top and if you are a fan this is a very worthwhile historical read. RIP Sammy, daredevils forever.
batvette 2 years ago
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fils de putain,
Va te faire enculer par les grecs,
Mange ta Merde,
Ve te faire chier.
landspeed09 2 years ago
in the 70s and 80s they ran almost at 400 mph/ 640 kph in the 3 second range. Its a shame they were banned from racing. Imagine how fast they could run today with technology and better aerodinamics
landspeed09 2 years ago
Banned from racing? Vanishing point doesnt run purely because they cant get hold of the fuel needed to power it.
CrOwSoN15 2 years ago
Yes, banned from racing, they were outlawed in the US. This phenomenon only lasted about 10 years and many of these records still stand to this date. Sammy Miller, Ky Michealson and others turned these cars into land locked missiles. Nobody do this anymore
landspeed09 2 years ago
This is a controlled explosion propelled car. It's a bomb with a nozzle in the side of it so pressure can escape.
Gaspipenicklioni 2 years ago 2
i want to comment but I'm at a loss for words
PsuPepperoni 2 years ago
you just did idiot
travannah 2 years ago
I am too, Psu. Why the hard left land turn for a car that is at speed, designed to go only straight?
panhead1219 2 years ago
i saw sammy miller at santa pod in england. the man is a god. sadly missed
stigthespanner 2 years ago
that funny car was the baddest car, I remember seeing it run when i was about eight or nine years old. he ran the car at an event at englishtown raceway park back in the day. i told people about the car for years and nobody believed that there was ever a rocket car that ran so fast...if i never saw it with my own eyes, i may not have either. but it was and is true... over twenty five years later... that was a BADD car... thanks.
closekutt 2 years ago
Rocket engine was Oxygen/Hydrogen Peroxide mixed by a valve that was the throttle. Same as a thruster motor on a spacecraft. They were only running when the valve opened. That's why its not running on the starting line-to inch forward the valve was opened and closed for a microsecond-big bang and the car jumped forward to position. THey were outlawed by NHRA and AHRA. Too fast and dangerous. LOL Boy, they were cool.
johnnyjet33030 2 years ago
Agreed. No one would want to be inside that vehicle at such extreme forces. Let's keep it conjectural, shall we? Woeful. A cause for sorrow or regret!
stevechaconjr 2 years ago
Zandvoort had niet korter moeten zijn ;-)
glasjanus 2 years ago
Thats when you tape $100 bill to the dash and say its yours if you can grab it.
R.I.P guy, i never met you but you were badass.
MrJ0ne5 3 years ago
AT that speed, I wonder if the tape would be enough to keep it from just flying to the guy anyway.
thedeiillama 2 years ago
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speak english dipshit
travannah 2 years ago
Fuck you and your family too
assssssssssss
landspeed09 2 years ago
I saw this car in 84 or 85 at Santa pod Raceway in England. It was unbelievable. 1/4 mile in 2.6 sec i believe.
oxouk 3 years ago
He was killed from a explosion in a Texas oilfield. I spent most of my late teens with Sammy street racing and was in his pit crew with his first dragster.He was really a great guy and will be remembered by me fondle. J Noll
trophydriver 3 years ago
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physiciiiiiiist 2 years ago
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physiciiiiiiist 2 years ago
the engine develops 30.000 hp,and will pull 12G's. exhaust speed is 6000 ft.sec. by 600c.
grteyr 3 years ago
think my civic can beat that? jk, i would never buy a civic
mudboy59 3 years ago
I think the engine is a Lunar rocket motor? My blackbird would do better than that LOL!
simonspiers 3 years ago
Jaa!!
ik was erbij daar in zantvoort
ik heb dit live gezien en ik vergeet het nooit meer
claxon99 3 years ago
if he ran 1/8 in 1.6sec shouldn't he do the 1/4 in perhaps 2.4sec with an 8G avg acceleration?
anyway this is amazing!!!
exrun 3 years ago
amına kodumun salağı aya gitseydin bari rampa koyup, işin iyice boku çıktı, yakında normal araba kalmıcak piyasada
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago
it cant run the 1\8 in 1.7
and the 1\4 in 3.5 with an acceleration of 6g. no maths
BravoMona 3 years ago
What exactly is the purpolsion? I don't see a flame :S
BarkingSpider455 3 years ago
See some reaction further on, thanks for watching
herman125 3 years ago
@BarkingSpider455 Its pushing out pressurized oxygen
Drawrnuk 11 months ago
In an oil field were he was working not sure exacally how he died though
Kevinmwragg 3 years ago
He fell off an oil rig iirc
jackobcooper 3 years ago
not true
trophydriver 3 years ago
then what is true?
jackobcooper 3 years ago
He was killed in a explosion in a Texas oil field. Sammy and I did a lot of street racing in the late sixty's then I was in his pit crew with his first dragster.He was really a great guy and a good friend and will be missed by many... J Noll
trophydriver 3 years ago 2
Sammy did die in an oil field accident in 2002, saving his son's life.. Oneil's run was unoffcial. Flying quarter miles don't count.
appliedforcellc 3 years ago
in a fire on a oil field i belive
andrew37ford 3 years ago
max acceleration as measured in g's for a wheel-driven vehicle is around 3.35 g's. Any greater torque and you loose traction. G's immediately drop off. Rocket's are capable of achieving 400 g's of accleration. Ground-based anti-missile missiles routinely demonstrate this. 8 g's as is widely quoted for wheel-driven dragsters is Hollywood fantasy .. 3.35 g's max. Instantaneous or otherwise.
PigsCanFly99 3 years ago
3.35g?
Can you explain Tony Schumacher's current 1/8 times around 3.1 @ 440 km/h?
That is an average of around 3.9g for 3 seconds. Peak can be a bit higher, above 4g.
ave2timeslip 3 years ago
not bad. i think he's finaly ready to take on my matiz
Roryyeah 3 years ago
This guy burst blood vessles and also broke ribs on some "good" runs! a true legend, if only they could do something like this again. i never got to see Sammy, missed his last run at Santa Pod's Speedfreaks Ball i was gutted.. R.I.P thanks for the video buddy!
steviep101 4 years ago 2
i wonder what the G's are during a run like that.
transhuman7 4 years ago
trans - I understand that the record quarter mile was run by Kitty O'Neil in a rocket dragster in 1977. 0-412 mph in 3.22 seconds. Assuming a linear acceleration curve, the average g-force for the run would be about 5.9 g. That's a pretty heft load to sustain. I'm not sure that getting shot out of a cannon would be any gentler.
peakman2006 4 years ago 6
I thought your figure was too low but you're right. Imagine they did away with the safety rules and ran a car at a constant 10g which fighter pilots can endure - what would be the top speed and time?????
Jhsr135 4 years ago
Pulling 6 Gs is extremely punishing. I'll take you at your word that fighter pilots sustain 10 Gs (I simply don't know), but would quickly add that fighter pilots are highly trained and extremely fit AND wear G-suits.
As to your question, at a constant 10 Gs, you'd be adding 218 mph every second: 0 to 1000 mph in 4.58 seconds...I wouldn't want to take that ride.
peakman2006 4 years ago 2
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stevechaconjr 2 years ago
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stevechaconjr 2 years ago
i agree with your math but the record is by sammy miller@3.54 seconds
robduude 3 years ago
robduude - Which Sammy Miller record is @ 3.54seconds??...the 1/4 mile?
The info I quoted above on Kitty O'Neil's record 1/4 mile was cited by numerous sources, including wiki. I'll graciouly admit I could be wrong.
peakman2006 3 years ago
no your right i checked it wiki actually states that this is contrary to wide-held beleif that sammy miller holds the record im sorry i beleived the first one i read which i cant even remember the name of
robduude 3 years ago
Sammy hold the fastest (drag) on a drag strip kitty Oneils was faster but was done on a dry lake bed so the both hold records in there own right secondly acceleration of the line in these rocket cars was about 10g upto 12g and fighter jets can sustain around 9g the wings cannot cope with further pressure
Kevinmwragg 3 years ago
o ok thanks i was confused lol thanks a lot for the info
robduude 3 years ago
Fighter jets' 9G limitation has little to do with their wings and everything to do with the squishy soft things beneath their canopies.
ahz123 3 years ago
WOW!!!
Pieboy765 4 years ago
Awesome video. Remember when speed records were fun and these cars were built in garages instead of aerospace factories? Guy's like Sammy were a breed apart. God Bless Him.
jimdoire 4 years ago
in fact the record is hold by kitty o'neil running on 3.22 and 396mph
padrokgriffin 4 years ago
Those twin bottles in the front of the car is the source of the power? is it similar to knocking the valve off a pressured cylinder? This type of racer is new to me, so please bear my ignorance.
lookn4thepowpow 4 years ago
In these cilinders is hydro-oxygen on high pressure, and it is pressed through a perforated silver plate causing an chemical reaction wich expanse the volume a few thousand times.and there is one way out.( look out for the blast)on the back.Thanks for watching
herman125 4 years ago
@herman125 I don't know what hydro-oxygen is, the fuel source is over 90% concentrated hydrogen peroxide.
highvoltagefeathers 6 months ago
@lookn4thepowpow nos bottles mate
simonmitchellbird 1 year ago
I saw slammin' Sammy a couple of times at Santa Pod in the early 80's, truly awesome. Thanks for the vid.
MaverickMedia 4 years ago
to bad he died eh
cory4457 4 years ago
How??
lookn4thepowpow 4 years ago
some sorta accident
cory4457 4 years ago
Really? ;-)
:-(
JagTub555tamejfan 4 years ago
my 1.4 would have him! Fuk me thats fast..
twaiter 4 years ago
amazing
benshelock 4 years ago
anasını sikiyim bunu sürenin
basarg13 4 years ago
this car(sammy Mille) Ran 1/4 in 3.54sec and 386mp/h(621km/t) this time..It was in 1984 and world record that STILL STANDS TODAY
vykan 4 years ago
amına kodumun salağı aya gitseydin bari rampa koyup, işin iyice boku çıktı, yakında normal araba kalmıcak piyasada
cikopirens 4 years ago
olm rocketcar insanmısın sen ya (:
taksakal12345 4 years ago
Apparently it would have been faster but the driver left the hand brake on by mistake.
higgypopuk 4 years ago
I agree santa pod wins ! I have been going since i was 8 and im 15 now. My dad also used to race with a super pro dragster that run 7s but sammy and vanishing point are awesome, like nothing else !
seriousplaytime11 4 years ago
i didnt know they used Zandvoort as a dragstrip, obviously they cant now because they changed the track layout and made the main straight much shorter. :)
LanciaS4 4 years ago
sick!
IceCube82 4 years ago
Oh bloody hell!
sebbsa 4 years ago
You must been a huge fan of dragrace, we only have motorcycle dragraces overhere and I like that for sure but I mis the raw power of the Cars and specialy that of Vanishing Point and Oxygen.Thanks for your comment
herman125 4 years ago
I saw Slammin' Sammy at York US30 Dragway in 1978....it was a HOLY CRAP moment! I've never seen anything like it since. He was in the 3's and over 300 mph, but I don't recall the exact numbers....the run was mind numbing.
VooDooRocketry 4 years ago
There is only on sammy miller.
bikermoore 5 years ago
He has done the 1/4 mile in 3.58 seconds. Kitty O'neil did it in 3.22 seconds (at 412 MPH), though not on a drag strip (it was in the Mojave Desert).
pandurate 5 years ago
Hense why Santa pod is the fastest Drag strip in the world, coz sammy did nis 3.58 there and kitty did hers on a desert. A Desert has less rolling resistance that a specificaly design drag strip.
bikermoore 5 years ago
I'm not sure how that's possible but whatever.
pandurate 5 years ago
trak bite is glue that applies a resistance when the back of the tyre is rolling up from the ground. Much like walking over glue, it requires more effort to lift your foot. sand has a lot lower resistance than glue.
But, yeah whatever.
bikermoore 5 years ago
This run was filmed at Zandvoort in Holland, on a 1/8th mile track instead of the usual 1/4 mile as the shutdown area was short followed by a bend. The elapsed time for the run was 1.6 seconds, and the terminal speed was 319 MPH (Yes MPH) My still photograph of this run can be seen on the Trakbytes UK dragracing site along with other info about Sammy.
I hope that this info helps. Dick T
DickatPod 5 years ago
How fast does he actuly go in this video??
saffie1205 5 years ago
376km/h,234 miles/h
herman125 5 years ago
I saw this guy with this car around this time doing the standard drag racing quarter mile (=0.4 km) in 3.98 seconds. I remember them saying at the time that he accelerated from 0 - 100 miles per hour (=160 Kph) in 0.4 seconds. It was the fastest thing I'd ever seen... looked like it was fired out of an invisible gun. On the run in this video, he was taking it easy!!
dontsaymattress 5 years ago
Your information is quite accurate, I have ridden somewhere the 1/4 Mile in 3.58 seconds with an endspeed of 386 miles per hour(617 Kph)I had the previlege to see him one year later running against his other machine, OXYGEN, driven by an Englishman
herman125 5 years ago
Note that 0-100 mph in 0.4 seconds is an average accelleration of 11 G. Not for very long time, but still impressive! :-)
isakswahn 2 years ago 7