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Last week the Scott Kalitta accident was a reminder of how dangerous drag racing can be:
As you search through YouTube, you realize how common accidents are in drag racing:
Why do the dragsters look so fragile? In several of these videos they seem to fold up like paper. It’s because, to keep the weight as low as possible, there just isn’t much to a dragster. It’s a spindly space frame bolted to an immense engine. At 300 MPH the force of the wind is incredible compared to the strength of the frame. This page helps you see how fragile a dragster really is:
This video helps you understand the scale of the tubes in a dragster:
If you want to build your own dragster, here are parts and plans:
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