4.5K views · 58 reactions | "Spirit of Tulsa Nitro Front Engine Dragster" @ Victor Car Show (HD) | Blown69's Car Show Photos | Facebook

The front engine “slingshot” dragster was designed by Mickey Thompson in 1954, to focus the weight of the car at the rear tires for traction. As horsepower increased & tire design became better, the slingshot became difficult to control & hazardous to the driver, (who sat astride the wildly rotating flywheel/clutch assembly & directly behind the volatile Roots blower & nitromethane injection system). After a hospitalizing gearbox explosion that cut his car in two pieces, Don Garlits debuted the

189K views · 4.5K reactions | Front Engine Nitro Dragster #dragracing #cars #racing #motorsports #fastcars #speed #topfuel #nitro #nitrodragster #fed #frontenginedragster #oldschool #nitrochaos #racecar | Red Line Motorsports Media | Facebook

Jumping from Top Fuel Dragster years ago to a Nitro Funny Car meant more than having the engine no longer behind me and now having the 11k horsepower HEMI at my feet. As any driver in the history of NHRA Drag Racing will tell you that has driven both Funny Car and Top Fuel Dragster .... Switching from one to another successfully is quite an accomplishment to say the least and you better hope you have a well prepared car or you will find yourself having conversations with yourself at night... As