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Encyclopedia > Drag strip

A dragstrip is a facility for conducting automobile acceleration events.


See: drag racing. You can find drag strips at http://www.nhra.com/tracks/tracks.htm


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Drag Strip for Champions (646 words)
History (Dreamwave comics): Drag Strip was among the Cybertonians who joined Megatron in his Decepticon army and started a civil war with the Autobots.
In robot mode Drag Strip can fly and uses a gravito-gun that enhances the gravitational field of a localized area so that anyone walking into the area would either be crushed by the increased gravity or have his body ripped apart as the gravity pulls him from different directions.
Drag Strip has special anti-gravity devices in his body which allow him to drive on any surface, even straight up walls, as well as allow him to make incredible jumps in car mode.
Drag racing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (5212 words)
Drag racing is a form of auto racing in which cars or motorcycles attempt to complete a fairly short, straight and level course in the shortest amount of time, starting from a dead stop.
Drag racing vehicles are special in that they are modified to be lighter and more powerful than in their standard form.
In 1997, the FIA began sanctioning drag racing in Europe with a fully established European Drag Racing Championship, in cooperation with the NHRA with rules established from the NHRA.
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