 Looking down a drag strip. Note the Christmas tree on the left
 Drag racing vehicles ready to race
 Snowmobile vs. Motorcycle A dragstrip is a facility for conducting automobile and motorcycle acceleration events such as drag racing. Generally, drag strips run for either 1/8th mile (most common) or a quarter mile, with an additional shutdown area to allow vehicles time to stop after crossing the finish line. Common features also include a water box, where vehicles and motorcycles can do burn-outs to heat up their tires to improve traction. There is a set of lights known as a Christmas tree that counts down to launch time. There are one or two return lanes for the vehicles to return from the end of the track to the pit area. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2304 × 1728 pixel, file size: 870 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Looking down the drag strip at Wisconsin International Raceway, taken June 19, 2006, taken by myself. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2304 × 1728 pixel, file size: 870 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Looking down the drag strip at Wisconsin International Raceway, taken June 19, 2006, taken by myself. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2304 × 1728 pixel, file size: 886 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Looking from the control tower at two Street Eliminator cars lining up on the drag strip at Wisconsin International Raceway, taken June 19, 2006 by...
Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2304 × 1728 pixel, file size: 886 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Looking from the control tower at two Street Eliminator cars lining up on the drag strip at Wisconsin International Raceway, taken June 19, 2006 by...
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Karl Benzs Velo (vélo means bicycle in French) model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race 2005 MINI Cooper S. An automobile (also motor car or simply car) is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. ...
Motorcyclists take a break from the road A motorcycle or motorbike is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle powered by an engine. ...
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The Quarter Mile (402 meters, 440 yards, or 1,320 feet) is a distance generally used for racing two objects, and it an excellent way to compare the speed and acceleration of two objects. ...
A motorcycle (or motorbike) is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ...
Tires may refer to: the plural of tire the Italian name for Tiers, Italy, a town in South Tyrol, Italy Category: ...
Equipment requirements
Almost all sanctioned drag strips have strict rules for fast cars. Special racing safety equipment such as 10 (or more) point roll cages, windows nets, engine and transmission shielding, and protective clothing usually become mandatory for cars below 11 or 10 seconds. NHRA also requires roll cages and window nets for cars that finish a quarter mile at over 135 mph. A specially constructed frame built around the cab of a vehicle to protect the driver from being injured in an accident, particularly in the event of a roll-over. ...
The National Hot Rod Association, known as the NHRA, was founded by Wally Parks in 1951 in the State of California to provide a governing body to organize and promote the sport of drag racing. ...
Dragstrip locations - See also Category:Drag racing venues
Australia - Western Sydney International Dragway
- Willowbank Raceway
Bahrain Road sign leading to the circuit The Bahrain International Circuit (Arabic: Øلبة البØرين الدولية) is a venue used for drag racing, GP2, and an annual Formula One Grand Prix. ...
Belgium - Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
- Chimay
The old version of the circuit used between 1957 and 1978. ...
Chimay is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. ...
Canada Sanair Super Speedway is a . ...
Located 13 kilometers south of Saskatoon on Highway 11. ...
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Toronto Motorsports Park, formerly known as Dragway Park, started in 1955 to offer fans in Haldimand County a taste of racing excitement. ...
Cayuga is the name or part of the name of some places: Canada Cayuga, Ontario United States of America Cayuga, Indiana Cayuga, New York Cayuga County, New York Cayuga Lake is one of the Finger Lakes in New York. ...
Germany The Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg is a automobile racing track situated near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...
Japan Fuji Speedway is a race track standing in the foothills of the Mount Fuji, in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. ...
New Zealand Taupo Motorsport Park is a motorsports circuit located in Taupo, New Zealand and is owned and operated by MIT Development Ltd. ...
South Africa WesBank Raceway is a motorsport facility situated at Germiston in the Gauteng province of South Africa. ...
Sweden The Mantorp Park raceway was built in 1969 with finance from BP Sweden as a permanent road course and a drag strip. ...
United Kingdom - England
- Scotland
Santa Pod Raceway was founded in 1966 as Europes first permanent drag racing venue. ...
Located near Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, Shakespeare County Raceway became a permenent drag racing facility in 1980 when it was known as Long Marston Raceway, although drag racing events had occured on the airfield site sporadically since the early 1970s. ...
United States Arroyo Seco Raceway is a paved roadcourse style racetrack, located near Akela Flats, New Mexico. ...
Beech Bend Park is an amusement park, campground and automobile race track located in Warren County, Kentucky, not far from the city of Bowling Green. ...
Bristol Motor Speedway is a NASCAR short track located in Bristol, Tennessee. ...
Byron Dragway is a 1/4 mile dragstrip located in Byron, IL, about 1. ...
The California Speedway is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California, similar to that of sister track Michigan International Speedway. ...
Gateway International Raceway is a race track in Madison, Illinois, USA. It hosts a NASCAR Busch Series event and a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race on a 1. ...
Great Lakes Dragaway is a quarter mile dragstrip in Union Grove, Wisconsin. ...
Indianapolis Raceway Park is a short track motor racing facility located in Indianapolis, Indiana. ...
Infineon Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway, is a road course and drag strip in the golden hills of northern California, near Sonoma, north of San Francisco. ...
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located at 7000 Las Vegas Boulevard North in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a 1,200 acre (4. ...
Los Angeles County Raceway (or LACR) is a motorsport facility in Southern California. ...
Memphis Motorsports Park is a race track located in Millington, Tennessee, approximately twenty miles north of downtown Memphis. ...
Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park, formerly Norwalk Raceway Park and Norwalk Dragway, is a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) sanctioned drag racing facility located on State Route 18 near Norwalk, Ohio, southwest of Cleveland. ...
Pacific Raceways is a mixed-use facility in Kent, Washington. ...
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Portland International Raceway is located in Portlands Delta Park complex, just south of the Columbia River and less than a mile west of Interstate 5. ...
The US 13 Dragway is a NHRA sanctioned Drag racing facility. ...
The Wisconsin International Raceway (WIR) is a stockcar racing oval and drag strip in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA. // Stockcar track The main track is a half mile D-shaped paved oval. ...
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