Rocket Dragster racing is a form of Drag Racing usually using High test peroxide rocket engines. Top Fuel dragster Drag racing is a sport in which cars race down a track with a set distance as fast as possible. ... High test peroxide or HTP is a high (85 to 98 percent) concentration solution of hydrogen peroxide. ... This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. ...

Kitty O'Neil in 1977 recorded the quickest quarter mile elapsed time in of 3.22 seconds at 396 MPH and made a quarter mile run with a top speed of 412 MPH. This is in excess of the performance of more familiar Piston Engined dragsters. Kitty ONeil (born 1946 in Corpus Christi, Texas) is a former stuntwoman and racer noted for a handful of exceptional accomplishments, despite becoming deaf when she was four months old. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Internal combustion piston engine Components of a typical, four stroke cycle, internal combustion piston engine. ...

See also

Jet dragster

The latest type of rocket dragster uses hybrid rockets using Nitrous Oxide as the oxidant. The British Rocket Dragster, 'laffin-gas' is a premier example.

References

Early History of the Hydrogen Peroxide Rocket Dragster by Franklin Ratliff