Starting up a front engine dragster. #viralreelschallenge #dragracing #car #photo #dragrace #love #instagood #racecar #like #photooftheday #nitro #drummer #hemi #dragster | Drag Racing Digest

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

1957 Slingshot Dragster - The Roots of Drag Racing #dragster | Automotocha9l

Old School Slingshot Dragster | HotRodHarrys.com

Vintage Front Engine Dragster looking for a 1/4 mile pass in the 7's. #VintageDragracing #FED #FrontEngineDragster | TomEighty

#frontenginedragster #nostalgia #dragrace #race #racecar #dragster | Hot Rod Revue

Standing directly behind a front-engine dragster as it lights up the tires—watch them grow as the power hits! The raw force of a burnout never gets old! How much horsepower do you think this beast is packing? #DragRacing #FrontEngineDragster #Burnout #TireGrowth #QuarterMile #Nitro #Horsepower #VintageRacing #OldSchoolCool #RaceCar #V8Power #StraightLineSpeed #HotRod #TrackBeast #GoFast #v8 #dragslicks | Internal Combustion