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What is the fastest drag car in real life?

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drag race king is the Rimac Nevera, a bonkers electric hypercar from Croatia. It has four electric motors, an insane 1,914hp and it's done the standing quarter mile
quarter mile
A dragstrip is a straight, purpose-built racetrack, typically an eighth, ten feet longer than three-sixteenths, or a quarter of a mile long (660/1,000/1320 feet, 201/304.8/402 m), with an additional shutdown area to allow vehicles room to stop after crossing the finish line.
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in 8.6 seconds. Will it be able to hold onto its crown when we get the sub-eight second McMurtry Spéirling back for a drag race?
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What is the fastest drag car ever?

The fastest speed in a National Hot Rod Association race in the Top Fuel class is 338.94 mph (545.47 km/h), achieved by Brittany Force (USA) at the NHRA Finals on 11 November 2022 in Pomona, California, USA.
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Can a car have 10000 horsepower?

According to YouTube channel Nobody's Show, Scott Palmer's 1953 Studebaker has 10,000 horsepower. The hood sits off of the dragster.
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What is the fastest 1 4 mile time ever?

Fastest 1/4 mile ever 3.58 secs @ 386 mph (621.61 km/h)Santa Pod dragstrip is the venue in which the current world drag racing record, a time of 3.58 seconds...
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What is the fastest 0 to 60 drag car?

The Koenigsegg Gemera is the world's quickest production car that hits the 0-60 mph mark within 1.9 seconds. It's the very first four-seater by Koenigsegg and the world's first Mega-GT that weighs 4,079 pounds.
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Fastest Quarter Mile in history ever recorded on video

Are drag cars fast?

The dragsters, or "diggers", are the fastest class. Among the fastest-accelerating machines in the world, these cars can cover the dragstrip in less than 3.7 seconds and record trap speeds over 330 mph (530 km/h).
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How fast do F1 cars go?

The fastest speed measured in an F1 qualifying session in 2022 was 351.7km/h (218.5mph) by Kevin Magnussen in Mexico, while Valtteri Bottas currently holds the record for the highest speed in an F1 race, hitting 372.5km/h (231.4mph) in the 2016 Mexican Grand Prix.
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How fast is a 10 second car?

A 10-second car is a term used for a car that can finish a quarter-mile drag in under 10 seconds.
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How fast is a Tesla in a quarter-mile?

The full quarter-mile is gone in 9.34 seconds, with the electrified sedan hurtling past the line at 152.2 mph. Tested under our own terms, using our standard procedures at our standard test track, the Model S Plaid was still incredibly impressive.
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How much G force is in a Top Fuel car?

The modern NHRA Top Fuel dragster accelerates harder and pulls more G's than any [unclassified] fighter jet launch. At 5 G's, there's no wheeled vehicle on earth that even comes close.
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Can a car have 400 horsepower?

The Q60 Red Sport is first Infiniti and most expensive car on our list of cheap 400-horsepower cars, with 400 hp and 350 lb-ft of torque on tap from a 3.0-liter, twin-turbo V-6 engine.
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Can a car have 800 horsepower?

Some of the highest horsepower cars available are:

Koenigsegg Regera: 1,479hp. Tesla Model S Plaid: 1,020hp. Dodge Demon: 840hp. Ferrari 812 Superfast: 800hp.
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How fast can 1 horsepower go?

A 1-horsepower engine couldn't maintain more than 20 or 30 mph in a normal car, and you could never turn on the headlights or the air conditioning. The other problem is acceleration. The bigger the engine, the faster you can accelerate from zero to 60mph.
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What car is King of drag?

The current carwow drag race king is the Rimac Nevera, a bonkers electric hypercar from Croatia.
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What is the lowest drag car ever?

Lightyear says its 0 solar EV will become the production car aero king, with the lowest drag coefficient ever measured in a production vehicle, just 0.175 Cd. That's considerably better than the slipperiest current cars, and it even beats the GM EV1, which had a drag coefficient of 0.195 Cd.
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What is the highest HP drag car?

Top Fuel. Among the fastest-accelerating machines in the world, 11,000-horsepower Top Fuel dragsters are often referred to as the “kings of the sport,” and with good reason. They are capable of covering the dragstrip in less than 3.7 seconds at more than 330 mph.
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How fast is a Ferrari 0-60?

Ferrari 812 Superfast - 0-60 mph in 2.9 seconds

Acceleration from 0-60 happens in the same 2.9 seconds and the top speed is 211 mph.
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What is Bugatti 0-60?

Engine, Transmission, and Performance

This beast of an engine employs four turbochargers to generate a mighty 1500 horsepower and 1180 pound-feet of torque. Bugatti claims that the Chiron makes the dash from zero to 60 mph in a mere 2.3 seconds, and it has a top speed of 261 mph.
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Is a Tesla faster than a Lamborghini?

The Tesla beats the Lamborghini in all the acceleration metrics, demolishing the Lambo on the way to 60 miles per hour, as well as through the quarter mile.
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Can a car go 800 mph?

Bloodhound LSR rides the highway to the danger zone. Bloodhound in afterburner. “I treat Bloodhound as a very low-flying airplane,” says Ron Ayers, the chief aerodynamicist for the Bloodhound Land Speed Record project—a Mach-busting car designed to exceed 800 mph.
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Can a car go 0-60 in 1 second?

Rimac is a Croatian hypercar manufacturer that has close ties with Bugatti. The Nevera, the company's latest and greatest product, can safely sprint to 60 mph (96 kph) in 1.85 seconds but one of Rimac's leading engineers believes production cars can do the acceleration in under one second.
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Is 0 to 60 in 10 seconds good?

And there is no practical difference between merging in a 5-second 0-60 car with a 10 second one. And 0-60 in 10 seconds is plenty. This may be hard to believe, because car companies have advertised 0-60 times for so many years.
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Is Formula E faster than F1?

According to a November 2022 article in Autosport, the top race speed ever reached by a Formula 1 car - during the 2016 Mexican Grand Prix - is 372.5 km/h (compared to a fastest-ever recorded speed of 397.36 km/h), while the latest Formula E car - the Gen3 of 2022 - reaches a top speed of 322 km/h.
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Are F1 cars street legal?

Formula 1 cars are not street legal.

The main reason F1 cars cannot be driven on the street is that several of their systems and design elements do not adhere to the restrictions of the Department of Transportation or other regulatory agencies.
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Is NASCAR faster than F1?

Formula 1 cars are faster than NASCAR cars.

However, NASCAR and F1 achieve similar speeds during races. The differences in car construction and track configurations between the two series equalize the speeds achieved during competition.
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