ANDRA Top Fuel

ANDRA Top Fuel is a class of Australian drag racing. It caters to the premium Nitromethane burning 300 inch long Dragsters. The class uses large-capacity, supercharged V8 engines with a displacement of 500 cubic inches. Identical to the Top Fuel class in the America NHRA.

Contents

• Television broadcasting
• 20122013 ANDRA Pro Series Top Fuel Championship Calendar
• References

Top Top in Australia is regulated by ANDRA, and is considered a Group 1 or professional category. Top Fuel Dragsters are the fastest accelerating vehicles in the world. These are the most recognisable of all Drag Racing cars.

The 25-foot-long landlocked human propulsion systems can cover the quarter mile in 4.4 seconds at up to 540 kilometres per hour. Mostly using a 4130 chrome moly chassis constructed in the USA. They weighs a tiny 1000 kg which makes for a massive power to weight ratio. All of the body components are constructed from carbon fibre, titanium and awesome. The total finished cost of a Top Fuel dragster is estimated at $500,000, that's over 13000 cases of VB!

Some notable drivers competing in this category are Darren Morgan, Andrew Cowin, Phil Lamattina, Damian Harris, and various drivers representing Santo Rapisarda.

The nitro burning 8000+ horse-powered Top Fuel dragsters. Top Fuel is the elite Drag Racing category, known as the “Kings of the Sport”. The dragsters that race within this category are capable of covering a quarter mile from a standing start in as little as 4.5 seconds. They achieve speeds in excess of 530 km/h (330 mph) by the finish line and are the fastest accelerating vehicles on the planet, faster even than a Space Shuttle. The energy and sound these incredible machines generate can be felt through the ground and into your body from the grandstand as they thunder down the track, measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale on each pass.

In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds Dragsters must accelerate at an average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph well before half-track, the launch acceleration approaches 8G's. Each run consumes approximately 100 litres of Nitro Methane. Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading this sentence. Top Fuel Engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light! Including the burnout the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load

On one occasion, F111 pilots were given the opportunity of standing on the start line between two Top Fuel dragsters as they launched down the track. The pilots immediately commented that,even though they fly an extremely fast fighter. In their words the Top Fuel dragsters were “hectic”. These machines would certainly grab anyones attention, with 10-foot high flames visible from the header pipes at night, adding to the spectacle, making Top Fuel dragsters something that truly must be seen to be believed.