Top Fuelers and Nitro Funny Cars

Once a year the Nitro Top Fuelers come to Eastern Creek and Wow! They are impressive!

12,000hp Monsters that blast sound and shock waves through your body, your eyes shake and the air around you feels like it is bending and warping as they tear down the 300 meter strip in 3.6 seconds.

We all had a great day and seeing Pete’s reaction as a first timer was priceless, I don’t think anyone anticipates how violent and fast these cars are……. They are truly Incredible!

Some Interesting Top Fueler Facts

Dragsters reach over 500kph before you have read this sentence.

In order to reach 320kph well before half-track, the launch acceleration approaches 8 G's

The supercharger takes more power to drive than a stock HEMI makes

The fuel mixture is compressed into a nearly solid form before ignition and Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock.

Dual magnetos apply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.

Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After 1/2 track the engine is dieseling from the compression plus the glow of the exhaust valves at 800 degrees. The engine can only be shut down by cutting off it's fuel supply

Nitro methane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the exhaust stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gasses

To witness these beasts in the flesh should be on everyone’s bucket list. There is fast…….. and then there is Nitro Fast 🔥😂😎Read more