what's the distance that funny cars run
Speed of a Dragster or Funny Car. [close] Drag racing is a type of auto racing that began in the United States. Unlike most auto races such as stock car racing or formula one, drag racing does not feature packs of cars and long round tracks. Instead, it is a head to head race between two cars on a short 402 m (Â¼ mile), straight track. There are five professional classes of dragsters. They are top fuel dragster, top fuel funny car, pro modified, pro stock, and pro stock bike. Of these, top fuel and funny cars are the most popular.
Following the accident in Englishtown, NJ that took the life of driver Scott Kalitta, the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) announced on Wednesday that beginning with the Mopar Mile High Nationals in Denver, July 11, both Top Fuel and Funny Car classes will race to 1000 feet, rather than the traditional 1,320 feet (one-quarter mile).