Rocket dragster
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Rocket Dragster racing is a form of Drag Racing usually using High test peroxide rocket engines.
Kitty O'Neil in 1977 recorded the quickest quarter mile elapsed time in of 3.22 seconds at 396 MPH and made a quarter mile run with a top speed of 412 MPH. This is in excess of the performance of more familiar Piston Engined dragsters.
See also
Jet dragsterReferences
[Early History of the Hydrogen Peroxide Rocket Dragster by Franklin Ratliff]
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