The front engine “slingshot” dragster was designed by Mickey Thompson in 1954, to focus the weight of the car at the rear tires for traction. As horsepower increased & tire design became better, the slingshot became difficult to control & hazardous to the driver, (who sat astride the wildly rotating flywheel/clutch assembly & directly behind the volatile Roots blower & nitromethane injection system). After a hospitalizing gearbox explosion that cut his car in two pieces, Don Garlits debuted the
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The front engine “slingshot” dragster was designed by Mickey Thompson in 1954, to focus the weight of the car at the rear tires for traction. As horsepower increased & tire design
Billy Lane of Choppers Inc.. The Notorious B.I.G. · Warning (2007 Remaster). The front engine “slingshot” dragster was designed by Mickey Thompson in 1954, to focus the weight of the car at the rear tires for traction. As horsepower increased & tire design became better, the slingshot became difficult to control & hazardous to the driver ...
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