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Re: Who likes drag racing?
Reply #15 - Mar 31^st, 2012 at 9:18am

It_is_the_Darkness wrote on Mar 31^st, 2012 at 5:48am:

Could never see the interest in watching Drag Racing or most motor sports. Billy Buckingham sended it up best "...these ****ing cars just go round and round and round." Guess its just one of those sports, like Golf, that are best participated in than viewed ...much like Test Cricket. Rally car is a bit more interesting and Paris-to-Dakar a little bit more if it was run in a day.
Must be the monoxide Roll Eyes

Of all the motor sports drag racing appeals most to me.
You can see the fastest acceleration in the world from the cars & bikes.
I think some of the cars have over 8,000 horse power.

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Frances Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3577 In a Castle in the Hills Gender:	Re: Who likes drag racing? Reply #18 - Mar 31^st, 2012 at 10:03am I can't say I can really see what appeals to people about drag racing. I mean the cars just go in a straight line and it's all over so quickly. I can see the point in rallying and in races like the Bathurst one though.
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Re: Who likes drag racing?
Reply #19 - Mar 31^st, 2012 at 10:09am

Frances wrote on Mar 31^st, 2012 at 10:03am:

I can't say I can really see what appeals to people about drag racing. I mean the cars just go in a straight line and it's all over so quickly. I can see the point in rallying and in races like the Bathurst one though.

They don't go anywhere at Bathurst either -
just around & around the track.
Frances - you'll just have to go & watch one day.
There is plenty of racing action in Sydney & Brisbane
but not in Melbourne.

Did you watch the 3 videos I posted?

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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 120185 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Who likes drag racing? Reply #20 - Apr 14^th, 2012 at 10:43pm Just found a beauty. A 1200 hp suzuki motor drag bike. Mcbride ran an incredible 5.830 elapsed time at 232.75 miles per hour for the win! Fast forward to 3.50 to see the run. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1m1PMXsk-I
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Re: Who likes drag racing?
Reply #21 - Apr 14^th, 2012 at 10:54pm

Bobby. wrote on Mar 31^st, 2012 at 9:06am:

Black idiot couldn't enjoy the videos I posted of drag racing -
he had to turn my thread into something about poofs.

Honey, he who smelt it, dealt it. There's nothing wrong with a bit of drag action if that turns you on.

You're really turning people on with all this rev talk, you know. You should try to be more considerate.

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Re: Who likes drag racing?
Reply #22 - Apr 15^th, 2012 at 11:48am

Bobby. wrote on Apr 14^th, 2012 at 10:43pm:

Just found a beauty.
A 1200 hp suzuki motor drag bike.

Mcbride ran an incredible 5.830 elapsed time at 232.75 miles per hour for the win!

Fast forward to 3.50 to see the run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1m1PMXsk-I

How come no one had a look at the video?
This is world record achievement.

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Reply #23 - Apr 15^th, 2012 at 12:09pm

I can kind of see the appeal with drag racing, but it's all just in a straight line - there's a lot more to punting a car or bike around than just launching it as quickly as possible. As far as driver skill goes, it's up there with reverse parking.

From an engineering point of view drag racing has a fair amount of appeal - if you're into grenades.

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Re: Who likes drag racing?
Reply #24 - Apr 15^th, 2012 at 12:24pm

Life_goes_on wrote on Apr 15^th, 2012 at 12:09pm:

I can kind of see the appeal with drag racing, but it's all just in a straight line - there's a lot more to punting a car or bike around than just launching it as quickly as possible. As far as driver skill goes, it's up there with reverse parking.

From an engineering point of view drag racing has a fair amount of appeal - if you're into grenades.

There is actually a lot of skill to prevent yourself from being killed.
See another one:

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Re: Who likes drag racing?
Reply #25 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 12:37pm

Bobby. wrote on Apr 15^th, 2012 at 12:24pm:

Life_goes_on wrote on Apr 15^th, 2012 at 12:09pm:

I can kind of see the appeal with drag racing, but it's all just in a straight line - there's a lot more to punting a car or bike around than just launching it as quickly as possible. As far as driver skill goes, it's up there with reverse parking.

From an engineering point of view drag racing has a fair amount of appeal - if you're into grenades.

There is actually a lot of skill to prevent yourself from being killed.

Exactly. It's an unconscious manifestation of the drag racers' self-loathing homosexuality.

They put themselves at risk to punish themselves for their latent homosexual desires. It makes a lot of sense.

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