Even diesel-engined dragsters exist, despite the diesel's drawbacks of weight and low peak rpm, specifications central to performance in this sport.
These ranged from dragsters to a turbojet-powered car which briefly held the land speed record three times during 1964 and 1965.
They did not use (and current dragsters still do not use) any form of suspension.
Open wheel dragsters are freed from any such constraint, and can go to enormous tire sizes (the opposite of tripodal which are quite minuscule).
Other innovations included equipping dragsters with data recorders, installing a two-stage lockup-style clutch, and a fuel delivery system with two sources.
The button was designed to be pressed by the thumb while the ship was held by the main body or engine piece (in dragster configuration).
In her eight years of junior dragster competition, she had 37 career wins.
Some highly modified sport compact dragsters can accelerate from 0-60 mph in less than four seconds.
