A jet dragster is a jet powered car used for drag racing. They are most commonly seen at race shows. Jet powered cars are commonly used for land speed record attempts, after an FIA rule change that permitted them in 1964. [1] Some cars such as Green Monster and Vampire raced as dragsters (as well as also achieving or attempting land speed records).

2018年9月28日 · Jet cars have been part of the drag racing landscape since the early 1960s, and are still featured at NHRA national events. Here's a look back at some of the earliest and...

The Vampire is a jet-propelled car that currently holds the outright British land speed record, driven by Colin Fallows to a speed of 300.3 mph (483.3 km/h) on 5 July 2000 at Elvington, Yorkshire, England. [1] Vampire is one of two near-identical dragsters built to be raced at the Santa Pod Raceway in 1980, the other being named Hellbender. [2]

Larsen Motorsports (LMS), founded by Chris and Elaine Larsen, fields four jet dragsters: the Florida Tech Jet Dragster and the Matrix System Jet Dragster.

The first four cars, FireForce 1, FireForce 2, FireForce 3, and FireForce 4, are jet-powered funny cars. The fifth car, known as FireForce 5 , is a jet-propelled dragster. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] They are all powered by Pratt & Whitney J60 turbojet engines, producing 5,500 lbf (24 kN) of thrust, or around 10,000 hp (7,500 kW).

In November 1974, Gustin became the first driver licensed by the NHRA to campaign a jet dragster. Twenty-five years later, there are about 35 jet cars in circulation and perhaps 50 licensed...

According to Tim, it actually began in 1971, when Tim helped his father, Art Arfons, the three-time land speed record holder, build a turbine-powered front engine dragster for competition in the then wide-open world of Top Fuel dragsters. Named "Green Monster 19," it was the first car Tim had worked on directly.

In 1981 at Martin, Michigan, TV Tommy Ivo's jet dragster competed against Mike Evergens Earthquake jet dragster. Ivo was one of the first big named touring pros to switch from a funny car to a jet car.

2013年5月24日 · In 1960, drag racing changed in a big way when Akron, Ohio's Walt Arfons discarded his big Allison piston engine and dropped in a J-47 jet fighter engine into his home built chassis and the class known as jet cars was born. His Green Monster jet dragster opened the flood gates for this unique style of drag car.

Vampire was built in the late 1970’s with its sister car Hellbender. Prior to this Scorpion had been constructed to prove the viability of a jet powered dragster as an additional attraction to the ‘traditional’ internal combustion powered vehicles.