Jet car
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A jet car is a car propelled by a jet engine. A jet dragster is a jet powered car used for drag racing. They are most commonly seen at race shows.
Land speed record
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Drag racers
Some cars such as Green Monster and Vampire raced as dragsters (as well as also achieving or attempting land speed records).
In 2006, while filming an episode for the series Top Gear, presenter and driver Richard Hammond was critically injured in a crash with the jet dragster, Vampire, that he was piloting.[2]
More modern jet dragsters such as Robert Albertson's "Blazing Angel" are capable of reaching over Script error: No such module "convert". in a quarter of a mile.[3]
Most of these modern cars are powered by the Pratt & Whitney J60 or the General Electric J85 jet engine.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
- Aero-engined car
- Drag racing
- Electric dragster
- Jet engine
- Jet Train
- Jet Truck
- Turbojet train
- Rocket dragster
References
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