At least I go to Church and ask for God's forgiveness. Also, I don't sit around all day. I am usually working on or driving my car. It is worth around $400.
+TheTraxxasManiacs Sorry i was rude was uncalled for... my name means nothing brother. By the way I'm not religious though but i respect your faith. Peace and im glad you have a hobby. Nothing wrong with Rc Cars lol i was just fucking with you
Liam Andrewartha yeah you got the whole race but every corner counts, reaction time is critical in track racing and will cost you the race, if you don't react quick enough you can go into another car, or miss your braking point, or in rallying fly off the road and into the tree's don't think it does not count
I've been to Santa Pod once to experience 2 top fuel dragsters going full throttle. I can honestly say that everyone should at least experience that once in their lifetimes. It is truly mind blowing and indescribable really. And I've seen my fair share of awesome racing (DTM, F1, etc). Just do it, you will never forget it!
+Jimmy Bobington We had a lot of fun there last weekend - even if this wasn't sponsored, would thoroughly recommend people spend a day there if not to get your ears and mind blown!
Hey guys, great video! It really shows what it's like to be at the track over a race weekend. It's a shame that I didn't see you over the weekend, I would've been happy to keep you fed and watered when you were walking through the Jr Dragster pits. Are you going to be visiting the track anymore this year? It'd be cool if we could meet up sometime, and I could show you around my car. Hope to see you at the track again soon!
I'm 13 and I have special access to one of the American top fuel teams, Steve Torrence and the capo dragster. I've stood right next to it in the pits when they fire up the car, the nitro burning your nose and stinging your eyes it just is something amazing about it I've been 20 ft away from a car in the top eliminator club when they launch off the line and my headphones fly off my head from the force of it I've gone 4 times now and I'm going every single year it is truly one of the most fun action packed type of racing you can watch or even drive in.
It's amazing to see how many people think that drag racing is easy. It's not just "driving in a straight line". Try and keep an 11000 hp car from kicking out on you and you would be surprised how quickly you will end up in the sidewall.
Definitely not! I'm not even comfortable racing a 600hp car (granted, it's not a drag car), so I can't imagine how these guys handle almost twenty times that!
This is crazy ironic... I was watching racing videos last night and ended up watching dragster engine rebuild one after another. I then asked myself, I wonder what it'd be like to race a 10,000+ dragster 😮😮
+Luke Daniels vtec is child's play at this race. We are talking limited slip dipsticks, 132 octane blinker fluid and carbon ceramic windscreen wipers on the highest quality supermarket carpark tarmac here matey
I hate how everyone was expecting Alex to ride in one and got pouty when he didn't. Those crews aren't going to let him just take one for fun, they're approximately $150,000 and use about $1000 every second on the track if they don't wreck anything. This was just a reflection from the actual drivers on how they feel when driving the dragsters. Great video CarThrottle keep these up!
I agree with everything you said except for the fact you think we thought Alex was going to drive in one. Anyone with knowledge about these cars knows they are very expensive and the drivers are trained because it takes someone that is very skilled at controlling such machines. All we wanted was a little footage of run or something. The title is a little misleading but I still enjoyed the video
i dont really get the hype... i mean you work day and night on a car that cant turn and most ofen blows up after like 5 minutes of runtime... and the racing itself is over in just like 10 seconds or less! i dont get it..
I'm not a massive fan of drag racing either compared to a lot of other motorsports but got a chance to go an event at Santa Pod for free last year and, well... I'd recommend it to anyone :) I'd also recommend taking ear plugs.
Best time ever when I went in a dragster , not a top fuel but fast enough, done the quarter mile in 7.8 seconds. Anyone can go in one just got to pay £400 😎
Well i went to a monster truck event in santa pod in 2016 but this year i went to a drag race event IT WAS SOOO LOUD AND THERE WAS A JET CAR THAT SPAT FIRE OUT THE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
here is a little fact. take a bucket full of water and tip it upside down, not overly exciting granted but,a top fuel or funny car on a run will empty your bucket of 'nitro' through its engine quicker than you can empty your bucket!!!!
I've been to drag strip before. Your vision goes blurry when top fuels and nitro funny cars take off. It's just insane! It's really crazy that I saw a dragster go 330 mph in person! I had a huge jump scare when I didn't see one take off. Please don't be crazy and not cover your ears. It hurt mine so much!!! It's like you can feel your bones in your body when they take off.
I have some constructive criticism! Hopefully this helps. I love this video, it's great. However it would have been nice to meet some of the people who were talking. I feel like it would help connect us viewers to the experience of going to the track, or driving those drag racers, etc.
You titled this video "What It's Like To Drive A 11,000bhp Dragster". The video was 5 minutes of people saying "it's like nothing else"/"There's no describing it" etc. etc. Do you think I'm any closer to understanding what it is like to drive? Because I don't. Good video. Shit title.
+Car Throttle sadly there wasnt any footage of actually driving a top fuel dragster. I thought it would happen, but all I came for was a lousy commentary
+Car Throttle sadly there wasnt any footage of actually driving a top fuel dragster. I thought it would happen, but all I came for was a lousy commentary
If you really want to know who is a better driver go on a race track if you want to see who has the fastest accelerating car and knows how to drive on a fucking straight line go on a drag strip
So what is it like to drive an 11,000bhp dragster?
I was thinking that too. Like, at least put some cockpit footage in. It might break the camera... But who gives one?
Lol they must have made a mistake...
Your name makes me want to puke!
At least I go to Church and ask for God's forgiveness. Also, I don't sit around all day. I am usually working on or driving my car. It is worth around $400.
+TheTraxxasManiacs Sorry i was rude was uncalled for... my name means nothing brother. By the way I'm not religious though but i respect your faith. Peace and im glad you have a hobby. Nothing wrong with Rc Cars lol i was just fucking with you
Did I miss the part about driving the 11k dragster? I was expecting Alex to actually ride in one, right?
you're not the only one.... it wasnt entirely disappointing but.. kinda clickbaity...
Oh come on you wouldn't actually expect them to let Alex drive a fucking 11000HP machine that kills you with one wrong flick, would you?
remember what happened to Richard Hammond?
does he? (sorry bad joke)
uTukan Yes....yes I would!
all i heard was rambling on about the raceway and nothing on actually driving a 11k hp dragster
That's sponsored shit for you
+aidenhill They were talking about their driving feels the whole way through!
+Car Throttle shut up
+Dan is a potato gtfo
Some sentences are about the raceway, but most are talking about what they feel when they drive their dragsters.
Great example of how to take an exciting subject and make a boring video out of it.
You're*
+Ryan Llewellyn jealous bf 4?
Boring? I found it beautiful.
phil would smoke that
***** sure :D
+Против Глобал bruh
Well, as it stands: Phil would smoke.
:)
Very misleading title.
was hoping to see Alex drive a dragster
He would never be the same every thing would have to run 3.sec or better or else its' shit
straight roads are for fast cars,
turns are for fast drivers.
-Colin McRae
Well said
this is all about reaction time. it's a completely different skill set
you think Rallying, F1 or any other track racing is not about reaction time?
Well you've got a whole race to make up for it, it's not as if it's over in under 8 seconds...
Liam Andrewartha yeah you got the whole race but every corner counts, reaction time is critical in track racing and will cost you the race, if you don't react quick enough you can go into another car, or miss your braking point, or in rallying fly off the road and into the tree's don't think it does not count
ACCELERATION INFO
0-62 mph (0-100 km/h): 0.2 sec
0-124 (0-200 km/h): 0.9 sec
0-186 (0-300 km/h): 1.8 sec
0-248 (0-400 km/h): 2.9 sec
0-310 (0-500 km/h): 4.3 sec
TOP SPEED = 0-337 (0-530 km/h): 4.5 sec
0-9999 0.09s
COMON WHY DIDNT IT BEAT THE DEVEL SIXTEEN
+Duder237 are there really videos of it? besides the videos of it barely breaking 15MPH
+Lambochaser it was a publicity stunt
Title is a bit misleading in my opinion
Ew I saw a prius ad.
Haha
Same. I love Toyota but the Prius isn't a race car XD
Same. 58 mpg
Yea it was all like a guy in a racing suit getting into a Prius lol I'll happily take that bleach :).
i feel sorry for u...
will it fit my honda?
Your Honda might fit in the engine, not the engine in your honda
If you commit to it...
VTEC bro.!!
Yeah pls put VTEC in a Dragster, that thing would go into fucking orbit
stop
I've been to Santa Pod once to experience 2 top fuel dragsters going full throttle. I can honestly say that everyone should at least experience that once in their lifetimes. It is truly mind blowing and indescribable really. And I've seen my fair share of awesome racing (DTM, F1, etc).
Just do it, you will never forget it!
I love Santa pod
+Jimmy Bobington We had a lot of fun there last weekend - even if this wasn't sponsored, would thoroughly recommend people spend a day there if not to get your ears and mind blown!
Love these kind of "how it's like to drive" videos! Keep it up Car Throttle
+Raghav Saishankar Thanks Raghav. These drag racers have some serious cojones!
+Car Throttle what r cojones
Watching this, makes me want to cry. Its so beautiful:')
Thank god no one pulled a Richard Hammond there.
Finally some drag racing love! Didn't know they even had top fuel in the uk
Twice a year if the weather's ok
Santa pod is the best thing ever I've been down there, it's so worth it seriously all you gotta pay is like £80 to go down its worth it
Great video and documentary! The information helps feel like your behind the wheel and pumped to drive down the strip.
Nice video, I plan on going to Santa pod some day soon.
Good to see a couple of clips of the Flyin' Fyfer! I've seen it at Crail and it was some beast even though it couldn't do a proper run for rain.
I like the way this was filmed and edited, nice work :)
Hearing those 11,000 bhp dragsters in person is fucking insane!
the smell is glorious too
cracking micro-docu lads, really well put together. seriously well done.
yeah going Santa pod in July. gonna be amazing.
"THERE 'REALLY' ISNT A FEELING LIKE IT"
Hey guys, great video! It really shows what it's like to be at the track over a race weekend. It's a shame that I didn't see you over the weekend, I would've been happy to keep you fed and watered when you were walking through the Jr Dragster pits. Are you going to be visiting the track anymore this year? It'd be cool if we could meet up sometime, and I could show you around my car. Hope to see you at the track again soon!
I'm 13 and I have special access to one of the American top fuel teams, Steve Torrence and the capo dragster. I've stood right next to it in the pits when they fire up the car, the nitro burning your nose and stinging your eyes it just is something amazing about it I've been 20 ft away from a car in the top eliminator club when they launch off the line and my headphones fly off my head from the force of it I've gone 4 times now and I'm going every single year it is truly one of the most fun action packed type of racing you can watch or even drive in.
I was there last weekend, such an amazing experience!
I was watching videos of this place yesterday
I always love going to Santa pod :-)
good video, quality edit. did get a good idea of what it's like. "like getting hit by a truck on launch". would love to do it.
well done guys, awesomely put together film
*HAVE YOU EVER DRIVEN A VTEC??? THATS THE REAL SHIT M8, INSANE ADRENALINE*
Really good video this one, you guys have done well here.
Alright! We get it!
Amazing video. Could you do an episode on competitive karting next?
Awesome video CH
CT* lmao
+Nissan •Nismo Glad you enjoyed it!
+Car Throttle 'Twas gold
I'd say those launches are ludicrous but that's likely an understatement.
more about the cars please! still incredible video!
Well my daddy always told me "If you ain't first, you last". That guy must love that movie.
It's amazing to see how many people think that drag racing is easy. It's not just "driving in a straight line". Try and keep an 11000 hp car from kicking out on you and you would be surprised how quickly you will end up in the sidewall.
Amazing video!!
Really wanna go to a drag racing event... one day !
am I the only one that had a big smile and got chills while watching this?
Definitely not! I'm not even comfortable racing a 600hp car (granted, it's not a drag car), so I can't imagine how these guys handle almost twenty times that!
Oh dude, i would do anything to get in a car with 600+ hp.
See, you say that now...just wait til you actually get the chance. It's scary as hell!
This is crazy ironic... I was watching racing videos last night and ended up watching dragster engine rebuild one after another. I then asked myself, I wonder what it'd be like to race a 10,000+ dragster 😮😮
XD Had no idea Car Throttle went to Santa Pod I would have love to meet you amazing guys
I'll eat them for breckie in me corsa mate
Irmischer exhaust for an extra 600bhp😂
+Toxin Gammin FTW You'll need a few days head start to get a Vauxhall out of the garage ;)
+Max Van den broek How do you make your car so fast? Do you have a limited slip dipstick or something?
bro just wait til my Civic's VTEC kicks in...
+Luke Daniels vtec is child's play at this race. We are talking limited slip dipsticks, 132 octane blinker fluid and carbon ceramic windscreen wipers on the highest quality supermarket carpark tarmac here matey
I cryed watching this
I hate how everyone was expecting Alex to ride in one and got pouty when he didn't. Those crews aren't going to let him just take one for fun, they're approximately $150,000 and use about $1000 every second on the track if they don't wreck anything. This was just a reflection from the actual drivers on how they feel when driving the dragsters. Great video CarThrottle keep these up!
I agree with everything you said except for the fact you think we thought Alex was going to drive in one. Anyone with knowledge about these cars knows they are very expensive and the drivers are trained because it takes someone that is very skilled at controlling such machines. All we wanted was a little footage of run or something. The title is a little misleading but I still enjoyed the video
+Seth Imola if you look through the comments there are several that are disappointed a out him not being in one
+Joey Haigh maybe they thought about him being a passenger. I can't believe someone would expect him to drive something that crazy
+Seth Imola The effort that would've taken to get him in there as a passenger XD
+Joey Haigh Ikr IT would be hard to find a car with 2 spots
im crying with this
You guys should totally do a top 10 extinct or endangered cars list
At 0:30 even if you put it at 1/4xs speed, the drag radials are spinning like crazy!
i seen the emojitr whilst i was there it looked amazing
Car Throttle >>> New Top Gear
live there and go all the time
i dont really get the hype... i mean you work day and night on a car that cant turn and most ofen blows up after like 5 minutes of runtime... and the racing itself is over in just like 10 seconds or less! i dont get it..
Its fun to watch. Not to build
They build the cars for the satisfaction of getting it to the start of the strip.
I'm not a massive fan of drag racing either compared to a lot of other motorsports but got a chance to go an event at Santa Pod for free last year and, well... I'd recommend it to anyone :) I'd also recommend taking ear plugs.
No prep is the future of drag racing!!!
I knew that drag racing is big here in the US and also in Australia, but I had no idea they had drag strips in the UK as well.
Best time ever when I went in a dragster , not a top fuel but fast enough, done the quarter mile in 7.8 seconds. Anyone can go in one just got to pay £400 😎
Well i went to a monster truck event in santa pod in 2016 but this year i went to a drag race event IT WAS SOOO LOUD AND THERE WAS A JET CAR THAT SPAT FIRE OUT THE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was here today thanks to Mr whybrow at the ford day x
I feel upset there hasn't been a skit and it's all just stuff. I'd like a skit or two please, but this looks exciting !
here is a little fact.
take a bucket full of water and tip it upside down, not overly exciting granted but,a top fuel or funny car on a run will empty your bucket of 'nitro' through its engine quicker than you can empty your bucket!!!!
This brings me to an idea. How about making Phil a 11,000 bhp dragster?
I've been to Santa pod 6 hours from Scotland
I just realized the music they use in the end is the same music from the Assetto Corsa introduction video.
I went to this years Santa pod aswell
As an american this was awesome to see
I hve an idea for a new video. It's called the hardest vans from the 1960s and 1970s to find. One of them is the 1978 Dodge Tradesman 200.
I was hopping to see PHILL there
I've been to drag strip before. Your vision goes blurry when top fuels and nitro funny cars take off. It's just insane! It's really crazy that I saw a dragster go 330 mph in person! I had a huge jump scare when I didn't see one take off. Please don't be crazy and not cover your ears. It hurt mine so much!!! It's like you can feel your bones in your body when they take off.
is the car throttle team gonna be at the festival of speed ???
car throttle should go USC at santa pod and make a video about it hahahah
I love the smell at the drag strip.
When are u next going to Santa pod because I go and I would LOVE to meet you
damm when those v-tec's kick in tho
lol
Most Civic dragsters go fast as fuck tho! Xb
+ThePortuguesePlayer ya one just went 7.90 at 184
Drinking game: watch from the beginning and take a shot every time someone says "adrenaline".
Cheers
I plié the kind of interview compilation and the documentary
Drag racing in the UK is like Top Gear in the US.
Well I've already thrashed a Ariel atom in my Ford Fusion. This will be easy.
kyd
This is the way to live
I have some constructive criticism! Hopefully this helps. I love this video, it's great. However it would have been nice to meet some of the people who were talking. I feel like it would help connect us viewers to the experience of going to the track, or driving those drag racers, etc.
The last music is from Tom Kent too? I can't find out the tittle... :/
I never knew there were drag strips in Europe... Wow.
You titled this video "What It's Like To Drive A 11,000bhp Dragster". The video was 5 minutes of people saying "it's like nothing else"/"There's no describing it" etc. etc. Do you think I'm any closer to understanding what it is like to drive? Because I don't. Good video. Shit title.
Was this on the last weekend event at Santa Pod?
It was!
VTEC just kicked in yo! >.
Assetto Corsa's Intro music is the outro :D
0:42 "Great atmosphere". Lol one day there is a gold ticket for lung cancer lmao
I remember my first time at the dragstrip. ...
i spotted the emojitr while i was ther
+Elliot 123212001 Yep, Adnan took the EmojiTR... unfortunately didn't set a time ;) #197mphcar
+Car Throttle 😢would have been great to see
+Car Throttle sadly there wasnt any footage of actually driving a top fuel dragster. I thought it would happen, but all I came for was a lousy commentary
+Car Throttle sadly there wasnt any footage of actually driving a top fuel dragster. I thought it would happen, but all I came for was a lousy commentary
Now every car channel is replicating Petrolicious' style videos.
So more petrolicious style & quality vids for us :D
Optimism. I like it
I was there because I live in Wollaston so I can walk to santapod raceway
I was there that day
The balls on these people. Fucking hell
You can say that they really have the biggest balls.
If you really want to know who is a better driver go on a race track
if you want to see who has the fastest accelerating car and knows how to drive on a fucking straight line go on a drag strip
That's like comparing a fighter jet to a space shuttle lauchching
Still turns better than an American car
+xJDaRR those are American cars dip shit
L
LMAO