Ferrari Mailing List: Re: its SMOG check time

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

I thought the fuel for the Top Fuel dragsters was mixed like a dry
martini.  You pour the gin into the shaker, and simply waive the
closed vermouth bottle over the top while saying "Vermouth!".

Hans.

On 6/8/21, Douglas Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote:
> Hobby shop fire and nitro – hmmm
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> Picture this – Winter Nationals at L.A. County Fairplex a few years ago.
> Top Fuel dragster area.  I see a fellow pumping nitro from a 50 gallon
> barrel into a mixing can.  Interesting.  I ask him what does it take to make
> a Top Fuel dragster driver?  He thinks for a few seconds and says “ohhh, I
> guess a person who can get blown up a few times and still gets back in the
> car.”
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> Hmmm yet again . . .
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> Cheers
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> Doug
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