Dyno Run

[Wyn]

Most impressive imo

DYNO RUN

Not sure how accurate the reading might be tho

 

[Russ]

Haha that's insane, how about that for lag. Imagine that in an auto mid roundabout with some kick down lol.

 

[Mr.F]

Only one place you're going to see that motor run - and even then, he'd better have some improved traction than the grip to those dyno rollers!

 

[Wyn]

That is mad, sounds like something out of mad max lol

I’ve watched it a few times but still cant work out what the chap at the back is doing

Maybe he’s pulling the pin on the grenade injection system

 

[SeanDezart]

Google won't play it in France !

 

[Russ]

Is it because the engine is modified?

 

[Mr.F]

I think the guy at the back was planning to apply some lateral force in case it side-stepped on the rollers - we used to do this during burnouts when racing, but it later got banned:

How effective would this man have been if I'd got really out of shape?
(Apologies to Rob Henshaw for re-publishing this slightly camp photo of him in action...)

 

[Wyn]

Gotta disagree Mike

Looks like he’s turning something on

then legging it before it goes off lol

btw, yah man does look a little sus tho

btw, Could they "hold" the car on line then? (b4 it was banned?)
How did they hold an outright dragster? Wheelie bar Sod that

 

[Mr.F]

The other option is that a lot of modern high horsepower drag cars have an on-board computer data logging system which a crew man switches on as the car stages (external switch at the rear somewhere) - possibly he triggers this to get a second independant record of the event!

No crew contact with a staged car has ever been allowed.
High horsepower cars now generally do a rolling burnout rather than a line-locked static version - i.e. wet the rear tyres and floor it between the tower and the lights. Up to half track for the top guys, laying visible strips of hot and fresh rubber across the start line. And doing a lot of crowd pleasing and all-round showing-off, of course!