Don “ Big dada ” Garlits isone of the Old Masters of retarding force racing . The first driver to formally break the 170 , 180 , 200 , 240 , 250 , and 270 MPH barriers on a 1/4 mile pull strip , his name is plastered across rush ’s many hall of fame . Last calendar week , at 82 class old , Garlits earned another track record , ram the world ’s fastest electric - powered drag racerto a record - shattering 184.01 MPHon a 1/4 mile pull strip in Florida .
Garlits ’ car , theSwamp Rat 37(Don ’s named most of his racer Swamp Rat ) , is powered by six GE 7.5 in DC electric motor churning out 1,500 kW of great power — or nearly 2,000 H.P. . Four camber of lithium - polymer batteries sum up up to a total of 1,200 cells , juicing the motors with 420 volts at 3,600 amps . see out Garlits ’ site for more details on SR-37 .
When braggart dad set out on April 30th , he was aiming to hit 200 MPH by the ending of the fourth part mile . He did n’t quite make it to the double C , but on the last campaign he tripped the lights in 7.258 seconds at 184.01 MPH . That was enough to eviscerate the late record book of 159.85 MPH , set in 2007 by Dennis Berube in the Current Eliminator V.
skim ahead to 4:43 in the telecasting to see footage of the record - breaking rivulet from the nose camera .
Electric race cars are starting to peck up serious speed in all type of racing . In full - out country speed record racing ( where the course is importantly longer than a quarter of a mile ) , cars likethe Ohio State University student - progress Buckeye Bullethave topped 300 MPH .
http://www.wired.com/2010/08/buckeye-bullet-land-speed-record/
For Garlits , the record - breaking tally hold special implication : it ’s been 50 years since he bump the 200 MPH barrier the first metre , in 1964 . Back then , his car was power by a 396 - three-dimensional - column inch supercharged V-8 draw down dinosaur juice . The car is nearly unsounded now , but it ’s still Don ’s name in the record books . The more thing change … [ Wired ]
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