Why? Because a Funny Car is exceptionally difficult to drive with 10,000hp, a front-mounted engine and a far shorter wheelbase than a Top Fuel dragster. When an explosion occurs – and they do - Funny Car bodies have been known (even with tethers) to fly off, leaving a driver at the mercy of the conditions and with no aerodynamics to assist him or her down the 1,000-foot dragstrip.
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Source: Funny Cars – the NHRA's wildest beasts


David Cottle

UBB Owner & Administrator