The hot rod is European champion have done 0 - 100mph is 0.9 second. I think it does the ¼ mile in 5.73 seconds with terminal speed a little over 250 mph 😮 this from a mere 4000 bhp on nitro. I'm sure the very informative guy on the stand mentioned they are pushing 12,000 bhp in the USA now. This one is a classic of the track.
Each run costs c £2k.
(My thanks to Richard for helping my memory)
Not just USA - fastest top fuel run at Santa Pod was three years ago - 3.7 secs on the 1/4mile* and a terminal speed on 321mph. Driver was Ida Zetterstrom and her car had around 11000bhp.
*although Top Fuellers only run 1000ft now, rather than 1320ft of the 1/4 mile - they were finding that the extra speed gained on the 300ft meant they were running out of track!
