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> why are dragsters not even faster?

This is like asking if Usain Bolt can run a 9.5s 100m why is a cheetah that can run 6.1s not that much faster

Your comparison would make sense if cheetahs had 60 times more muscular mass than Usain Bolt, or were somehow 60 times more powerful. They don't. They aren't.

This can only be verified with a duel.

'Fuel' classes of drag racing use nitromethane as a fuel which produces staggering power: 0 to 100 MPH in .8 seconds (first 60 feet, 6 G-forces at the starting line 0 to 200 MPH in 2.2 seconds (first 350 feet) 330mph plus 1000 foot finish line speeds and then 6 negative G-forces upon deployment of twin parachutes chutes at 300 MPH.

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