Ajet car is acarpropelled by ajet engine. Ajet dragster is a jet powered car used fordrag racing. They are most commonly seen at race shows.
Jet powered cars are commonly used forland speed record attempts, after anFIA rule change that permitted them in 1964.[1]
Some cars such asGreen Monster andVampire raced as dragsters (as well as also achieving or attempting land speed records).
In 2006, while filming an episode for the seriesTop Gear, presenter and driverRichard Hammond was critically injured in a crash with the jet dragster, Vampire, that he was piloting.[2]
More modern jet dragsters such as Robert Albertson's "Blazing Angel" are capable of reaching over 300 miles per hour (480 km/h) in a quarter of a mile.[3]
Most of these modern cars are powered by thePratt & Whitney J60 or theGeneral Electric J85 jet engine.[citation needed]
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