Medic11301
Nitro Member
Tony just said the rear wing generates 6,000 horsepower...I’m impressed with the crew chief that figured out how to do that!!
Give me a minute i'm working on the formula to figure out how the size of the wing equates to horse power.
And all this contributes to chassis arch in a Dragster that you can almost walk under it, lol.To keep these rear wheels in contact with the race surface aerodynamic surfaces are used. There are two wings, the front and rear, on a top-fuel dragster car, which help the performance in different ways. The primary purpose of the front wing is to keep the vehicle from pitching up in the front and flipping over. Since the rear wing is mounted as far aft as possible, there is a tendency for the front wheels to be lifted off of the track. The counteracting balance comes from the negative lift produced by the front wing. The required down force of the front wing is enough to keep the overall vehicle from flipping over and provide enough pressure to the front wheels so that the driver has control over the steering.
I have seen footage when the wing breaks. Usually the back end of the car goes up in the air & the car is out of control, will crash. In years past, the front wing has broken and causes lift. Re: Eddie Hill at Pomona, when the car did a blow over, caused by the front wing. It really is amazing how much down force both wings provide. The front wings on T/F now are as big as the rear wings used to be years ago.
I believe he meant 6,000 lbs of down force