One for Arni...

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Garynogrip

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Friday 20th November 2015
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ArnieVXR

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Sunday 22nd November 2015
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Bit slower with me driving...

MyM8V8

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195 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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I think Andy Frost might have something to say about that.

ArnieVXR

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183 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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MyM8V8 said:
I think Andy Frost might have something to say about that.
The video is pretty old, so there's plenty of Street Eliminator cars that are quicker than that now.

Back in the day, I recall that John was fastest and Andy (in RV2) was quickest.

If you're talking about RV3 and the likes, these cars are epic, but effectively run in a different class of 'street legal'. i.e. a car that can be driven on the road, but sets records when it wouldn't necessarily be allowed to drive on the road.

Maybe it's time for a street legal top fuel dragster...

ArnieVXR

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183 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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And I think that the Audi and RV2 (and the likes) were the last of the fast Street Eliminators to run on petrol. The current crop of cars all run non-pump ethanol, while people like Larry Larson strip their cars down and rebuild them to run on methanol prior to putting them on the strip.

Closest you get to genuine street racing in the UK is the Annual Street Racer event at York Raceway. The older format of this race really sorted out which cars were fastest.