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WHAT'S IT LIKE TO DRIVE. . . AN NHRA TOPFUEL DRAGSTER?
Antron Brown, driver of Mike Ashley Racing's Matco Tools dragster: When the helmet goes on, I become a different person. I'm in a zone, and my mind is blank. The guys strap me in, and the car and I become one. The steering wheel is an artery coming right into my body. When they light the engine, it takes over my body. It's intense. I do the burnout to put down some rubber, and as I back up, I focus on my breathing. The routine is always the same.
At the line, I disengage the reverser and start inching forward. I find a spot down the track and shift my eyes between the Christmas tree and that spot a few times to make that move automatic.
The crew chief gives me the final OK, and I slam my helmet shield down and creep into the prestage timing beams. I stare down the middle of the groove, because with these cars, if you look anywhere else, that's where it's going.
As soon as the other car is prestaged, I take one last breath, turn on the second fuel pump and take my foot off the clutch. The handbrake is the ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, WHAT'S IT LIKE TO DRIVE. . . AN NHRA TOPFUEL DRAGSTER?