Persuasive Essay~Drag Racing

Drag racing is so much fun if you are able to go and see it live. When racing is over you are able to go up to the racers stands and their tents to get some autographs for them. They travel all over the United States. When I go I go to the Brainerd International Raceway and Resort.

            When we go, we go for the experience and it is a really fun place to be. They have Funny Cars, Top Fuel, and Pro Stock Motorcycles. Last year the winner of Funny car was Bob Bode and it was his first win so far. Larry Dixon was the first in Top Fuel; Andrew Hines was first in Pro Stock motorcycle. And Jeg Coughlin Jr. won in Pro Stock to earn his fifth Brainerd Wally.

            But actually meeting these people is a fun time. They sometimes even tell you the story of their first race. Even if you have never watched it on TV or something, go to one in person. The first time I ever went, I never watched NHRA. But one year I went and have been going ever since. It’s been three years already.

            Just going to Brainerd for 2 days is a good and easy time to hang out with friends and family. Even though the tickets are a little expensive for one person, you’ll know in the end. If it’s a rainy weekend you can still make it fun if they can’t dry off the tracks. While they are working on cars or working on the track, it’s so easy just to have a good time.

            The Funny Car is one of the “professional” classes like Top Fuel, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle. These cars have forward-mounted engines and carbon fiber automotive bodies over the chassis.

            Top Fuel runs on a mix of around ninety percent nitro methane and ten percent methanol. These cars are much longer, narrower, and equipped with large tires in the back and small tires in the front in order to maximize their straight-line acceleration and speed.

Pro Stock cars are limited a 4-barrel carburetor intake systems. They can be “split” so that each of the halves can be more accurately positioned over the slightly staggered intake runners. Pro Stock Motorcycle, or Pro Stock Bike, has been racing since the 1980s. It is a class that has two-wheeled equivalent of Pro Stock. That’s why I think that people should experience going to a drag racing raceway to watch. It will all be worth it in the end.