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A Jet Dragster is a drag racing
Drag racing

Drag racing is a competition in which vehicles compete to be the first to cross a set finish line, usually from a dead stop, and in a straight line....
 car propelled by a jet engine
Jet engine

A jet engine is a reaction engine that discharges a fast moving jet of fluid to generate thrust in accordance with Isaac Newton Newton's laws of motion....
.

In 2006, while filming an episode for the series Top Gear
Top Gear (current format)

Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi-National Television Awards and International Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, primarily automobile....
, presenter and driver Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond

Richard Mark Hammond , nicknamed "Hamster" due to his size, is a British presenter of radio and television, best known for co-presenting the television programme Top Gear since 2002....
 was critically injured in a crash with the jet dragster, Vampire
Vampire (car)

The Vampire is a turbojet-propelled Automobile that currently holds the outright British land speed record of .Vampire was 30 feet long and consumed from 7 to 10 UK gallons of fuel per mile....
, that he was piloting.








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A Jet Dragster is a drag racing
Drag racing

Drag racing is a competition in which vehicles compete to be the first to cross a set finish line, usually from a dead stop, and in a straight line....
 car propelled by a jet engine
Jet engine

A jet engine is a reaction engine that discharges a fast moving jet of fluid to generate thrust in accordance with Isaac Newton Newton's laws of motion....
.

In 2006, while filming an episode for the series Top Gear
Top Gear (current format)

Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi-National Television Awards and International Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, primarily automobile....
, presenter and driver Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond

Richard Mark Hammond , nicknamed "Hamster" due to his size, is a British presenter of radio and television, best known for co-presenting the television programme Top Gear since 2002....
 was critically injured in a crash with the jet dragster, Vampire
Vampire (car)

The Vampire is a turbojet-propelled Automobile that currently holds the outright British land speed record of .Vampire was 30 feet long and consumed from 7 to 10 UK gallons of fuel per mile....
, that he was piloting.

See also

  • Drag racing
    Drag racing

    Drag racing is a competition in which vehicles compete to be the first to cross a set finish line, usually from a dead stop, and in a straight line....
  • Jet engine
    Jet engine

    A jet engine is a reaction engine that discharges a fast moving jet of fluid to generate thrust in accordance with Isaac Newton Newton's laws of motion....
  • Rocket dragster
    Rocket dragster

    Rocket Dragster racing is a form of Drag Racing usually using High test peroxide rocket engines.Kitty O'Neil in 1977 recorded the quickest quarter mile elapsed time of 3.22 seconds at 396 mph and made a quarter mile run with a top speed of 412 mph....


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