Friday, August 29, 2008

IMPORTANT FACTS




Top fuel dragsters accelerate at up to 5g from standing start. The nitromethane injection produces 6000 BHP.
An airbag moves up to 4500 mph within a second when triggered. A force of 200g is generated. They are designed to explode at an impact speed of 19 mph. The bag inflates within 40 milliseconds of a crash.
The Ferrari Formula 1 team is unique in the fact that it produces both chassis and engines for its cars.
Ferrari makes a maximum of 14 cars every day.
Only 107 models of the Ford GT40 were made of which only 7 were road cars.
The first known automobile was built in 1668.
Luxembourg has the most crowded roads in Europe with almost 570 cars per 1,000 people.
The first car race ever seen in the United States was held in Chicago in 1895. The track ran from Chicago to Evanston. The winner was J. Frank Duryea, whose average speed was 71.5 miles per hour.

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