One of the things that I like about watching racing footage, any form of racing for that matter, is the super slow motion you so often get to see. In this year's running of Le Mans, the French-ies showed some pretty good clips. Luckily for us, NHRA drag racing has incorporated super slow motion into each of their televised events.
As an illustration, this 1 minute video highlights two Top Fuel engine explosions in super slow motion.
In the first one, as Lex Joon starts on his pass, a cylinder goes out sending the car into a tire spin resulting in a massive explosion. Super slow motion footage captures the moment when the engine spews out two spark plugs. Pretty wild stuff!
In the second highlight, shortly after leaving the starting line a fuel hose came loose on Steve Chrisman's top fuel's engine, which causes the engine to lean out and consequently push out the head gaskets.
Thanks to ESPN and crew of cameramen and announcers for capturing the moments we knew existed but were never able to see before.
Thanks for reading.
Source: ESPN/YouTube
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