Thanks Al!

LOL

No, her husband forgot to put in a dashcam.

That is correct. Every puller in the class has 2 attempts IF they make an honest attempt to shut down by the 100' mark. Only the 1st puller of the class or 1st puller after a sled reset has the option to drop and come right back, drop 6 spots or come back last hook in the class.

They do. I witnessed an indoor tractor pull in Ft. Worth sometime in the mid '80s and the sound was devastating. It would rattle right through a person's body like an internal earth quake, v8s were the worst. Holding your ears was a must, even the farm tractors were deafening.

Noel Paquin wheel speed is around 150 miles per hour.

I was actually really curious about this question. I couldn't find any scientific data on the drag coefficient of any kind of farm tractor, so I used the coefficient of a semi with trailer and added .4 to it (pretty rough estimate but on the upper end of an estimate, this is a very high drag coefficient). I used a rough area of 6M^2 for the frontal area of the tractor, and calculated that the tractor would need ~9700 hp to overcome 250mph. This doesn't include any kind of gearing to get it to that speed, but it's very reasonable to imagine one getting to 200mph +

Ever thought how fast a parachutist would be without the parachute? Jeez The gearing is too low for speed

I actually get a lot of good feedback for having it so folks know who is leading. May redesign it in the near future to be less intrusive. Working with a new program and computer so it was something to use fast to get the videos going

Some kind of a 2-row radial. I lost count of the exhaust pipes. Whether a 14 or an 18, I don't know.

I thought she'd drive her tractor by leaning to one side ala Ace Ventura

Sharon could've turned the blower hat the other way that way it didn't block her vision.

Dogs have tails

Yes they do, but until they build electric motors that are larger that a 55 gallon drum, using the best rare earth magnets and creating giant batteries with 3 phase inverters, you are not going to see an electric tractor with this much torque - (i have seen electric motors that big in factories running monster injection molding presses and 5 ton grinding wheels - i spent 15 years in robotics and automation - i suppose we could run them on giant coiled extension chords - grin )

Only at ZERO RPM.

Oh god yea, just imagine in the future this sport goes electric! 😱😢🤔👎

Yes, you are.