If having one parachute makes you cool ... but every other waking moment was occupied by Mustang drag racing. It was a friendship that changed my life from the rat race to the drag race, I ...

is generally credited with the first use of a chute in drag racing, although racers from both drag-strip and dry-lake speed runs were experimenting with the idea at that time. Deist and dragster ...

Officers say Ryans Jenks, 32, of Holley was drag racing another individual just ... a removeable steering wheel, and a parachute on the back. Jenks was charged with unauthorized speed contest ...

Drag racing was slowly trying to become a respectable ... The cars were going a whole lot faster and the diggers were using parachutes to get stopped. I really thought that was neat, the parachutes.

The conversation, centered around the business aspect and challenges of motorsports, also touched on the adrenaline-fueled nature of drag racing ... really big with the parachute and everything.

Drag racing still uses imperial measurements ... and cars that can hit 150 miles an hour must have a parachute at the back of the car. All of this costs a lot of money, and as Fred Thibeault ...

The Dodge Challenger Demon 170 is a 1,000-horsepower beast and racing down a drag strip in under nine ... They include a parachute mounting system, a harness bar, a street wheel/tire package ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from NHRA Championship Drag Racing: Speed for All - Electro ... a Driver's Suit, a Parachute, and a Vehicle-Hauler each with a design sure to be noticed.

Age is just a number in drag racing, where cars hurtle down the track ... and roaring noise that is over in a few seconds before a parachute helps bring the vehicles to a stop.

According to investigators, the drag race car had just finished a race, but the vehicle did not slow down or deploy its parachute. The vehicle continued through a sand trap safety area and left ...