Cotty wrote:
On 5/9/04, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed:
A grid of large V8s (Trans-Am, for example) is quite loud, especially
if you get trackside. But a top fuel dragster is something else again.
You're not kidding. The shock waves and air pressure changes actually
*lift* the tape off the heads in a TV video camera - the interference is
unbelievable. You can feel the power going through your body and organs.
I've only ever felt that before underneath a B1 bomber on take-off.
Naa, you can get that effect at a "good" rock concert...
I have those swimming style rubber ear plugs and they work great (at cleaning out your ears ;-)
Cheers, Cotty
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