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… that a Top Fuel dragster can complete the quarter mile in less than 5 seconds?
… that the first world championship race was held at Silverstone, England in 1950?
… that Offshore Powerboat Racing is the equivalent of F1 car racing and the sport of the elite, due to the exceptionally high costs?
… that Shelsley Walsh hillclimb, in Worcestershire, England, has been run on the same course since 1905?
… that Ice Racing started in Ontario in the 1960s as an inexpensive novelty on frozen lakes and rivers?
… that Mud Racing, or mud bogging/mud drags, have one sole aim - to drive a machine, usually a truck, through a mud pit of a set length, in the shortest time?
… that Truck Racing began in Melbourne, Australia in 1988 as a one off race using working vehicles and their regular drivers?