Johansson and Sternhoff 1 have shown that the detonation light from some TNT-based explosives is suppressed under pressure from an externally produced shock wave. We have observed similar behaviour in ...

The heyday for the National Hot Rod Association's (NHRA) Top Gas dragster class was 1961 to 1971. Unlike their nitro-huffing counterparts in Top Fuel, Top Gas cars used regular old pump gas.

They are considered the kings of the sport-the supercharged and nitromethane-sniffing internal combustion beasts that literally stomp the ground and push a 2,300-pound land rocket on 1,000-foot runs ...