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200mph mini-dragster screams around circular track

Tether cars have been running their circuitous routes for decades, but never have they been like this. The mind-boggling 200mph speed of this nitro-fueled mini-dragster is downright frightening. The pointy projectile looks more like a puny land-based powerboat than a model car. Hooked up to a central hub with a steel cable that we hope is strong enough, the diminutive road rocket screams around the circular track, faster and faster, sucking dragster-like nitro-methane fuel until it’s spent.

Is this fake? Nope, these guys are for real. The track has been around for a while, and it’s quite sophisticated with a radar speed indicator to prove how fast these incredible vehicles are going. We’d like to see one of these things in action up close — that raucous high-pitched whine and extreme Doppler Effect indicates the tremendous speed, but the thing is going so fast you can hardly see it; video hardly does it justice.

Jalopnik, via bb Gadgets

         
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It would be aweful if the guy in the middle slipped off the small ledge!

Did you notice when this video was added to YouTube? November 27, 2006. This is old. Really old...

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