# How many kinds of auto racing are there?

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**Created:** [October 29, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kinds-of-auto-racing-are-there/378358 "2006-10-29T21:01:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kinds-of-auto-racing-are-there/378358/1 "2006-10-29T21:01:22Z")

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Just wondering. Last night on TV I saw a clip from a race involving cars with a tiny cab at back and a long, narrow body – something clearly designed specifically for racing, probably not even street-legal – and I had no idea what that vehicle, or style of racing, is called.

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**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kinds-of-auto-racing-are-there/378358/2 "2006-10-29T21:11:36Z")

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[QUOTE=BrainGlutton]  
Just wondering. Last night on TV I saw a clip from a race involving cars with a tiny cab at back and a long, narrow body – something clearly designed specifically for racing, probably not even street-legal – and I had no idea what that vehicle, or style of racing, is called.  
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Anything with wheels can (and will) be raced in some fashion.

Your description sounds like a Top Fuel dragster, which is basically an aluminum ladder with a grenade strapped to the back.

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**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kinds-of-auto-racing-are-there/378358/3 "2006-10-29T21:14:58Z")

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Did it look like this?

[![](http://www.txchange.com/topfuel.jpg) ](http://www.txchange.com/topfuel.jpg)

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kinds-of-auto-racing-are-there/378358/4 "2006-10-29T21:41:17Z")

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[QUOTE=brianjedi]  
Did it look like this?

[http://www.txchange.com/topfuel.jpg](http://www.txchange.com/topfuel.jpg)  
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Yes.