Why Drag Racers Spend 60 hours a Week to Run a Car for 6 Sec

General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To explain what it takes to prepare a Drag car for a ¼ mile pass Central Idea: There’s more to Drag Racing than just driving INTRODUCTION I. Attention Material A. It has always been a wonderment to those outside the sport of drag racing how anyone can spend an entire week preparing a racecar that, in all reality, could only run for a matter of seconds before blowing up. …

…that all of your teams hard work has paid off and you carry home the prize money and that ever elusive “Iron-Man” trophy. CONCLUSION A. There is more to a six second quarter-mile pass than most people realize. B. It takes more than one day to win a “one day” race . II. Clincher A. Why do racers spend 60 + hours a week preparing for a few six second passes. “IT’S THE NATURE OF THE BEAST”