James French, who set last weeks pole position, has aspirations to the top level of racing, and his father was able to contribute some seed money to get James going. You will usually be able to find a dragster priced anywhere between $200, and $500,000, although, depending on its features, its price might go even higher than that. If you have a modern fuel dragster engine, it will usually burn around 11 gallons of fuel every minute. This Is How Much It Costs To Run A Professional Race Team - Jalopnik JalopRecs | 'Tommy Boy' Is One of the Best Car Comedies of the '90s, Rainn Wilson is Tired of Tesla and its Yoke, Racing Tech | How F1 Sanctions Wind Tunnel Testing for Close Racing. A very good question and with lots of variables. A small fraction came from the TV show itself, which she says paid approximately $500 per episode while costing her $4,000 out of her own pocket for the elaborate costumes, a key feature of the. Buying it second hand, either as a full vehicle or by parts, will generally get you an older version, because the newest ones are never put out for sale. But you still need to get the racer to the course, so $1,100 is spent to lease and operate those big fancy transporter trucks, where the car is nestled inside before the race. Performance: More than 1,400 hp and 800 lb-ft of torque, Design: 90-degree V-8, with four-bolt steel bearing caps (center three caps are splayed), based on Mark IV big-block Chevy design Material: Cast iron (DRCE 2); cast iron or compacted-graphite iron(CGI) (DRCE 3 and DRCE 4), Cam-to-crank centerline: 5.750 to 7.067 inches, Cost: $4,700 (DRCE 2); $8,000 (DRCE 3 CGI); n/a (DRCE 4 CGI), Material: CNC-machined steel, based on big-block Chevy, Type: Electronic multi-port Holley fuel injection, Throttle body: 25-square-inch Holley unit required on all engines, Fuel pump: Engine driven or electric, 90 psi maximum pressure, Injectors: 80 or 160 pound per hour Holley units, maximum of eight, Type: Coil-near plug Holley crank-trigger system with eight sparkplugs, Intake valve diameter: 2.55 inches (approximately), Exhaust valve diameter: 1.80 inches (approximately), Duration: 280 degrees (intake); 308 degrees (exhaust), Exhaust system: Four-into-one or tri-Y headers. The racing community, especially at the member-track level, is a very friendly environment and, lets face it, at some point everyone was in your shoes. Though it may not go from 0 to 85 right away, investing in a basic Jr. Dragster is a great way to get started. Theres plenty of additional creativity you could invoke here. Cowmaro Apparel:http://jdads.bigcartel.com/product/cowmaro-teeInstall Videos and more racing coming soon!Subscribe, comment and likeFollow Me!! The Winternationals has been contested at Pomona since 1961 it was just the second national event ever and would, for the sake of tradition, stand to be the event that remains.