Definition of Acceleration

In the middle 70's my cousin's husband campaigned a front engined top fuel dragster. He didn't drive but owned the car. He brought it to a City celebration, a parade, they allowed him to pull it through the parade, which was held on the main street of the City.Directly in front of the County Seat Court House, he stopped pulling the car and decided to fire it up for just a few seconds, on nitro. I can still hear the reverberations when I walk down that street.
About 8 years later I wanted to pull my SCCA Formula Ford in the same annual celebration parade, the parade organizers had not forgotten my cousins TF car......needless to say they denied allowing my race car in the parade.

While attending the GM Nat's at Carlisle (I know....Brand X) with my girlfriend's GTO in 2014, we ran into an acquaintance of ours, Bruce Larson.  He owned and drove the USA-1 Camaro funny car.  The cars were on display for a "Cacklefest".  She was able to sit in the Camaro as they started it and revved the engine.  Even with the gas mask, her eyes were tearing.  I believe that this was the Nitro car, as the later cars were running alcohol.  Loud was not the word to describe that engine as it screamed!  The noise and the fumes made a great spectacle.   

nothing like g force,burnt rubber,like watching the better at night,

wow,after that can you still hear,