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      02-01-2020, 11:10 PM   #39
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Originally Posted by onfireX5 View Post
I bought the Motortrend app a few years ago to watch "The Greatest Drag Race". Then found out it was staged to finish with numbers obtained from single passes from a prepped drag strip. AWD leaps ahead, then let off the gas to let others catch up per drag strip single pass results. MT even admitted it was staged for safety and problems getting a clean launch with that many cars at one time. They have not commented on last/this years 1/2 mile run. Not sure if it is single staged or actually multiples.
Probably staged. Which to be honest is probably the better way to do it. I'd want them to really get to wring out each car and then post the results for us. The video is still fun to watch.
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