Re: In what distance would a Bugatti Veyron beat that Vauxhall dragster?

Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Albert T Cone  <mmmm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Ed Chilada wrote:
>>> Given an infinitely long test straight, then the Vauxhall's 5mpg would
>>> become a factor and it could eventually be overtaken by a Smartcar!
>> On that basis, pretty much everything on the road would be beaten by a 
>> golf SDi or something.  Actually, I wonder what would win the worlds 
>> most boring drag race - full tank, flat to the floor until the tank
empties?
> 
> Hey, they do aircraft endurance races, why not cars?

'cos of the tedium...  Mind you, F1 wasn't far from that a couple of 
years back, when I stopped watching.

I think there is some daft annual thing where people put tiny NA diesel 
lawnmower engines in balsawood frames with cycle wheels and then go as 
far as they can on 1l of fuel.  Normally mentioned in the cheap press 
with '1700mpg british car wins endurance race' type of headline.