Drag racing: The 300mph motorsport where women keep winning - Global Women, BBC World Service
Description: Top Fuel drag racing is the world’s fastest sport. Drivers propel themselves down racetracks in nitromethane-fuelled cars whilst enduring more g-force than astronauts launching into space. It makes Formula One look slow.
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The highest speed ever hit in F1 is 232mph (373km/h) while a Top Fuel driver has reached 347mph (558km/h).
Drag racing is also one of the few sports where men and women compete against each other on a level playing field. Most motorsports are heavily male-dominated - no woman has competed in F1 for decades - but Top Fuel drag racing is an exception. And women don’t just compete - in Europe at least - they dominate the sport.
00:00 Introducing the world’s fastest sport – Top Fuel drag racing
01:26 "No, I’m not a boy racer on the road”
02:24 Time stops inside the dragster
03:48 Drag racing is a family affair
06:18 India’s drag race winning woman
08:01 Being a woman in a male-dominated sport
09:25 Susanne Callin bids to become back-to-back European champion
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The highest speed ever hit in F1 is 232mph (373km/h) while a Top Fuel driver has reached 347mph (558km/h).
Drag racing is also one of the few sports where men and women compete against each other on a level playing field. Most motorsports are heavily male-dominated - no woman has competed in F1 for decades - but Top Fuel drag racing is an exception. And women don’t just compete - in Europe at least - they dominate the sport.
00:00 Introducing the world’s fastest sport – Top Fuel drag racing
01:26 "No, I’m not a boy racer on the road”
02:24 Time stops inside the dragster
03:48 Drag racing is a family affair
06:18 India’s drag race winning woman
08:01 Being a woman in a male-dominated sport
09:25 Susanne Callin bids to become back-to-back European champion
Watch more documentaries from across BBC World Service here 👉🏽 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fADt3h_U2SOWErIq-xtXPD
For more documentaries with women at the centre, head to this playlist 👉🏽 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4eYtF5I_1IVsiww2H3irZWx&si=p_jx_VhRtY3PNfBg
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