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Oh god...how dull.
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Who's watching in 2017
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I love seeing mike in his element. you can see the passion that he has, and the immense wealth of knowledge. would love to see another follow up or more on him and the drag boats.
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Nice vids
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Why can he only run 9's and not 8's?
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...and it's a jet... Oy vey! Shut it down! Stopped watching.
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Who's watching in 2016
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Finnegan do you still have a boat
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can someone explain y faster is worst?? i dont. get it
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If the boat knew where the beams were, and with all of that data onboard, it becomes an algorithm to get to the finish at 9 flat. Photo sensor at the lights to start the program, current speed, and distance left to go is enough info to feed into engine management to tune the output to get as close to 9 as possible.
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Why do you lose if it's a 8.99 when you're supposed to run 9.00?
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Awesome video
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#'s do not lie. That is a great video. Running on water with those numbers. Wow
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so wait, because he ran 8.93 that's below the class hes running, in which means he loses? that blows
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this is an awesome video!! :D
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Cool!! Anyone find it interesting that a 1,000hp runs 9's? That's about what a 1,000hp car runs on the strip! Side note... I couldn't do bracket racing or rally... I just want to go fast!!
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this is cool and all but i find it funny that they make a lake in the middle of a desert to race in meanwhile there is a water crisis out there.
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except there kinda slow cuz there jet boats not vdrives
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a well done video.
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There's just something in me that wants to travel 2,400 years into the past and smoke a roman galley's ass with one of these.
On this episode of Hot Rod Unlimited, Mike Finnegan takes us for a drive on the wild side as he helps amateur drag boat racer Jeff Conrad compete in the 9.00 second bracket class. The duo take an 1,160 hp jet boat and enter it in the sportsman class, giving us a glimpse of what its like to tune and race a drag boat in this dangerous and unpredictable sport. Will they be going home early or will Jeff drive the boat to the finals? HOT ROD Unlimited appears every other Friday on the new Motor Trend channel. http://www.youtube.com/motortrend Subscribe now to make sure you're in on all the action! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=motortrend Facebook - http://facebook.com/motortrendmag & http://facebook.com/hotrodmag Twitter - http://twitter.com/motortrend Google+ - https://plus.google.com/101867967859016552744/posts Website - http://www.motortrend.com & http://www.hotrod.com