Slow-Motion Dragster Explosions Are The Only Fireworks You Need

Drag racing has two key attributes from the crowd’s point of view: insane speed and spectacular explosions when things go wrong. The American National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) knows it.

That’s why it this week Tweeted an epic video of some of 2017’s most amazing action from US drag strips. There are a butt tonne of slow-motion explosions, engine failures, exhaust flames and huge wall impacts, and even a couple of racers that won while in various stages of disintegration. You can’t question their commitment…

If you don’t enjoy this compilation of some of drag racing’s most exciting moments from the year gone by, you might want to check yourself for a pulse. Here’s to more of the same in 2018!