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Ed Hinton
November 03, 1997
Time, in thousandths of a second, that it takes Tony Schumacher to react to the green light and start his Top Fuel dragster moving down the quarter-mile strip. By the time one second has elapsed, he has reached 100 mph. By the time three seconds are up, he's going faster than 250 mph.
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November 03, 1997

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Time, in thousandths of a second, that it takes Tony Schumacher to react to the green light and start his Top Fuel dragster moving down the quarter-mile strip. By the time one second has elapsed, he has reached 100 mph. By the time three seconds are up, he's going faster than 250 mph.

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