Maybe the NHRA rules do limit the 'real' speeds of jet cars but they have superb (mostly) groomed surfaces and shutdowns for their lack of suspension.
Why knock a guy who has come to the airfield and run a stout speed over the texas mile with little afterburner use and seemed to make a safe shut down without damage.
Can anyone who was at the track report on number of runs made? How did the driver report the run?
The bar is now set racefanwfo for any other US jet dragster team to break this "gentle" - in your eyes - record speed.
In the UK we have not run a record event in the Texas Mile or Maxton Mile style, but the Primetime jet dragster over here has run over that speed after about a mile run - but on a far better looking surface. No speed limits in UK record breaking but we do have limits for jets on the strips but the governing body oversees both types of events.
Malcolm UK