Hacker News with Generative AI: Drag Racing

Drag racers are ditching superchargers for scuba-style tanks and compressed air (thedrive.com)
If there’s a way to add power to a car, you can bet it’s been tested on the drag strip. That’s the one place you’ll find more superstitions than on a baseball field—eating peanuts in the pits, wearing lucky underwear, that type of thing—but only because people are serious about going fast.
NHRA's Alan Reinhart Explains Why John Force's Parachutes Failed to Deploy (bangshift.com)