Crossword clues for dragstrip
Wiktionary
n. 1 A paved straight roadway used for automotive drag racing. 2 (context figuratively by extension English) Any place for high-speed competitive activity.
Wikipedia
A dragstrip is a facility for conducting automobile and motorcycle acceleration events such as drag racing. Although a quarter mile (1320 feet, 402 m) is the best known measure for a drag track, many tracks are eighth mile (201 m) tracks, and the premiere classes will run 1,000 foot (304.8m) races. The race is begun from a standing start which allows three factors to affect the outcome of the race: reaction time, torque, and traction.
Usage examples of "dragstrip".
Well-dressed Negroes behind dark glasses in closed theaters, the attempt to scrape acquaintance, the helpful friend with the friendly word, note of menace as in Dragstrip Riot, as in Terror from the Year 5000.
And, of course, the most exploitive picture of all had to be the infamous Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow, which included music, monsters, and lots of leather-jacketed mayhem.
Whether it was The Red Pony, Dragstrip Demon, The Catcher in the Rye, or I Am Legend, the reaction was always the same — frowning, dull-eyed concentration, followed by a frowning, dull-eyed book report that would earn either a hook or, if his English teacher was feeling particularly generous that day, a B-.
A wise precaution, if people used the driveway as a dragstrip on a regular basis.