New drag strip to provide region vroom to grow

What does 7,000 horsepower feel like? Doug Herbert, who drives a top fuel dragster in the National Hot Rod Association's PowerAde Series, has a way to describe what it's like to go from zero to 100 mph in eight-tenths of a second and reach a speed of well over 300 mph after just a quarter mile. "Imagine that you're sitting at a stop light," said Herbert, whose team is based in Lincolnton. "Along ...

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