Summer is a drag (race) for Rick Kopp
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Photo Credit: Mark Ackert
Photo Credit: Mark Ackert
Kim Arnott, SPECIAL TO THE BURLINGTON POST
In slightly over six seconds, Rick Kopp’s methanol-fueled, 2,100-horsepower dragster will launch him down a quarter-mile track.
“It’s faster than a fighter jet. It’s faster than getting shot out of a cannon. For the quarter-mile, nothing can touch you,” said the veteran Burlington racer. “It’s the fastest motorsport in the world.”
Despite 30 years of racing everything from motorcycles to boats to dragsters, Kopp’s enthusiasm for speed is still clearly intact.
“I just love the rush,” he admits. “There’s nothing better.”
