Quote Originally Posted by Hotboat View Post
Actually no I haven't, but it was more a figure of speech. But don't they use brakes to steer because the wheels are off the ground anyway?
Sand cars do but not real drag cars. The show-stopping wheel-standers use such brakes but you won't see individual-side brakes on any big-time drag car. My sons drive our funny cars and there is no steering for the first few hundred feet. You must set the car up and balance the roll-out of the rear tires then aim it perfectly in the beams if you want to be in your own lane when the front tires set down and let you start steering. During the run however, there's lots of steering done, trust me! Here's one of our cars with Buzzz "Wannabe" driving.