On Wednesday October 28 the Council for Sport of the Russian Automobile Federation approved two new national record of the Russian Federation established by the pilot of the Russian Championship drag racing Muscovite Dmitri Samorukova in 2015: course time in the ¼ mile — 6,895 seconds, top speed at the finish — 309.81 km / h.
Application for the attempt to establish new records in Russia RAF filed by Dragtimes team. Races were held on October 18 track race track «Fortress Terrible» (the city of Grozny, the Chechen Republic).
According to the rules established record two attempts must be made within one hour. If the difference in the results of the two races is less than 1%, a record for the best result is taken. The difference in transit time distance of ¼ mile Dmitry Samorukova was less than 1%, and the Sports Council has approved the result of the RAF in 6.895 seconds.
New course time by almost 3 seconds faster than the previous record of the Russian Federation, which was held in 2008.
The record for the maximum speed of passage of a distance in the ¼ mile, which established Dmitry Samorukov — a new national record in the classification of the Russian Federation. Previous measurements at this distance was not made, the minimum length of 0.5 km took up. Now in the list of record results, a new category, and the first indicator: 309.81 km / h.
Record results were shown on the car Dodge Viper DT, which is specifically designed to compete in drag racing and belongs to a class of cars Pro Modified. Its capacity is 3000 hp, engine size — 12.2 l. Dmitry Samorukov team is Dragtimes.
Russian Championship drag racing — competition between cars on a parallel acceleration at a distance of a quarter mile (402.33 meters). Competitions are held between cars in three classes: front, rear and four-wheel drive.
In the season of 2015 there were five stages of competition, the geography of which covered several regions of the country — from Siberia to the Caucasus race held in Krasnoyarsk, Novokuznetsk, Elista and twice in Grozny, a new racetrack, «Fortress Terrible.»
