parachutes
Parachutes are like big fabric chutes that open up behind a race car to help it slow down quickly after going very fast.
Parachutes are drag racing safety devices deployed at the end of a run to help slow down the vehicle rapidly, especially important for very high-speed cars.
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"If they're competing here, do they need parachutes? Potentially, yeah. They might, they, I don't know. They're quite close to the ground. Some of the eight second, like 140 is that they have..."
C.R.E.A.M. #88 - Fake Wheels, Francis Bourgeois Is About It and The New allroad C.R.E.A.M. (The TDC Podcast)
"and I'd like him at the finish line at the drag strip and looking for the parachutes and stuff."
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"I don't see him and I throw the parachutes in we freaking won let's go"
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