>> I'm still puzzled about the Race of Champions. They raced several
>> designs of car which seemed to be using *external combustion* to propell
>> themselves, rather than the more traditional *internal combustion*. (As
>> evidenced by the huge flashes and bangs as they raced round the track.)
>
> Military planes do it, so why shouldn't a car benefit from an afterburner, 
> too?
> =B)

Because to get any remotely significant extra acceleration you would use up 
the whole fuel tank in 10 seconds :-)

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