Katharine Ross Looks Back on Being a Young TV Star in the â60s. Before Katharine Ross garnered an Oscar nomination for âThe Graduate,â the actress was working in a San Francisco theater troupe and starting to catch fire with guest roles on TV in the early 1960s.
The most common fuels used in race cars these days (2007) are: 1. Leaded and unleaded gasoline. This fuel is used by many types of race cars and octane levels are usually high, meaning 94 and above. Gasoline is used in drag cars, rally cars, stock cars, and even Formula One cars. Gasoline is derived from the distillation of crude oil.
Funny car fuel systems are key to their immense power. During a single run (starting, burnout, backing up, staging, 1/4 mile) cars can burn as much as 15 US gallons (12 imp gal; 57 L) of fuel. The fuel mixture is usually 85â90% nitromethane with 10â15% methanol. The ratio of fuel to air can be as high as 1:1.