Saw-Powered Dragster Is Lots Of Fun, Potentially Horrible Death

Here’s a weekend DIY idea if you have six 16-inch Makita circular saws lying around: build a dragster, use them as your engine, and enter the Power Tool Drag Racing Competition. That’s exactly what Barry Lee, in the photo, did.

Yes, there’s a Power Tool Drag Racing Competition, which will happen this weekend in Yeovil, Somerset, England. People from all over will participate in it with lightweight dragsters that go up to 113km/h using everything from disc cutters to leaf blowers. [Metro]