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Dyson’s engineers head off to the races, create dragsters using spare parts, DC-16 motors (video)

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Dyson engineers certainly know a thing or two about creating innovative vacuums and fans Air Multipliers, but did you know they’ve also dabbled in the world of high-speed racing? Such is apparently now the case, as these folks were tasked with building go-kart drag racers out of spare parts, resulting in a variety of wheeled wonders viaing for the fastest run on a makeshift strip in the office. Of course, there was a catch — all of the dragsters had to use the motor from Dyson’s DC-16 handheld vacuum in a battle for maximum torque. We won’t spoil the outcomes for you, so scroll down to catch a video mashup of all the hijinks in the video below.

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