laundry

A slang term for the parachutes on a drag racing car. They are required on cars that can go 150+ mph in a quarter of a mile. Letting the chutes out to slow the car down is "dumping the laundry".

"Flashing the hazards, rapping the gas (revving the engine), honking the horn, dumping the laundry...They're all cocky things drag racers to do say "I got ya. Bad. Don't come back."

- Justin "Big Chief" Shearer of the show Street Outlaws

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