I saw a couple of those jet powered dragsters once. Pretty impressive sound and all. However, the top fuel cars were faster and when you consider that is all transferred from tires to pavement kind of crazy.
As for understanding English, try some fast talking Irish accents. I was working with a specialized all Irish installation crew once. I'd been around them a couple weeks. Got into an elevator with one of my co-workers and three of these guys. They were telling me what they were going to accomplish that day. When they got off on a lower floor my co-worker said, "I didn't know you could speak their language". "oh yeah sure I can." "What do you call that stuff they speak anyway?" I said, "they were speaking English." Then I walked away out of the elevator.
Those guys sounded a lot like this sheep farmer.