Glen Curtis’s big-block Chevrolet-powered American dragster might be hooking a tad too well, or making just a little too much horsepower right off the bat. We come to that conclusion after watching this pass he made at Thompson Raceway Park in Ohio last August. The second he launches the car the nose goes straight for the sky and you can hear Curtis pedaling to get it back down, which doesn’t seem to happen until after the eighth-mile run is completed. By his own admission, his [email protected] pass was made with the rear tires. We’re betting that after his heart rate calmed down, he dialed out some of the boost after that run. Click play and hold on tight!
Heck, it wasn’t that hairy of a ride, he had a wheelie bar.
Well, his admission or not, there’s no way he was wheels up at the 1/8.
I’ll bet he dialed a bit more boost, not less. Typically when a dragster wheelstands it is down on power and climbing the ring gear. Sometimes a couple of degrees of timing or a small tuning change will stick the front right back down.