It’s official: the days are starting to get shorter, the air is getting cooler, and leaves are just barely starting to turn. Fall has just arrived, and with it the first warning that soon we will be back to cold temperatures, snow, ice, rain, mud, and for the better part of the country, the time where the hot rod gets put up and the winter beater comes out to play. Last year was an absolute doozy with the weather, with Boston’s massive snow mountain finally disappearing in mid-July. While I know I sound like the Bluebird of Unhappiness, it’s not all bad: off-roaders, snowmobilers, rally drivers, and ice racers have just waiting for the cold to hit. We see all sorts of strange yet awesome vehicles come out during the ice season, but this Chrysler 440-powered Honda Civic at the Merrill Ice Drags might be the strangest. First off, we’re pretty sure that the 440 and (we assume) Torquefilte should be the same overall length as the car, and the next question involves the rear axle. Instead of just blowing the tires away, the Honda claws in and digs through the 1/8th mile run. We won’t even start with the driver’s YouTube name, “supergoatsack”, but we do have questions we want answered. In the meantime, check out this little yellow oddity!
The time and speed are stunning considering there must be about 2% traction on those rear tyres – but is the car driven by a legless dwarf because if it’s the first issue Civic I can’t see how anybody could fit in the interior behind a 440 and its transmission – maybe its one of Santa’s little helpers on a meth binge…..
Remember Police Academy? He probably made like Hightower and took the front seat out.
Walk around of the car plus bonus at the end:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSVb13xBaBI
Considering all of the local bracket car abominations I’ve seen over the years, this is a neat and clean little car. Couple of other vids on YT also.
guess its all fun and games till the ice breaks….
but
how do you stop… on ice… at high speeds lol
yeah…. i’m not wanting to find out myself
I’ve covered the Merrill Ice Drags for BangShift. They have over 3000 drywall screws in each rear tire. A handful of screws in the front for steering and stopping. Some get daylight under the front tires on the launch.
Once in a while a car will get out of shape and hit the windrowed snow guardrail, they come to a soft stop. Usually with no damage.
No racers have ever gone through the ice. A couple times a plow truck has broken through, they scrape the snow off, it will act as insulation and prevent the ice from getting thicker.
It’s quite an event. Often 25 below zero, but no one complaining about it.