Check Out These Ford Escorts and Sierras Racing at Hal Far in Malta
As our fearless leader Brian Lohnes is quick to point out, drag racing takes place all over this country. This includes a number of unlikely countries, but Hal Far Raceway on the tiny Mediterranean...
Running With The Big Boys: This Nasty All-Wheel-Drive DSM Comes Out Swinging!
Nov 14, 2016Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Running With The Big Boys: This Nasty All-Wheel-Drive DSM Comes Out Swinging!
Seeing a hopped up Mitsubishi Eclipse/Eagle Talon/Plymouth Laser usually elicits snickering and snide comments about “danger to manifold” and breaking welds and other snipes that come...
MSHS Season Finale At ATCO Dragway Gallery – Points On The Line And Negative DAs Bring Out The Racers!
Nov 14, 2016Bryan McTaggartComments Off on MSHS Season Finale At ATCO Dragway Gallery – Points On The Line And Negative DAs Bring Out The Racers!
You want to make a drag racer happy? Inform them that the density altitude is deep into negative territory and watch them light up. Like -1,162 ft. at high noon good. To say that the racers of the...
Finally A Champion; Ron Capps Is Your 2016 Funny Car Champ!
Nov 13, 2016Darr Hawthorne6
Ron Capps and the NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car team, led by crew chief Rahn Tobler, delivered Capps his first NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world championship after being...
Mr. Lewis’ Wild Ride: This Challenger Goes Lane-To-Lane And Manages To Miss Both Walls!
Nov 13, 2016Bryan McTaggart1
(Video courtesy of Justin Skudder) There’s one thing we all have learned after years of dragstrip time: If things seem to be going smoothly, just wait…something will happen shortly that...
Project Angry Grandpa: The Final Race At ATCO – Did Grandpa Redeem Himself?
Nov 13, 2016Bryan McTaggart12
Let’s not sugarcoat how things were after the last Angry Grandpa update: after parts-bombing our Chrysler 300C with a healthy amount of go-fast goodies, the first trip out to the track proved...
Capps Closes In On 1st NHRA Funny Car Championship at NHRA Finals!
Nov 12, 2016Darr Hawthorne6
Ron Capps‘ dream season, as he characterized it, has been dominant in 2016. Capps is looking at his best shot ever for the NHRA funny car championship after four #2 points finishes. His five wins...
This 1966 SS 396 Chevelle Is Old School Super Gas Cool!
Nov 12, 2016Chad Reynolds8
Electronics racing, like Super Gas and Super Comp, get a bad rap sometimes because seeing cars leave on the chip and then sit on a throttle stop is boring. And weird to spectators. We get it. And we...
Pro Street Mustang Goodness: Fairground Cruising Starts Here
Nov 12, 2016Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Pro Street Mustang Goodness: Fairground Cruising Starts Here
Okay, to be fair this car should be a perfectly nice driver. And we will publicly call you out if you buy it and don’t have the hair on your sack to drive it regularly. This is what our car...
Complete A-Fuel Dragster Operation, Including Truck And Trailer For $148k!
Nov 12, 2016Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Complete A-Fuel Dragster Operation, Including Truck And Trailer For $148k!
And we’re not talking junk here, we’re talking Bill Litton’s complete A-Fuel Dragster operation. This is an operation that any A-Fuel fan will know, as Bill has been successful with...
5.87! Jeff Lutz Resets All Time Street-Legal Quarter Mile Record – Cue Haters and Competitors
Nov 11, 2016Brian Lohnes25
It happened yesterday at Orlando Speed World Dragway. Jeff Lutz punched his “Mad Max” Camaro down the quarter mile drag strip at the facility in 5.87 at a speed of 251.30mph. By doing...
COMP Cams Releases SPR Radius Tip Rocker Arms For LS1 and LS3 Engines – Better Materials, Reduced Sweep
Nov 11, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on COMP Cams Releases SPR Radius Tip Rocker Arms For LS1 and LS3 Engines – Better Materials, Reduced Sweep
If there is one thing among many that GM engineers got right on factory LS engine, it is the rocker arms. They are fine pieces for use in many engine builds and hot rodders have proved that point...
Watch Onboard From a Wild Top Doorslammer Run in Australia
The Top Doorslammer class in the Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is not unlike NHRA Pro Mod racing with lookalike bodies draped over full chassis. The cars go deep into the 5s and...
The Wind Split VW High Top Van Is A Nitrous Huffing Bad Ass
Nov 11, 2016Chad Reynolds3
Racing anything weird, like a VW van for instance, is just fun. And some people do it just because of the fun factor, with no regard for actual performance. And then there are those folks who take...