When one builds a 1955 Chevy drag car, powers it with a high strung 489ci BBC, backs the motor with a Doug Nash five speed manual transmission, Bangshifts his way to nine second elapsed times, carries the left front wheel nearly the whole length of the strip, and does it at the most picturesque drag strip in the known universe, the video bears sharing. Literally everything about this is awesome. From the editing, which is well done and doesn’t leave us watching a bunch of down time, to the driver who works the shift handle like a wizard, to the left front tire that never touches the ground, this is home run stuff.
Yes, we realize that tying that left front down will make the thing quicker and all of that but let’s be honest, seeing it torque over and hike that tire into the air is absolutely worth it and you know it is an E-ticket ride inside the car. The driver’s name is Scott Granus and you’ll watch him crank this shoebox into the 9.50s elapsed tie range on this pass. You’ll see him do it from outside the car and you will see him do it from a camera mounted on the roof of the car. The sound of the high winding 489 is perfection and the fact you can hear him fan the clutch and rip the shift lever without lifting makes this one entertaining Chevy to watch on the strip. Fo sho!
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Awesome! Probably the only 55 that ever impressed me.
This is the way to power shift. I remember this sound from my first visit to a drag strip, 75-80 Drag-O-Way in Maryland in 1966. I’m sure he keeps the throttle to the floor the entire run.
I built a 200mph street Harley years ago and never lost a race power shifting with it on the West Coast.I was amazed at how many Jap riders didn’t know how to do it. I didn’t drag race with it. All races were point to point so I could show off now my bike also out-handled them and well as out-powered!