(Video credit: TheRacingVids YouTube channel) – Keith Haney is a man of his word and he rocked the Earth tonight with a monster first qualifying pass in his brand new Larry Jeffers built radial tire nitrous Camaro. The smack talk has been flowing hot and heavy over the last few weeks over the internet as Haney, Donald Long, and a host of characters have been making videos, statements, and even singing parody songs about each other. But after one session of qualifying in the no-holds barred Radial Versus The World class, Haney stands atop the field and he did so in really impressive fashion.
Haney became the third racer ever to run into the 3.80s on drag radials and if you look a the speed, you can tell that he was coasting through the finish line on his 3.89 second pass. 191mph is not the number that you’d expect to see next to that elapsed time. If things work in his favor and if Brandon Switzer along with the crew can make this thing work perfectly there may be a low .80 in it. The car obviously uses a lock up style torque converter because in the video below you will see what happens when it locked up. The car made a move and tried to pitch sideways. Haney lifted and still stopped the clocks with a historically big number.
It isn’t often that smack talk and pre-race hype live up to its potential but with this run, Keith Haney has absolutely proven that he’s not just there for the beer in Georgia, he’s there for the $50,100, the cover of Drag Illustrated, and to laugh his way to the winner’s circle on Sunday night. His monster cubic inch nitrous engine was working like a top the whole way down the track. Just look at the header flames as he makes his way through there. Just past the 330 is when the converter really comes in and things get dicey.
This is the first of what will likely be a LOT of memorable moments from this event. Stay tuned!
I think I know the guy in the black sweatshirt on the starting line….
Forgot to mention in the story that Haney paid Larry Jeffers to copy Dwayne Mills car while it was at Jeffers shop getting fixed without asking Dwayne for permission, both are scumbags.