Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week 2010 is living up to each and every past event, story, or adventure. We’ve worked on a ton of cars on the road, and have seen plenty of great dragstrip action as well. Big Dog Larry Larson is still the overall win favorite, but Jeff Lutz, Eric Yost, and plenty of others are on his ass for the win and we have photos and video. Will everyone make it to the track for Day Two? We’re not sure, but we’ll be there to find out bright and early.

We’re going to step up our coverage today to include a lot more photos of the pits, carnage, on road adventures and great dragstrip passes. And while we have a cool little video from Day One, we learned a few things about what camera angles don’t work thanks to crews, spectators, etc. We’ll remedy that on Day Two.

Note the “Wambulance”, a crusty Ford Ambulance that Hot Rod’s David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan bought and are running all week. It has been good for 24-second elapsed times. By the looks of it, these dudes are guaranteed a viral infection from the grossness before the week is out!

Carnage Report:

After only one day of Drag Week 2010, we’ve seen the following part failures:

Rods, vacuum pumps, fuel pumps, tires, alternators, lights, relays, transmissions, main bearings, water pump, electric fans, driveshafts, and more. But overall, Day One seems to have had less casualties than in years past. We’ll find out first thing in the morning as the drivers lick their wounds and limp into O’reilly Raceway Park at Indy. We’ll let you know what we find out.

At least four cars have fallen off the wagon including the infamous Huber Mustang, Steve Hoch’s Corvette, a 1969 Firebird that spit connecting rods out on the side of the highway, and a friend of the Huber’s whose motor started sucking oil into the intake manifold and said, “No mas”.

We’re sure the toll will continue to rise as the week wears on!

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here are some photos from Day One of Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week 2010, and there is a video down below.

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