Event Coverage: Hot Rod Drag Week 2009, Day 2, Martin, Michigan
Sep 16, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Event Coverage: Hot Rod Drag Week 2009, Day 2, Martin, Michigan
Day 2 of Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week, sponsored by Gear Vendors, is done. There are three days of racing left for the competitors in this wild event that has cars racing at five drag strips in...
Video: 7-Second Pro Street Firebird at Drag Week 2009
Sep 16, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video: 7-Second Pro Street Firebird at Drag Week 2009
Here’s a video of Eric Yost in his Pro Street Power Adder third gen Pontiac Firebird at Martin, Michigan, on the second day of Drag Week 2009. This pass shows an 8.29, but this car ran 8.11 on...
Hot Rod Drag Week 2009 Day 2 Results are In
Sep 16, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Hot Rod Drag Week 2009 Day 2 Results are In
Right now it’s the end of Day 2 at Hot Rod Drag Week, sponsored by Gear Vendors. This is the week-long event with drag racing every day, and the cars have to drive on the street from track to...
Michigan Track Sets Crappy Record
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Michigan Track Sets Crappy Record
Berlin Raceway in Marne, Michigan, has set a new track record. For rainouts. The track is suffering its worst year (in terms of weather) in its nearly six-decade existence. Adding pressure is the...
Video: ZZ572 Powered Jeep CJ
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: ZZ572 Powered Jeep CJ
This Jeep is in Denmark…we think. Where ever it is, we want it. V8 powered CJ Jeeps have a certain air of coolness about them, but one packing a GM Performance Parts ZZ572 crate motor with...
Canadian Street Racing Law Deemed Unconstitutional
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Canadian Street Racing Law Deemed Unconstitutional
A Canadian street racing law that deemed anyone driving 50 kph above the posted speed limit as “street racing” has been deemed unconstitutional by an Ontario judge. The ruling came on the...
New Zealand Grandmother Has a Bitchin’ Hot Rod
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on New Zealand Grandmother Has a Bitchin’ Hot Rod
This is some kind of cool. A New Zealand grandmother, and former drag racer, has recently been cruising her killer blown-Hemi-powered 1934 Ford hot rod around the streets of Lincoln, New Zealand....
The Dodge Caliber SRT-4 is Dead
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on The Dodge Caliber SRT-4 is Dead
Chrysler’s lone exciting small car is dead, according to a report from AutoWeek. No specifics were given on why the car was knocked out of the lineup, but if they’re killing this one, we...
Free Download of the New Mopar Performance Catalog
Sep 15, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Free Download of the New Mopar Performance Catalog
Mopar Performance has released a new catalog with lots of the old V8 parts still in place and with many all-new parts for the modern cars. It is free to download here at the Mopar web site. Also,...
Live Streaming Video from Hot Rod Drag Week 2009
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Live Streaming Video from Hot Rod Drag Week 2009
Hot Rod Magazine’s fifth annual Drag Week is off and running with competitors heading to US 131 Dragway in Martin, Michigan for action today, Tuesday, September 15. Hot Rod is providing a live...
Video: Monday Racing at Hot Rod Drag Week 2009
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Monday Racing at Hot Rod Drag Week 2009
Our last installment of coverage for Monday’s first day of competition at Hot Rod Drag Week 2009 comes from BangShift.com forum member seanm, who put together a video of racing that includes...
Drag Week 2009 Coverage from FordFE.com and Jay Brown
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Drag Week 2009 Coverage from FordFE.com and Jay Brown
Jay Brown has been running Drag Week since the very first year. He is a fan of the Ford FE engine and usually runs them. This time, he has a stack-injected SOHC motor in the running in a ’64...
First Videos from Drag Week 2009; Tires Strapped to the Roof!
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on First Videos from Drag Week 2009; Tires Strapped to the Roof!
Captain Insano hits the road! This video comes from Hot Rod Drag Week racer Glen Sheeley in the Daily Driver class. There’s some good video of him racing his 11.80-second 2006 Corvette, but...
Hot Rod Releases Results from Monday at Drag Week 2009
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Hot Rod Releases Results from Monday at Drag Week 2009
The racing for Monday, September 14 at Muncie, Indiana, has ended and all the racers who have cars still running are on the road to Martin, Michigan. Hot Rod magazine has just released the standings...












