{"id":23173,"date":"2012-09-09T18:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T01:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=23173"},"modified":"2015-06-28T11:22:17","modified_gmt":"2015-06-28T18:22:17","slug":"drag-week-gallery-and-info-some-carnage-some-big-numbers-and-some-awesome-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/general-news\/event-coverage\/drag-week-gallery-and-info-some-carnage-some-big-numbers-and-some-awesome-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Drag Week Gallery and Info: Some Carnage, Some Big Numbers, and Some Awesome Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Drag Week day one 2005 happened, there were about 45 cars on the grounds to attack KCIR on that fateful day in September. Today, more than 200 cars went though the tech inspection process, many of them making hits on the track to prepare for tomorrow’s official opening of the event. To say that this is the most spectacular gathering of street legal (legitimately street legal) drag machinery ever assembled in the decorated annals of the sport would be the understatement of the year. Kids, we’re looking at a week of titanic mania that drag racing has never seen. There’s more horsepower, chassis technology, pure investment dollars, innovative thinking, and whack-nut innovation than I have ever seen in one place before.<\/p>\n

Sunday was tech inspection and test day. More than 200 cars were inspected and declared fit for competition, categorized, and registered. Guys have shipped cars from as far away as England and Australia to run this year’s event. I met spectators from Holland and other foreign countries and they all said the same thing. Drag Week is the one to win. This is the undisputed world heavyweight bout of street legal drag racing.<\/p>\n

There are a bunch of BangShifters competing and BS stickers can be found on lots of cars as well as lots of people wearing BS hats, shirts, and other stuff. The vehicles range from straight six powered Gremlins to 604ci turbocharged Ford Hemi powered tube chassis Mustangs. The Unlimited field has swelled to an astounding number of cars, the top five or six of which seem wholly capable of launching 6-second elapsed times.<\/p>\n

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