Tag: Drag Race

This week’s Drag Race video features a Chevrolet Camaro which the owner claimed was the fastest stock LS1 on the East Coast with a run of 9.69 at 142 miles per hour. Oh, by the way, that “stock LS1” is fitted with an aftermarket cam, a 200 shot of nitrous and a tune. I would […] More »

If you have done any drag racing in a high performance American performance car with a V8 engine, you surely know the pleasure of having some slow import performance car with a fart can pull into the staging lanes next to you – as you prepare to hand out a muscle car beating. Well, this […] More »

While I generally don’t like to feature videos of an LS1-powered vehicle getting beat up on the drag strip, this week’s Drag Racer video has one LS1 car getting beaten in a win-light-only grudge match “King of the Street” event. The participants are a 4th gen Chevrolet Camaro SS and a 4th gen Pontiac Firebird Trans […] More »

Everybody has a first time down the eighth or quarter mile. It’s a bit of a nervous experience if you’ve never done it before. Fortunately it’s not as harrowing and usually not that expensive. Everyone will help make sure you have a good time but here are some pointers to your first run. 1. Have […] More »

This year’s Hot Rod Drag Week in Tulsa, Oklahoma is shaping up to be one of the best and biggest. However, those drag cars are going to have to take out Jeff Lutz and “The Evil Twins”. That’s right, Lutz didn’t just build and bring one twin turbo big block ’57 Chevy. He’s got two […] More »

This spectacular video of highlights from the first half of the 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing season is pretty epic. It takes a lot of guts to race wild, crazy machines down the track for a few seconds of glory and these drivers risk it all for the thrill. Hats off to this year’s […] More »

This week’s Drag Race video features an LS1-powered 4th generation Chevrolet Camaro battling a 1st gen Camaro on the quarter mile and thanks to a short mod list, the new school muscle car makes short work of the old school iron. We don’t know anything about the gorgeous 1st gen Camaro in the near lane, […] More »