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3,000 HP Camaro Goes No Prep Drag Racing, Ends Up Drifting at the Drag Strip

One of the main assets of a drag strip is the prepped surface that ensures racecars battle the stopwatch, not the walls on the side of the track. However, when discussing no-prep events, the name says it all - the rubber has to deal with a bare surface, just like it would on the road.
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Note that while organized street racing groups do play with the asphalt at times, most such shenanigans take place on standard asphalt. Now, imagine how such a no-prep drag strip scenario feels like when the racecars involved play in the 3,000 hp league.

In fact, you don't have to imagine it, as everything is laid out for you in the piece of footage below. The clip takes us to the Thunder Valley Raceway in Oklahoma, where the recent Conquer the Concrete event brought traction mayhem in the manner described above.

One of the fiercest battles of the event saw a 3,000+ hp Camaro duking it out with a Fox Body Mustang nicknamed Lucifer. All we can tell you about the 'Stang is that it uses a Big Block and it likes to get high on nitrous, sometimes dialing things up to 900 hp generated by the bottle alone (not on this occasion, though).

But let's return to the Chevy. This Camaro's engine compartment is occupied by a piece of hardware coming from Troy Scott Racing Engine, as well as a pair of generously-sized Precision turbos that deliver 50 psi of boost. As we mentioned above, this leads to the rear wheels being burdened with over 3,000 horses.

While, at first, it might seem like the Camaro hooks up, this doesn't happen, which leads to the driver turning into a bit of a drifter. The scenario repeats itself at different velocities, which leads to attention-worthy sideways moments that await you behind the "play" button. The memorable burnouts are on the house.

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About the author: Andrei Tutu
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In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist.
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