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A Very Affordable Toyota Takes On a Limping Rolls-Royce, Both Get Slammed by a Maybach
A Very Affordable Toyota Takes On a Limping Rolls-Royce, Both Get Slammed by a Maybach

24 Jul 2022, 19:12 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Japan challenges Europe and more Europe in a luxury V12 drag race. Its a battle of nostalgic proportions with a very predictable winner and a sore loser

 
Lucid Air GT Performance Trashes Dodge Charger Hellcat Into Oblivion
Lucid Air GT Performance Trashes Dodge Charger Hellcat Into Oblivion

17 Jul 2022, 15:33 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / American V-eight destroyed by American V-oltage. A mighty proud American muscle gets annihilated on America's favorite motorsport – the full-blown drag race

 
How To Choose the Perfect Torque Converter for Your Automatic Transmission
How To Choose the Perfect Torque Converter for Your Automatic Transmission

11 Jan 2022, 09:44 UTC · By: Andrew Nabors / One of the most misunderstood variables of the last 70 years is choosing the right torque converter for your dreams and wishes

 
Drag Racing Essentials 101: Welcome to the Track
Drag Racing Essentials 101: Welcome to the Track

3 Dec 2021, 08:47 UTC · By: Andrew Nabors / What looks simple to many is a well choreographed dance of power and skill. Everyone has a first time, so let's make it one to remember

 
“The Glory” Is a Buell XB9S Lightning That Became a Custom Drag Strip Legend
“The Glory” Is a Buell XB9S Lightning That Became a Custom Drag Strip Legend

30 Apr 2021, 21:00 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Here’s how you can dominate quarter-mile sprints and look pretty damn awesome while you’re at it. Ladies and gentlemen, behold the meanest XB9S around

 
“Bob” Is a Custom Nitrous-Infused Drag Racer With Triumph Legend TT Genes
“Bob” Is a Custom Nitrous-Infused Drag Racer With Triumph Legend TT Genes

23 Mar 2021, 21:30 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / If you were wondering how you could become a quarter-mile king and look the part while at it, Italy’s Mr. Martini has your answer

 
This 1965 Mini Cooper Packing Honda K20 and Turbo Drops Jaws at the Drag Strip
This 1965 Mini Cooper Packing Honda K20 and Turbo Drops Jaws at the Drag Strip

16 Nov 2020, 12:20 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Haltech Hail Mary Derby filled the Maryland International Raceway with lots of great builds, but some were more unique than others - like this classic Mini

 
Sub One-Second LS2 Chevy Truck Is a NASCAR Driver's Bespoke Guilty Pleasure
Sub One-Second LS2 Chevy Truck Is a NASCAR Driver's Bespoke Guilty Pleasure

7 Oct 2020, 11:22 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / With up to 2,000 hp when cranked up to 40 psi, the custom project can easily switch from drag racing monster to (insanely) fast grocery ride

 
Sleeper Audi 100 Quattro Wows AMG GT 63S and Nissan GT-R in Top Speed Drag Race
Sleeper Audi 100 Quattro Wows AMG GT 63S and Nissan GT-R in Top Speed Drag Race

1 Oct 2020, 12:51 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / We are in for some serious modifications here, as the times and trap speeds support the power credentials offered in the video description

 
Harley-Davidson LiveWire Drag Races at NHRA U.S. Nationals, Who Was Impressed?
Harley-Davidson LiveWire Drag Races at NHRA U.S. Nationals, Who Was Impressed?

9 Sep 2020, 12:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Harley-Davidson put on a LiveWire spectacle during last weekend's NHRA U.S. Nationals, fails to wow the crowds as it hoped

 
BMW iX3’s Fancy New Wheels Help It Gain 6 Miles of Range
BMW iX3’s Fancy New Wheels Help It Gain 6 Miles of Range

5 Feb 2020, 15:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / BMW presents the design of the wheels created for the electric iX3, says they should cut drag by 5 percent and electricity consumption by 2 percent

 
Model 3's 215 Miles Maximum Range Owes a Lot to Aerodynamics, and Here's Why
Model 3's 215 Miles Maximum Range Owes a Lot to Aerodynamics, and Here's Why

28 Apr 2016, 12:14 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / If things go as planned, the Model 3 will become the world's most aerodynamic mass production car, and that's a very big deal for the electric sedan

 
Alfa-Romeo 4C Battles Another 4C Towed by a Tesla Model X in Drag Race
Alfa-Romeo 4C Battles Another 4C Towed by a Tesla Model X in Drag Race

21 Mar 2016, 12:30 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / We could spend a whole day watching so-called sports cars getting obliterated by electric sedans and SUVs, but this clip is a little bit more special

 
Doug DeMuro Takes His Hummer H1 to the Drag Strip Because Why Not?
Doug DeMuro Takes His Hummer H1 to the Drag Strip Because Why Not?

25 Sep 2015, 11:46 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Are you sick of fast cars flying through the quarter mile like they were time traveling? No, of course you're not, but take a break from all that and watch this

 
Christian von Koenigsegg Tries Out a Bugatti Veyron Racing with a CCXR
Christian von Koenigsegg Tries Out a Bugatti Veyron Racing with a CCXR

20 Sep 2015, 14:45 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Just one of the many advantages of being a hypercar manufacturer, we'd assume, but we wouldn't really mind this were the only one.

 
Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG Proves You Should Be Careful Who You Challenge at a Traffic Light
Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG Proves You Should Be Careful Who You Challenge at a Traffic Light

29 Aug 2015, 12:59 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Racing a four-door saloon at a traffic light in a supercar should be like stealing candy from a baby, but watch out: some babies might actually know kung-fu

 
700 HP Mercedes C63 AMG Coupe (W204) Drag Races 650 HP Porsche 911 Turbo in Russia
700 HP Mercedes C63 AMG Coupe (W204) Drag Races 650 HP Porsche 911 Turbo in Russia

24 Aug 2015, 01:28 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / When there's a Porsche involved - any Porsche - you know things are going to get serious. But what am I saying, drag races are always serios

 
Audi RS7 Challenges a Mercedes-AMG GT S to a Rolling Start Drag Race and Loses
Audi RS7 Challenges a Mercedes-AMG GT S to a Rolling Start Drag Race and Loses

19 Aug 2015, 13:07 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / When two powerful German cars of different make meet on a straight asphalt strip, only one thing can ensue. Aren't you glad it was all caught on camera?

 
Wind Split Is a 330 HP Volkswagen T1 Barn-Door Van
Wind Split Is a 330 HP Volkswagen T1 Barn-Door Van

12 Feb 2015, 09:49 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Seeing a Volkswagen T1 barn-door van doing a burnout and then launching off the line sounding like a Japanese car is something you don't see everyday

 
Lamborghini Countach Drag Racing as Funny Car, We’ve Seen it All
Lamborghini Countach Drag Racing as Funny Car, We’ve Seen it All

11 Feb 2015, 17:27 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you thought nothing could look meaner than a Lamborghini Veneno, check out this Countash Funny Car doing the quarter mile in 7 seconds