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1,340 HP Electric Motor Is the Car's Industry’s Wet Dream, Tests on Dragster
1,340 HP Electric Motor Is the Car's Industry’s Wet Dream, Tests on Dragster

7 Apr 2020, 09:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Australian company HyperPower Technologies developed a 430 mm (17 inches) electric motor that develops 1,340 HP and can power the Hyperloop

 
2500 HP Lamborghini Countach Dragster Has Insane Front-Engined Layout
2500 HP Lamborghini Countach Dragster Has Insane Front-Engined Layout

1 Mar 2020, 08:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hot Wheels cars can be real if you're crazy enough to put a Lamborghini replica body on a dragster. Ferrari would never allow that

 
Mopar Turns 2020 Dodge Challenger Into Drag Pak Special Edition for SEMA Show
Mopar Turns 2020 Dodge Challenger Into Drag Pak Special Edition for SEMA Show

6 Nov 2019, 12:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Mopar 2020 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak Special Edition isn't your typical muscle car, but a dragster that runs 7.50s on the blacktop

 
VW Beetle Dragster Has Subaru EJ20 Engine, Is no Love Bug
VW Beetle Dragster Has Subaru EJ20 Engine, Is no Love Bug

30 Mar 2019, 17:04 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you like them built, not bought and are a fan of Subaru or VW, you'll love this custom Beetle dragster that can supposedly also drift

 
Quad-Engine Lada with 16 Cylinders Is a Crude Russian Dragster
Quad-Engine Lada with 16 Cylinders Is a Crude Russian Dragster

10 Mar 2019, 09:24 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Is this 16-cylinder contraption a home-brewed version of the Bugatti Veyron? Well, we wouldn't exactly call the Lada that and you'll easily understand why

 
Diesel SEAT Arosa Dragster Humiliates New BMW M5
Diesel SEAT Arosa Dragster Humiliates New BMW M5

7 Jul 2018, 13:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / No, not the SEAT Arona.... Arosa.... from the 2000's. You probbably won't forget the car after watching it walk all over the BMW M5

 
smart fortwo Dragster Has 1.9 TDI Engine Swap and 230 HP
smart fortwo Dragster Has 1.9 TDI Engine Swap and 230 HP

5 Oct 2017, 21:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It's not exactly a fast car, but it could be one of the quickest smart cars in the world... except for the one that has a rocket engine

 
EKanoo GT86-2JZ Pro Dragster Reaches 400 KM/H
EKanoo GT86-2JZ Pro Dragster Reaches 400 KM/H

15 Apr 2016, 01:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It's amazing to see what can be done with an engine block that was developed in the 1990s with many times fewer horses of power

 
Top Fuel Dragster Measured at 11,051 BHP
Top Fuel Dragster Measured at 11,051 BHP

24 Dec 2015, 05:51 UTC · By: Mircea Iordache / A way to register a dragster's power output was finally devised. We can sleep easier knowing that it puts out over 11,000 hp

 
1500 HP GAZ 13 Chaika Dragster Is a Thing to Behold
1500 HP GAZ 13 Chaika Dragster Is a Thing to Behold

5 Nov 2015, 09:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Russia’s best-known car for officials was the Chaika, which means "seagull." There were two generations, both built by GAZ between 1959 and 1988.

 
MV Agusta Dragster RR Lewis Hamilton Edition Introduced
MV Agusta Dragster RR Lewis Hamilton Edition Introduced

15 Oct 2015, 15:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / MV Agusta released a teaser for a Dragster RR dition that bears the signature of Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton, showing lots of red anodized bolt-on parts

 
Meet Pappas/Marinis's Monster Corvette C7 Pro Mod Dragster and Try Not to Scream
Meet Pappas/Marinis's Monster Corvette C7 Pro Mod Dragster and Try Not to Scream

7 Aug 2015, 13:28 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / From the shelf filled with monster dragsters competing in the Pro Mod category, we bring you this Corvette C7 that ended up in drag race inferno

 
Turbine-Powered "Green Monster" Shoots Flames at the Driver, Hits 200 MPH
Turbine-Powered "Green Monster" Shoots Flames at the Driver, Hits 200 MPH

2 Jul 2015, 08:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The design is based on an ultra-light flame+engine Art Arfons developed in the '60s and '70s. This thing is fast, cool and very scary

 
16-Year Old Girl Drives Beastly 69 Camaro Pro Dragster, Runs 9's
16-Year Old Girl Drives Beastly 69 Camaro Pro Dragster, Runs 9's

2 Apr 2015, 17:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Taylor Hanus must be the coolest kid at her school. After all, you don't see a 16-year old who can do a burnout in an 8.1-liter Camaro monster

 
Unbelievable Crash: Lexus ISF Dragster Flies Over Safety Wall
Unbelievable Crash: Lexus ISF Dragster Flies Over Safety Wall

19 Mar 2015, 15:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The ISF dragster must have been doing at least 130 miles per hour when the air got underneath it and flipped it over the wall

 
Hummer Dragster with 3000 HP 10-Liter V8 Is Absurdly Fast
Hummer Dragster with 3000 HP 10-Liter V8 Is Absurdly Fast

12 Mar 2015, 17:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The proud owner of the vehicle, Grant Fraysier from San Luis Obispo, CA, spent the best part of three years piecing together this amazing vehicle

 
Two Ducati Are Better Than One, Especially When They're Together as One Bike <span>· Video</span>
Two Ducati Are Better Than One, Especially When They're Together as One Bike · Video

12 Feb 2015, 16:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A custom bike powered by two Ducati engines is definitely not a thing one stumbles upon every now and then. This thing is monstrous.

 
Nitro Rail Is The World’s First Dragster-Style Street Bike
Nitro Rail Is The World’s First Dragster-Style Street Bike

9 Jan 2015, 18:14 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / It’s not really that easy to drive one of the fastest vehicles in the world. After all, a top fuel dragster accelerates from a standstill to 100 mph (160km/h) in as little as 0.8 seconds. But ...

 
Norwegian Funny Car Has Trouble Driving on Snow <span>· Video</span>
Norwegian Funny Car Has Trouble Driving on Snow · Video

19 Dec 2014, 11:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We're kind of a day late for throwback Thursday, but we're pretty sure nobody is going to mind a video unlike any other, where a funny car is trying to drive normally on snow. Why? Because...

 
Record-Beating Electric Dragster Reaches Over 300 MPH on the Drawing Board
Record-Beating Electric Dragster Reaches Over 300 MPH on the Drawing Board

21 Oct 2014, 10:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Do you know those nitro nostalgia dragsters with engines placed in front of the driver? Yeah, they’re there only for show and probably more of today’s gas/nitromethane dragsters will sit...