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1962 Studebaker Lark Hides Vortec Surprise Under the Hood, Runs 9s
1962 Studebaker Lark Hides Vortec Surprise Under the Hood, Runs 9s

7 May 2021, 11:36 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This Studebaker Lark is not your regular dragster build. It packs a Vortec inline-six instead of a V8 and it runs the quarter mile in less than 10 seconds

 
Tom Bailey Is Building the Sickest 1955 Chevy Nomad Gasser Out There
Tom Bailey Is Building the Sickest 1955 Chevy Nomad Gasser Out There

6 May 2021, 16:29 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / A departure from his race-winning Camaro, the Nomad is a gasser-style dragster with a full-tube chassis and a straight front axle

 
Buick Regal Looks Like a Sleeper, Pulls Brutal Launch at the Drag Strip
Buick Regal Looks Like a Sleeper, Pulls Brutal Launch at the Drag Strip

4 May 2021, 08:20 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While they don't get as much attention as the GNX and the Turbo-T, regular second-gen Regals are just as popular as the Fox-body Mustangs among drag racers

 
Someone Built a Dragster Out of an AMC Gremlin and It's Downright Insane
Someone Built a Dragster Out of an AMC Gremlin and It's Downright Insane

30 Apr 2021, 20:25 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This modified AMC Gremlin is called "The Animal" and it's a green mean machine that's waiting to run quick sprints down the quarter-mile

 
Chevrolet S-10 Truck Flexes Nitrous V8, Smokes Mustang and Camaro
Chevrolet S-10 Truck Flexes Nitrous V8, Smokes Mustang and Camaro

29 Apr 2021, 10:29 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This is not your regular Chevrolet S-10; instead of the lazy stock V6, this beast packs a nitrous-fed V8 and runs the 1/8-mile in under six seconds

 
Ford Fairmont Sedan Is an Unlikely Dragster, Runs 5-Second 1/8-Mile
Ford Fairmont Sedan Is an Unlikely Dragster, Runs 5-Second 1/8-Mile

27 Apr 2021, 13:27 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This Ford Fairmont looks pretty beat up with that faded paint, but it hides a nitrous-fed V8 engine under the hood and runs the 1/8-mile in five seconds

 
Fox-Body Ford Mustang Looks Like a Beater, Destroys All Competition at the Strip
Fox-Body Ford Mustang Looks Like a Beater, Destroys All Competition at the Strip

23 Apr 2021, 16:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Based on an early third-generation Mustang, this dragster looks like it went through a couple of repaints, but it's impressively quick on the 1/8-mile

 
Procharger Chevy Nova Flexes Big Muscle at the Track, Gets Gapped by Mustang
Procharger Chevy Nova Flexes Big Muscle at the Track, Gets Gapped by Mustang

23 Apr 2021, 09:30 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This mean-looking, dark cherry Nova boasts a unique front end thanks to a closed-off grille and the big intake mounted in the center of the bumper

 
Blown Rat Rod Looks Mean at the Drag Strip, Takes on the Big Boys
Blown Rat Rod Looks Mean at the Drag Strip, Takes on the Big Boys

22 Apr 2021, 11:09 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This blown rat rod doesn't set any speed record, but it's a cool tribute to that era; there's no rust either, but the matte black finish is appropriate

 
2,000-Horsepower Toyota Supra Runs 6-Second Quarter-Mile, Hits 209 MPH
2,000-Horsepower Toyota Supra Runs 6-Second Quarter-Mile, Hits 209 MPH

21 Apr 2021, 11:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This isn't the quickest Toyota Supra drag racer out there, but it boasts that perfect sleeper look with no massive outlets and no big wing on the trunk lid

 
2003 Ford Mustang With Turbo Coyote V8 Smokes All Competition at the Drag Strip
2003 Ford Mustang With Turbo Coyote V8 Smokes All Competition at the Drag Strip

21 Apr 2021, 07:30 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / How much power do you need to run seven-second quarter-miles all day and destroy all competition? Apparently more than 1,500 horsepower!

 
Turbo Chevy Monte Carlo Looks Like a Barn Find, Rips at the Drag Strip
Turbo Chevy Monte Carlo Looks Like a Barn Find, Rips at the Drag Strip

20 Apr 2021, 15:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ignore the drag-spec wheels and the bulged hood and this boxy coupe looks like it just came out of a barn—but you'd be wrong!

 
"White Boy Rick" Is a Mean Small-Block Fox-body Mustang, Runs 5s
"White Boy Rick" Is a Mean Small-Block Fox-body Mustang, Runs 5s

17 Apr 2021, 13:15 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / "White Boy Rick" is proof that small-blocks are nothing to sneeze at when properly done. This beast runs a couple of five-second passes

 
Jeep Mail Truck Doing a Wheelie Is the Coolest Drag Stunt You'll See Today
Jeep Mail Truck Doing a Wheelie Is the Coolest Drag Stunt You'll See Today

16 Apr 2021, 15:44 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Affectionately called "JunkMail," this strange contraption is based on a DJ-series Jeep; it packs a big-block V8, a custom frame, and it's impressively fast

 
Big Tire 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Runs Like a Rocket, Smokes Camaro and Mustang
Big Tire 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Runs Like a Rocket, Smokes Camaro and Mustang

16 Apr 2021, 13:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / As soon as the light goes green and the driver steps on the gas, the engine starts screaming like there's no tomorrow; this thing is fast!

 
Chevrolet Cobalt Runs 4s, It's Probably the Quickest Out There
Chevrolet Cobalt Runs 4s, It's Probably the Quickest Out There

16 Apr 2021, 10:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This dragster is obviously based on the first-generation Cobalt, which GM produced from 2004 to 2009, but it packs a supercharged V8 under the hood

 
1955 Chevrolet Bel Air "Badman" Flexes Blown Big-Block, Drag Racer Looks
1955 Chevrolet Bel Air "Badman" Flexes Blown Big-Block, Drag Racer Looks

14 Apr 2021, 21:08 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This cool dragster is a real-life replica of the iconic "Badman" scale model kit, issued back in the 1960s; the good news is that it features a bigger engine

 
Chuck 55 Is One Badass 1955 Chevy Bel Air Drag Beast
Chuck 55 Is One Badass 1955 Chevy Bel Air Drag Beast

14 Apr 2021, 13:45 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / A very vintage looking 1955 Chevy with a big spoiler and drag-spec rubber, Chuck 55 draws juice from a nitrous-fed V8 that displaces over 900 cubic inches!

 
"Bone Bucket" Returns to the Drag Strip, Makes First Pass in Years
"Bone Bucket" Returns to the Drag Strip, Makes First Pass in Years

13 Apr 2021, 14:36 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Once a show stopper at almost every major event, "Bone Bucket" has been off the radar for a few years now, but Mitch King is back and he's ready to rumble

 
Chevy Camaro With Turbo Hemi Power Is a Big Tire Monster
Chevy Camaro With Turbo Hemi Power Is a Big Tire Monster

12 Apr 2021, 15:48 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / "Birdman" is back with a new Camaro-based dragster that will soon be quicker than his old Firebird; watch it burn some rubber in the big tire class