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1963 Chevrolet Corvette Hidden for Decades Is an Amazing Drag-Spec Time Capsule
1963 Chevrolet Corvette Hidden for Decades Is an Amazing Drag-Spec Time Capsule

19 Apr 2024, 14:42 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This 1963 Chevy Corvette lost its desirable rear split window, but it now it has a rich drag racing career to brag about.

 
1951 Henry J Gasser Neglected for Decades Is a Cool Piece of Drag-Racing History
1951 Henry J Gasser Neglected for Decades Is a Cool Piece of Drag-Racing History

11 Apr 2024, 14:55 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Sparsely equipped and promoting fuel economy at a time when gasoline was dirt cheap, the Kaiser Henry J was far from successful.

 
Tuned BMW 540i Drag Races M5, Bet on the Factory Engineers
Tuned BMW 540i Drag Races M5, Bet on the Factory Engineers

28 Jan 2024, 19:06 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Everything is relative in life. Adding more horsepower to your car won't necessarily make it faster. Tuning is a complex process, and it can be a hit-or-miss

 
Toyota MR2 Drag Races Supra, a Lot of Fanboys Will Cry
Toyota MR2 Drag Races Supra, a Lot of Fanboys Will Cry

15 Jan 2024, 09:26 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Things aren't always what they seem to be in life. That's why you should never underestimate an opponent whose car sounds like a turbocharged Honda.

 
1972 Ford Gran Torino Drag Races 1962 Chevrolet Corvette, It's Pretty Close
1972 Ford Gran Torino Drag Races 1962 Chevrolet Corvette, It's Pretty Close

8 Jan 2024, 14:37 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Is the 1,000-pound lighter Chevrolet Corvette quick enough for a Ford Gran Torino built in the early days of the Malaise Era?

 
Unassuming 1971 Mercury Cougar Hits the Dragstrip With Hidden Mods, Runs 11s
Unassuming 1971 Mercury Cougar Hits the Dragstrip With Hidden Mods, Runs 11s

5 Dec 2023, 13:16 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This Mercury Cougar is not a range-topping Super Cobra Jet model, but that didn't stop the owner from turning it into an 11-second dragster.

 
New 2024 Ford Mustang Quarter-Mile Record? This GT Runs 9s With a 200 Shot of Nitrous
New 2024 Ford Mustang Quarter-Mile Record? This GT Runs 9s With a 200 Shot of Nitrous

25 Oct 2023, 00:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Although tuners are locked away from the engine control unit of the S650 Mustang, the folks at JPC Racing run 9.5s in the quarter-mile anyway

 
Lucid Air Sapphire Runs 8.9s Quarter Mile With Former Top Gear Stig Ben Collins Driving
Lucid Air Sapphire Runs 8.9s Quarter Mile With Former Top Gear Stig Ben Collins Driving

23 Oct 2023, 22:44 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If the Tesla Model S Plaid isn't fast enough in the quarter mile for your liking, Lucid is much obliged to sell you an 8.9-second version of the Air for $249K

 
1967 Ford Fairlane With 2,500-HP Coyote V8 Is a 7-Second, Road-Legal Monster
1967 Ford Fairlane With 2,500-HP Coyote V8 Is a 7-Second, Road-Legal Monster

3 Aug 2023, 13:07 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Yup, we're looking at a road-legal muscle car that hits the asphalt with 2.5 times more oomph than the 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170.

 
World's Nastiest 1964 Chevy Nova Runs the Quarter-Mile Quicker Than a Hellcat
World's Nastiest 1964 Chevy Nova Runs the Quarter-Mile Quicker Than a Hellcat

20 Jul 2023, 12:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Powered by a 400-cubic-inch V8, this 1964 Chevrolet Chevy II needs fewer than 10 seconds to complete a quarter-mile run.

 
1947 Nash Ambassador Gasser Hidden for 37 Years Flaunts Psychedelic Livery, SBC V8
1947 Nash Ambassador Gasser Hidden for 37 Years Flaunts Psychedelic Livery, SBC V8

18 Jul 2023, 10:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / No, this Nash is not a modern conversion for the nostalgia classes. This 1947 Ambassador was part of the iconic Gasser Wars of the 1960s.

 
1955 Nash Metropolitan Is an Altered Dragster Freak With a HEMI V8 Under the Hood
1955 Nash Metropolitan Is an Altered Dragster Freak With a HEMI V8 Under the Hood

3 Jul 2023, 14:43 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / A more exotic take on the cute Nash Metropolitan, this HEMI-powered altered dragster covers the quarter-mile in less than 13 seconds.

 
Toyota GR86 Battles Its AE86 Ancestor, Turns Out You Don't Need Tons of Power To Have Fun
Toyota GR86 Battles Its AE86 Ancestor, Turns Out You Don't Need Tons of Power To Have Fun

17 Jun 2023, 13:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Bebeselea / In a modern automotive landscape obsessed with horsepower and 0-60 times, this Toyota 86 generational battle shows slow cars still have a place

 
Rare 1970 Dodge Polara Convertible Hits the Drag Strip After 20 Years in a Barn
Rare 1970 Dodge Polara Convertible Hits the Drag Strip After 20 Years in a Barn

12 Jun 2023, 13:05 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / One of only 842 convertibles sold in 1970, this Dodge Polara is a rare Mopar. And it will become a daily driver after 20 years in a barn.

 
One-Owner 1976 AMC Gremlin X Is an Unassuming Sleeper, Drag Races Cadillac CTS-V
One-Owner 1976 AMC Gremlin X Is an Unassuming Sleeper, Drag Races Cadillac CTS-V

22 May 2023, 16:22 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While most 1970s car enthusiasts wouldn't be caught dead in an AMC Gremlin, the subcompact hatchback has gained some legitimacy as a collector car.

 
1964 Pontiac GTO vs 1970 Oldsmobile 442 Drag Race Is Extremely Close
1964 Pontiac GTO vs 1970 Oldsmobile 442 Drag Race Is Extremely Close

8 May 2023, 12:48 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Quite popular at the time, the GTO isn't particularly rare nowadays, but you'd have to get very lucky to see one at the drag strip

 
1972 Plymouth Road Runner Drag Races Modern Chevy Camaro SS, Someone Gets Walked
1972 Plymouth Road Runner Drag Races Modern Chevy Camaro SS, Someone Gets Walked

4 May 2023, 10:41 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This Malaise-era Road Runner is not what it seems but it's not the quickest early 1970s Mopar you'll see running the quarter-mile here

 
1970 Plymouth Superbird Pays Tribute to Richard Petty With Burnouts and 9-Second Runs
1970 Plymouth Superbird Pays Tribute to Richard Petty With Burnouts and 9-Second Runs

2 May 2023, 12:16 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Only a half-second slower than the 2023 Dodge Challenger Demon 170, this 1970 Plymouth Superbird looks like Richard Petty's NASCAR racer

 
1969 Plymouth Road Runner Built by Father and Son Is a 10-Second Sleeper
1969 Plymouth Road Runner Built by Father and Son Is a 10-Second Sleeper

23 Apr 2023, 13:30 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / As much as I love all-original survivors, garage-built sleepers are just as exciting to watch. Especially if they've been prepped for drag racing

 
McLaren 765LT Takes On Porsche 911 Turbo S and Immediately Regrets It
McLaren 765LT Takes On Porsche 911 Turbo S and Immediately Regrets It

1 Apr 2023, 15:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Bebeselea / This drag race is as closely matched as can be, as a McLaren 765LT tries to dethrone a drag racing titan, the Porsche 911 Turbo S