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1976 Pontiac Grand Prix Is a Family-Owned Dragster, Runs 9s
1976 Pontiac Grand Prix Is a Family-Owned Dragster, Runs 9s

9 Apr 2021, 08:25 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This impressively fast dragster is a rare, 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix in LJ trim; fitted with premium goodies, it has been in the family since new

 
Custom 1968 Chevrolet Impala With Turbo V8 Hits the Drag Strip, Runs Fast
Custom 1968 Chevrolet Impala With Turbo V8 Hits the Drag Strip, Runs Fast

8 Apr 2021, 10:10 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The massive rear wheels don't prevent this Impala from doing huge burnouts, and its quarter-mile run is just as impressive

 
2JZ-Powered Toyota Supra Blasts Through the Quarter-Mile in 6.4 seconds
2JZ-Powered Toyota Supra Blasts Through the Quarter-Mile in 6.4 seconds

7 Apr 2021, 13:17 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Discontinued some 20 years ago, Toyota's iconic 2JZ engine is still alive and kicking in Supra drag racers; this 6.4-second machine is one of the fastest

 
Lamborghini Aventador Drag Races Tuned Porsche 911 Turbo S, Humiliation Follows
Lamborghini Aventador Drag Races Tuned Porsche 911 Turbo S, Humiliation Follows

4 Apr 2021, 11:03 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / A stock Lamborghini Aventador SV could probably gap a stock Porsche 911 Turbo S, but what happens if someone really turns up the boost in the Porsche?

 
Drag Radial Racer Runs 3.4-Second 1/8-Mile, Sets World Record
Drag Radial Racer Runs 3.4-Second 1/8-Mile, Sets World Record

3 Apr 2021, 20:11 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Daniel Pharris finally managed to take drag radial racing into the 3.40s. He conquered the 1/8-mile in 3.498 seconds at 212.73 mph

 
Diesel vs Jet Dragster Race Is a Ridiculous Display of Smoke and Flames
Diesel vs Jet Dragster Race Is a Ridiculous Display of Smoke and Flames

3 Apr 2021, 17:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / These dragsters make an unbelievable amount of noise, but they're also incredibly quick. Both run the quarter-mile in less than five seconds!

 
1970 Dodge Challenger Turbo Churns Out More Power Than a Veyron, Is Not Cheap
1970 Dodge Challenger Turbo Churns Out More Power Than a Veyron, Is Not Cheap

3 Apr 2021, 18:47 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / It's not everyday that you see a Dodge Challenger that's running the same amount of horsepower as a Veyron, on a standard tune, and it costs under six figures!

 
Kia Valiantly Drag Raced the 2022 EV6 Against Five Supercars and Came Second
Kia Valiantly Drag Raced the 2022 EV6 Against Five Supercars and Came Second

3 Apr 2021, 08:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Tucked inside the official video presentation of the EV6 is some interesting quarter-mile (400 meters) footage showcasing a bunch of prim and proper supercars

 
McLaren 765LT Drag Races Porsche 992 Turbo S and the Inevitable Happens
McLaren 765LT Drag Races Porsche 992 Turbo S and the Inevitable Happens

2 Apr 2021, 14:08 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / With these two acceleration monsters, it's all about location, location, location. One excels on the drag strip, the other is OK with a street too

 
Sinister-Looking, 1,200-HP Second-Gen Chevy Camaro Is a Drag-Racing Batmobile
Sinister-Looking, 1,200-HP Second-Gen Chevy Camaro Is a Drag-Racing Batmobile

1 Apr 2021, 12:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Fitted with a massive 9.3-liter V8, it packs a mind-blowing 1,200 horsepower, so it should deliver lightning-fast quarter-mile runs

 
Cool Dad Teaches 15-Year-Old Son How to Drag Race a 1969 Chevy Camaro
Cool Dad Teaches 15-Year-Old Son How to Drag Race a 1969 Chevy Camaro

24 Mar 2021, 10:36 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / You'd think all kids waste their time on social media nowadays, but some are lucky enough to start a racing career as soon as they get a driver's permit

 
2005 Dodge Viper Has More Power Than a Bugatti Chiron, Is Reasonably Priced
2005 Dodge Viper Has More Power Than a Bugatti Chiron, Is Reasonably Priced

21 Mar 2021, 18:59 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Buying this car will cost you about $82 per horsepower, and since we're talking about a 6 figure price, you will get 4 figure horsepower levels.

 
World's Quickest Chevy Camaro Runs Five-Second Quarter-Mile
World's Quickest Chevy Camaro Runs Five-Second Quarter-Mile

20 Mar 2021, 15:07 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The world's quickest Camaro is the work of Bailey Racing. It goes by the name "Sick Seconds" and runs the quarter-mile in just five seconds

 
3,000HP Diesel Dragster Doesn't Care About the World, Runs 6-Second Quarter-Mile
3,000HP Diesel Dragster Doesn't Care About the World, Runs 6-Second Quarter-Mile

19 Mar 2021, 12:23 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / A proper slingshot-style dragster, this contraption pairs a 7.6-liter International diesel engine with no fewer than three turbo units

 
Tuned Ford Focus Uses Precision NX2 Turbo to Stun Both Truck and Rival Hatch
Tuned Ford Focus Uses Precision NX2 Turbo to Stun Both Truck and Rival Hatch

17 Mar 2021, 11:11 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / It's highly unusual for a Ford Focus hatchback to deliver an 11-second drag racing pass at such a high trap speed, but it's not impossible with the right mods

 
4.4s Run Paints a Quick Scene of Blown HEMI Madness for 1970 Plymouth Superbird
4.4s Run Paints a Quick Scene of Blown HEMI Madness for 1970 Plymouth Superbird

12 Mar 2021, 13:12 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Fortunately, we're not witnessing just the crazy 1/8-mile run; we also get a sample of the extreme “roadrunner” in the quarter-mile category

 
Chevrolet C8 Corvette Races Souped-Up Camaro ZL1, Doesn't Stand a Chance
Chevrolet C8 Corvette Races Souped-Up Camaro ZL1, Doesn't Stand a Chance

11 Mar 2021, 10:22 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The C8 Corvette is impressively quick, but not powerful enough for a supercharged Camaro ZL1 with an upgraded engine under the hood

 
Toyota Hilux With Side-Exiting Exhaust Flexes Supra 2JZ Engine at the Drag Strip
Toyota Hilux With Side-Exiting Exhaust Flexes Supra 2JZ Engine at the Drag Strip

9 Mar 2021, 15:57 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This Supra-powered Hilux is pretty close to the high-performance truck that Toyota should have offered back in the 1990s

 
All-original 1978 Ford Mustang Pro Stock Racer Runs 9-Second Quarter-Mile
All-original 1978 Ford Mustang Pro Stock Racer Runs 9-Second Quarter-Mile

7 Mar 2021, 12:40 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Originally built by Harold "The Drag Hag" Dutton, this Mustang II packs a monstrous Police Interceptor V8 engine under a blown hood

 
132-MPH Flying Quarter-Mile Is AWE's Teaser for Upcoming Toyota Supra CF Upgrade
132-MPH Flying Quarter-Mile Is AWE's Teaser for Upcoming Toyota Supra CF Upgrade

5 Mar 2021, 13:13 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Some companies just throw away a few high-resolution shots and call it a day; others, like AWE, go for the extra flying quarter-mile