drag racing
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Pull up to a set of lights and you see a matching pair of Chevrolet Corvettes, one a current-generation C6 and the other a previous-gen C5, and you can bet the drivers of the respective cars will have a score to settle. And that’s exactly what unfolds in this video taken by another motorist during Thanksgiving weekend. Of course, driving high-performance vehicles in such a manner as the drivers of the two Corvettes do in this video can--and often will--result in unexpected outcomes as you’ll soon see. We won’t spoil it for you by telling you how the crash goes down, but we...
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Chevrolet COPO Camaro Concept: SEMA 2011
The Chevrolet Camaro COPO Concept looks to be aimed at competing with Dodge's Challenger Drag Pak and Ford's Mustang Cobra Jet.
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Hennessey 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302: Gone In 10.9 Seconds
The tires used a super-slick drag radials but otherwise the Mustang you see here is what you get from Hennessey's HPE700 Supercharged package for the 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302.
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Drag Racer Snaps Seat On Launch, Doesn't Wreck: Video
Drag racing is a hard thing to do on a budget; it's a sport measured in cubic dollars. But many people manage to bend that immutable rule by doing a lot of work themselves. Sometimes that goes wrong. In this case, it could have gone horribly wrong, but, as this video dug up by Autoblog shows...
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Spyker Sold, Nissan Reads Minds, Bentley To Le Mans: Car News Headlines
Today's mix of news is a bit of a mish-mash, with Nissan the unlikely purveyor of nascent mind-reading technology for future cars, Bentley eyeballing a return to Le Mans LMP1 competition next year, and Spyker selling to a firm that isn't CPP. Oh, and the president of Equitorial Guinea had his...
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Chevy Working On ZL1-Based Cobra Jet/Drag Pak Fighter For The Straight Strip?
Lately the talk has been all about how Ford would soon be building a new GT500 to take on the raging 580-horsepower Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, but the tables may have turned: reports are now emerging that Chevy is aiming to take the factory-built drag racing fight to Ford and Dodge. Dodge has offered...
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The 700-horsepower Raybestos GTO-R, based on a 1964 GTO, the original muscle car, is finally complete, with the team at Hot Rod Chassis & Cycle finishing the build off with classic styling touches married with modern power and equipment. To put the new car to the test before it's given away to a lucky fan, the team took the retro-mod racer to the strip and put it in the hands of NHRA Top Fuel driver Clay Millican. Check out his pass, plus a review of the car's build, in the video below.
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APR Supercharged Audi S5 Runs Sub-12 1/4 Mile: Video
The 2012 Mustang Boss is perhaps the most impressive off-the-shelf naturally-aspirated muscle car ever. But if you're looking for a little more four-ringed elegance and some forced-induction action, and can't wait for Audi to bring its latest RS models to the U.S., you can talk to the good folks at...
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Video: Stock 2012 Mustang Boss 302 Goes 11.72s @ 117.2 MPH On Drag Radials
So just how fast is the 2012 Mustang Boss 302? Very fast, for a production muscle car priced around $41,000. In fact, if you slap a set of drag radials on the car you can break into the 11s in the quarter mile and trap north of 117 mph. This video shows a new owner--window sticker still apparently...
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Video: What An 1/8th Mile Looks Like In 4.33 Seconds At 180 MPH On Drag Radials
We don't run a lot of drag racing material here, but when we do, you know it's special. This is special. Kevin Fiscus has had a killer few days at South Georgia Motorsports Park, running his drag-radial-equipped turbo Mustang successively quicker in each session, trimming his times down to the...
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First Look: 2012 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet
We've already brought you a preview of Ford's 2012 Cobra Jet Mustang--a purpose-built drag-racer--and now we have the official skinny from Ford. Priced at $91,900 for the entry-level version and $103,980 for a fully-loaded model, the 2012 Cobra Jet will be available in three colors: Winner White...
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Ford Racing Announces 2012 Cobra Jet Mustang
So you wanna go drag racing, and you're a die-hard Blue Oval fan? It'll be hard to beat the factory-built Ford Racing 2012 Cobra Jet Mustang (2010 model pictured), though you'll have to be quick to get one of the 50 examples planned for construction. Revealed today at the Performance Racing...
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Illegal street racing is something that no one should ever attempt. That's especially true considering that many drag strips now allow drivers to test their cars on the track in a controlled and safe manner, instead of in the urban jungle. That's good, since the lack of traffic and other impediments makes things that much safer. On the video below, we see exactly what can wrong on public roads. In this case, a street race between a 1998 Camaro and a fourth-generation Mustang ended when another car pulled into traffic. All three cars were totaled, although there were no fatalities (those in...
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VIDEO: Street Race Between Mustang And Camaro Leads To Crash
Illegal street racing is stupid and dangerous, especially in this era of sanctioned "run what ya brung" nights at drag strips all over the country. The problem with street racing isn't just that some participants have even less skill than they have brains. It's that the environment is uncontrolled...
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Video: MMR Ford Shelby GT500 Cracks 200 MPH Quarter Mile
If you've read our first drive review of the 2011 Ford Shelby GT500, you know it's good for a whole lot more than straight-line duty, unlike many of its predecessors. But that doesn't mean it's not still a very good platform for a serious drag car. The Modular Mustang Racing (MMR) 2010 GT500 proves...
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Video: Lingenfelter 2010 Camaro SS Runs 158-MPH 8.99 Quarter Mile
A stonking 6.2-liter LS3 V-8 engine is enough meat for most Camaro owners, but not for the obsessives at Lingenfelter. Instead, they shoehorned a supercharged LS9 into the engine bay of a heavily-modified 2010 Camaro SS. And then they shot it full of nitrous. The result? A slick-smoking monster of...
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First Look: 2012 Cobra Jet Mustang
It seems like there is a factory Mustang for everyone these days. There's the V-6 version for those who want a lot of power without high insurance premiums and high fuel-economy penalties, the GT for those who want V-8 power, the Shelby GT500 for those who want even more power, and the upcoming...
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Video: Lingenfelter Camaro Runs The Quarter Mile In Under Nine Seconds
We already covered the Lingenfelter Camaro that ran the quarter mile in a tick over nine seconds. Now we have video of one that clocked in just a tick under nine. This Lingenfelter LS9-powered 2010 Camaro SS broke the 9-second barrier at Maryland International Raceway by posting a 8.997 second mark...
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We've seen Mustangs that can break nine seconds in the quarter-mile, and now we know of at least one aftermarket Camaro that is coming close to breaking nine seconds as well. This LS9-powered Lingenfelter Camaro with the six-speed manual transmission came very close to breaking the nine-second barrier, clocking a 9.043 at 159.29 miles per hour at Muncie Dragway. We don't know a lot of details about this particular car, but we do know that the basic package offers a supercharger and 775 horsepower. Here's the video. [Jalopnik]
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Video: Drag Racing Mustang Goes Flying
This Mustang, driven by Dennis Bailey, went flying at the Outlaw Radial Tire Championship in Georgia last weekend. Bailey was unhurt, but the incident was captured on photo and video. We're glad Bailey is unhurt. If you're into flying Mustangs, then this might be the video for you. [Competition...
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Video: Modified Mustang Runs The Quarter Mile In Under Nine Seconds
Evolution Performance has posted a video of one of its modified 2011 Ford Mustangs hitting the drag strip--and achieving a time of 8.89 seconds at 147 miles per hour. Mustangs Daily has the whole skinny, but the short version is this. Evolution Performance has been trying to break the 9-second...
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Mopar Unveils 2011 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak
Want a little Dodge Viper in your Challenger? Well, Mopar (Chrysler's performance division) has obliged. If you have almost $90K ($85,512 to be exact) you can get the 2011 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak, which has a Viper V-10 under the hood. The 8.4-liter V-10 isn't exactly the same as the engine in...
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