Drag Racing Engines: A Comprehensive Guide – There are no rules for engine size, but engine builders should look to build consistency in this class.

What does it take to build a winning engine for Super Comp drag racing? The Super Comp drag racing class is run on an 8.90 time limit, and has basically no rules regarding engine displacement, carburetion or vehicle type. Engines can burn gasoline or alcohol, but not nitro or nitrous. Engines can be naturally aspirated or turbocharged. Most racers run a single four-barrel Dominator style carburetor, but a few use injectors on their engines.

Drag Racing Engines: A Comprehensive Guide

To be competitive in the Super Comp class, you don’t need the fastest car in the field. In fact, that’s why many who compete in this class prefer Super Comp. Cars run in this class typically go 165 to 175 mph in the traps, but … Read the rest

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Illegal street racing events on Ana Street in Compton in 2015. One of several illegal street racing venues that ran.

Drag Racing Culture And Community

Underground racing has always been an unofficial part of Los Angeles’ car culture, with bottlenecks converted into open tarmac areas, equipped with slick wheels, high engine blocks and tuners.

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Officials noted the spike during the early months of the pandemic, when stay-at-home orders made LA’s streets crowded.

Promoted by social media, illegal street racing events – and the dangers of the guards – have continued to grow even as the restrictions of the epidemic have been eased and L.A.

Los Angeles officials are considering new measures to combat street racing, … Read the rest

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The Top Drag Racing Teams In The World – Top Fuel is a form of drag racing whose dragsters are the fastest racing cars in the world and the fastest recognized category of drag racing, with racers reaching speeds of 338 miles per hour (544.0 km/h) and finishing 1, 000 feet (304.8 m) in 3.62 seconds.

0 to 100 mph (160.9 km/h) in 0.8 seconds (less than a third of the time it takes the production Porsche 911 Turbo to reach 100 mph (160.9 km/h) in 0.8 seconds)

The Top Drag Racing Teams In The World

And can exceed 297 mph (478.0 km/h) in just 660 feet (201.2 m). This put the driver at an average acceleration of about 4.0 g0 (39 m/s2) and a peak of 5.6 g0 (55 m/s2) throughout the race.

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For speed, this class runs a distance of 1,000 … Read the rest

Famous Drag Racing Tracks You Should Visit – Dragstrip is a tool used to make car and motorcycle accelerators. Although the quarter-mile (1,320 ft, 402 m) track is known for its towpath, Most of the track is an eighth-mile (201 m) track, and the premier classes are 1,000 ft (304.8 m) races. Three factors affect the outcome of the competition: reaction time; Power/weight ratio and drag start the race from standing.

A drag race is a straight purpose-built racetrack, typically a figure eight; (660/1.000/1320 feet, 201/304.8/402 meters) longer than one-sixth or one-fourth of a mile; After crossing the line, the place to close again the parking area for vehicles. There’s also a ‘water box’ where vehicles and motorbikes begin their tireless tire cleaning, and a set of lights called ‘Christmas trees’ count down from start to finish. There are also back roads for vehicles to return to the pit from … Read the rest

Drag Racing Legends: Profiles Of The Greats – In 1988 the wheels turned on “The Grove”. With a 538-inch big block for power, the venerable ’57 was running low 8-second times. Ray Lemmerman

1957 Chevy. This Memorial Day weekend, candy-apple-red Shoebox racers are set to compete at the Great Lakes Dragway in Union Grove, Wisconsin. Running a 6.8-second quarter mile at 200 mph with Pro Stock driver Kevin Lawrence at the wheel, it will again challenge the quarter mile.

Drag Racing Legends: Profiles Of The Greats

The finned Chevy has been a drag strip staple since the fall of 1956, when it left the Ferrell Hicks Chevrolet dealership on Chicago’s South Side. Over six decades, it has been owned, raced, set aside, lost and reclaimed. And

Nhra Speed For All Review: Gaming A Quarter Mile At A Time

Dick Messino, now approaching his 82nd birthday, is no ordinary drag racer. … Read the rest

The Best Drag Racing Podcasts – I’m not sure I ever thought I’d say this, especially in a public forum, but what the hell was I missing when it wasn’t a prep race?

I had a bad taste in my mouth for years that I didn’t have any prep races. Thinking it was stupid, childish, unimportant and just about every other negative adjective you could think of to describe that slice of pie in our sport. Well, I was proven wrong, at least in certain aspects.

The Best Drag Racing Podcasts

Over the last year, many people have told me that I must not give any preparatory race a chance. They told me it would be fun and that I would actually enjoy it. I laughed a little to myself when I was told that. As someone who has been involved in class racing for over thirty years and a … Read the rest

How To Choose The Right Tires For Drag Racing – The tire temperature on the track should usually be about 20 degrees cooler than the track temperature. “Burn longer on colder days,” advises our source at Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels. “On hotter days, just smoke a little and brush them off. The shorter the burn-in, the less the rubber will wear, so the tires will last longer.” Photo by Evan Smith/Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels.

Fairing vs. Radial is often the first decision for these racers, but there are additional factors to consider before they burn that rubber on the drag strip.

How To Choose The Right Tires For Drag Racing

It is as simple as this. “Racers are looking for traction, something that can move their car as fast as possible,” says Farron Lubbers of Hoosier Racing Tire, Lakeville, Indiana. Sounds easy enough.

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But … Read the rest