Most people picture an oddly-shaped, pretty slow machine that has a limited traveling range when they think of an electric vehicle. Even if they imagine the Tesla Roadster Sport that makes it to 60 mph in just 3.7 seconds, that’s weak sauce compared to some of the EVs that show up at the events held by the National Electric Drag Racing Association (NEDRA).
The association was formed in 1997, and has…Â Details
How much horsepower you can extract from a miserable 3.5-litre V6 engine?! Well, that depends on how mad you are! and John Bradshaw (not the wrestler one!) has prepared a dragster based on the Nissan 350Z and managed to get 1900bhp out of that engine, so he might be quit mad, but he’s a genius as well!
This hand built dragster will be the only Japanese engined car competing against more traditional American V8 machinery in Mainstream drag racing this year.
John comments: “It’s incredible to finally have the car ready to test now and we are… Details & Pictures
Tony Pedregon raced to his third Funny Car victory of the season Sunday at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway.
Morgan Lucas, Greg Anderson and Hector Arana also were winners in their respective categories at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event. Only two races remain in the NHRA regular season before the six-race playoffs – the Countdown to 1 – begins Sept. 18 at zMAX Dragway near Charlotte, N.C.
Pedregon, who replaced longtime crew chief Dickie Venables with Tony Shortall earlier in the week, didn’t miss a beat on the dragstrip as he powered his Wicked Quick/Q- Horsepower Chevy Impala to a 4.149 second run at 295.59 mph to hold off championship challenger Ron Capps in the final… Details
Having already missed one appointment and running late for another, Rick Gorski was trying his best to get Willie Andrew Robinson III moving toward the exit on Friday.
He should have known better.
When Robinson — more affectionately known as “Big Willie” — gets going, it’s hard to get him to stop.
As one of the featured guests of the 29th annual Mopar Nationals at National Trail Raceway, the man regarded as the “King of the Street Racers” was in no mood to stop with the stories…Â Details