The off-season couldn’t slip by quick enough for NHRA World Champions Antron Brown, Jack Beckman and Allen Johnson. All three drivers can’t wait to get out to drag racing’s birthplace in Southern California in less than two weeks and get the 2013 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series started.
The three drivers will officially begin defense of their respective titles in Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock at the 53rd annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals presented by Super Start Batteries, Feb. 14-17 at historic Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. The race, which will be   … More
Hennessey Performance (HPE) today announced that on Jan. 10, 2013 its street-legal Venom GT supercar accelerated from 0-300kph (186.4mph) in just 13.63 seconds, thus establishing the vehicle as a new record holder according to Guinness World Records (GWR).(Scroll down to bottom of this page for video of the record run.)
The acceleration time was an average of two runs made in opposite directions within one hour and validated by a VBox 3i GPS-based data logging system. VBox officials were on hand to certify the numbers as  … More