An Australian company is working from scratch to build the biggest, baddest electric powertrain ever hooked up to a set of wheels. Top EV Racing is aiming to violently end the dominance of fire-breathing Top Fuel cars at the drag strip, and smash acceleration and landspeed world records to boot.
By now, everyone’s well aware of the monstrous performance potential of electric drivetrains. The first time you stomp the gas … More
Cars costing 10 times as much, that’s what
With the introduction of the street-legal 2018 Challenger SRT Demon, Dodge now holds the record for the world’s quickest production stock vehicle quarter-mile time at 9.65 seconds. For this exercise, we’re using the Wikipedia definition of “production car,” meaning it was built to sell to consumers and drive on public roads, it was fitted with original manufacturer tires, at least 25 examples were made and it is street legal. So what will the Demon beat? At least to 1,320 feet? Let’s explore … More
Drag racing legend “Big Daddy” Don Garlits talks to Fox Car Report about his new electric dragster and quest to hit 200 mph.