Did we just say ‘rear-wheel-drive Taycan’? You’re damn right we did. Because here we find Chris Harris attempting to set a world record for the longest drift in an electric vehicle, and Porsche have lent Harris a Taycan devoid of its front drive shafts especially for the challenge. But can he get his crossed-up hands on the world record? Let’s find out. – Top Gear
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Today, let’s look back at the life and career of a pioneer in women’s drag racing, and how her depiction in a feature film cemented her legacy
It goes without saying, it can be a tough world for a woman to live in too much of the time. But just as often, there comes along a brave young woman who proves she can do something just as well as a man could, and then some. In American drag racing, this was Shirley Muldowney.
With a career spanning 60 years on strips across America, her record dwarfs that of 99 percent of drag racers of any gender. Today, at 80 years old, she still makes appearances signing autographs for a large group of dragster fans that adored her in their youth. Other women may have driven faster than her, but no one else is the undisputed first lady of the drag strip … More
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Drag Racing Video – World’s Fastest Donk (1,500hp) Vs Ken Block’s 1,400hp AWD Mustang – Hoonicorn
We know what you’re thinking: what is a donk doing lined up next to the Hoonicorn?? But this ain’t just any donk. This is Donkmaster’s ’71 Z06 swapped Caprice, with a BIG ‘ol turbo hanging off of it. And more nitrous than a dental supply truck. 1,500hp worth of big body power. But, can it put the power down?
Some people see the world as a playground, where anything and everything can and will be a shreddable obstacle. As a kid growing up in Minnesota, Levi LaVallee looked at his state’s capital Saint Paul like a ripe fruit, begging to be plucked…and ripped to shreds on his snowmobile. A land of opportunity that only he could see, it was his mission to take that city over on his trusty sled. Now, he’s done it.