Shades of the Sixties. A factory-built drag-strip only version of the Dodge Challenger pony car, the Mopar Challenger V-10 Drag Pak, has set a new National Hot Rod Association record.
Back in the Sixties, drag racing was the place to be. The Beach Boys even sang songs about it. If a car maker hoped to reach the elusive youth market, they had to, in the word of Jan and Dean, “burn up that quarter mile.” Out of that came specially-equipped drag strip ready cars, including the Thunderbolt Fairlanes, the COPO Chevrolets and the Super Stock Dodges made famous, not only for its exploits on the track but also by a certain Little Old Lady from Pasadena.
Perhaps you had to be there.
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There are seldom benefits to an accident that leaves a driver in the hospital for four days with broken collarbones and fractured vertebrae. But when you’re in the safety business, every tumble and each injury is a learning experience. Laboratory research can reveal much, but there’s no substitute for real-world data.
“I hate to be my own crash-test dummy, but … More
So, who’s next? Now that former Formula One champ Kimi Raikkonen has tested with Kyle Busch’s truck team and is set to compete in the truck race at Charlotte next month, who’s the next driver from Formula One to follow Juan Pablo Montoya and others to NASCAR?
“People are watching,” Montoya says when asked if those in Formula One pay attention to NASCAR.
“Over the last few years, when I came over, people started paying attention to how I ran, and I think  … More
Formula 1 teams are hoping to close in on a fresh cost-cutting deal to help secure the future of the sport during a meeting ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Members of the Formula One Teams’ Association (FOTA) are to gather before the race at Sepang to go through a number of topics, including  … More