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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