First you burn out, smoking and spinning the tires and leaving rubber on the track, adding traction for the launch.
After that, drag racing is all about the first 60 feet.
“That’s the best part. You’ve got 700 to 800 horsepower and put the pedal to the floor and feel the G-force push you back into your seat and hold on for the ride,” said Wade Metzinger.
Metzinger has been drag racing for 10 years, and for about five years at the Tulsa Raceway Park. Because he likes spending weekends at the track, he decided to drag his wife into racing as well.
Abbey Metzinger said, “Before I met him, I was a lake rat, skiing and boating, and Wade was racing… Details
The four female surfers on Team Hawaii went undefeated in the first round of the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship contest today.
The first round of the Girls 18 division and second round of the Boys 18 division were run in 4- to 5-foot waves at Salinas, Ecuador.
Hawaii surfers Leila Hurst, Malia Manuel, Nage Melamed and Alessa Quizon each posted an impressive first-round win…. Details
 The article you are about to read may lead to some controversy. We will possibly receive some “fan” mail from people stating that Sport Compact drag racing has no room in a Volkswagen magazine. Sorry crabby guys, we feel that it does for a variety of reasons. First of all, VW racers aren’t reluctant to battle the small domestic and Asian-mobiles anymore, and our duty is to relay their effort to you. Furthermore, the VW competitors have demonstrated their talent, by winning various events and setting numerous records. And let’s finally keep in mind that the Beetle remains the original Sport Compact racer… The EMPI Inch Pincher was one of these pioneers–it ran a 13.84-quartermile time as per an article published in Hot Rod magazine in August 1965–and a bunch of other teams have followed since then.
The truth is that some of these … Details
The official waiting period closes today on the Maverick’s big-wave surf contest, but it isn’t quite dead yet. Officials have been granted an extension through April 8 by the San Mateo County Harbor District, with hopes of stretching the window through the entire month of April.
Not that the surfers are terribly optimistic. “I have never seen so few 15-foot-plus days in the December-to-March stretch in the 18 years I’ve been surfing Maverick’s,” San Francisco’s Grant Washburn said. “It’s just the worst season I can remember.”… Details