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Alpine A110 R Throws the Gauntlet With Carbon Fiber Lightness and Racecar DNA
Alpine A110 R Throws the Gauntlet With Carbon Fiber Lightness and Racecar DNA

4 Oct 2022, 16:16 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The A110 R from Renault's sports brand is a lighter, lower, stiffer, faster, and road-legal racer that taunts gearheads with front-to-back carbon fiber meanness

 
1,300 bhp Porsche 911 Turbo S Smashes Gearbox While Winning Half-Mile Roll Race Crown
1,300 bhp Porsche 911 Turbo S Smashes Gearbox While Winning Half-Mile Roll Race Crown

27 Sep 2022, 20:27 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Terminal Velocity Speed Trial in England proved to be too much of a strain for a heavily tuned 911 that hit 187 mph from a rolling start

 
Tuned Jeep Trackhawk Drag Races Tuned BMW 340i, Stock Challenger Hellcat Loses Every Time
Tuned Jeep Trackhawk Drag Races Tuned BMW 340i, Stock Challenger Hellcat Loses Every Time

26 Sep 2022, 20:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Each of these three vehicles is special in its own right, but unfortunately for Challenger fans, the Hellcat loses every time due to wheel spin off the line

 
Cannondale's Scalpel HT Carbon 4 Is XC Goodness on a Budget: Start Taking Home Gold Medals
Cannondale's Scalpel HT Carbon 4 Is XC Goodness on a Budget: Start Taking Home Gold Medals

26 Sep 2022, 16:08 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / This XC bicycle is built out of carbon fiber and selling for an MSRP of $2,225. The frame is shaped to reduce fatigue and raise control but lacks cargo mounts

 
Genesis GV60 Drag Races EV Rivals, C7 Corvette Z51 Says "Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?"
Genesis GV60 Drag Races EV Rivals, C7 Corvette Z51 Says "Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?"

23 Sep 2022, 12:16 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Unfortunately for the seventh-generation Corvette Z51, the new kid on the block called its bluff with an impressive performance in the quarter mile

 
Ford F-150 Lightning Drag Races Rivian R1T, GMC Hummer EV Says “Hold My Beer”
Ford F-150 Lightning Drag Races Rivian R1T, GMC Hummer EV Says “Hold My Beer”

22 Sep 2022, 14:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Lighter and gifted with one extra motor, the Rivian R1T shows the GMC Hummer EV who's the quarter-mile king of the electric pickup trucks

 
2023 Toyota GR Corolla vs Hyundai Elantra N vs Honda CTR Drag Race Is Anyone’s Guess
2023 Toyota GR Corolla vs Hyundai Elantra N vs Honda CTR Drag Race Is Anyone’s Guess

21 Sep 2022, 14:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Although it's heavier and it has one less cylinder than its FWD rivals, the GR Corolla makes easy work of both in the quarter mile

 
A One-Minute Flat Start-To-Finish Run, the Cutest Car Race Ever Turns Ten This Year
A One-Minute Flat Start-To-Finish Run, the Cutest Car Race Ever Turns Ten This Year

17 Sep 2022, 20:24 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The Settrington Cup is the culmination of the Goodwood Revival Motor Show, with competitors pushing hard over the entire one-eighth-of-a-mile long pedal action

 
2023 Toyota GR Corolla Drag Races VW Golf R, Subaru WRX STI Joins in on the Fun
2023 Toyota GR Corolla Drag Races VW Golf R, Subaru WRX STI Joins in on the Fun

14 Sep 2022, 13:17 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Although it's supremely fun in the twisties, the 2023 model year Toyota GR Corolla is barely faster than the Subaru WRX STI in the quarter mile

 
Dodge Charger 392 Drag Races Kia Stinger GT and Audi S4, Mixed Results Ensue
Dodge Charger 392 Drag Races Kia Stinger GT and Audi S4, Mixed Results Ensue

10 Sep 2022, 10:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The cam-in-block architecture may be outdated, but in certain applications, it can teach the DOHC crowd a lesson or two in the quarter mile

 
2023 Cadillac Escalade-V Drag Races G 63, New Range Rover Settles for 3rd Place
2023 Cadillac Escalade-V Drag Races G 63, New Range Rover Settles for 3rd Place

9 Sep 2022, 16:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / All three feature V8s, two of them flaunt body-on-frame construction, and guess what? The unibody loses both the dig and roll race

 
2022 Hyundai Elantra N U-Drags Volkswagen Golf GTI, Proves That Power Isn’t Everything
2022 Hyundai Elantra N U-Drags Volkswagen Golf GTI, Proves That Power Isn’t Everything

1 Sep 2022, 20:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If quarter-mile racing is your biggest priority, then the Elantra N is the car for you thanks to a few more ponies and pound-foot of torque

 
5.0 Mustang GT Shows German-Japan Foes Who's Boss of the Drag Strip
5.0 Mustang GT Shows German-Japan Foes Who's Boss of the Drag Strip

27 Aug 2022, 09:45 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The American icon demolishes its competitors on the quarte-mile proving grounds and shows everyone what the "muscle" in "muscle car" stands for

 
Monster Head Start Does Not Drag Down the King of Monsters on the Drag Race
Monster Head Start Does Not Drag Down the King of Monsters on the Drag Race

22 Aug 2022, 21:48 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / A Toyota Supra challenged a Nissan GT-R34. It put up a good fight in the first round but lost its footing in the end. The Skyline is still God(Zilla) of drags

 
2022 Subaru WRX Drag Races Hyundai i30 N, It’s Not Exactly Close
2022 Subaru WRX Drag Races Hyundai i30 N, It’s Not Exactly Close

17 Aug 2022, 14:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Unfortunately for Scooby enthusiasts, the WRX with the CVT doesn't stand a chance against Hyundai's i30 N with the N DCT

 
2,800 HP Larry Larson Built Chevy II Destroys Competition… and It's Own Engine
2,800 HP Larry Larson Built Chevy II Destroys Competition… and It's Own Engine

13 Aug 2022, 19:18 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / 1966 Chevrolet II with enormous power and incredible reflexes makes challengers look devastatingly slow. But drag racing is not all about speed and power

 
Stock R35 Nissan GT-R Drag Races Tuned BMW 340i xDrive, One Gets Badly Walked
Stock R35 Nissan GT-R Drag Races Tuned BMW 340i xDrive, One Gets Badly Walked

12 Aug 2022, 19:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Spoiler alert: the winner of this series of drag races is equipped with all-wheel drive and features a six-cylinder turbo engine

 
Impossibly Close Finish at the End of the Quarter Mile Between Two German Classics
Impossibly Close Finish at the End of the Quarter Mile Between Two German Classics

7 Aug 2022, 14:20 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Take one BMW and one Audi, put them on the same track, and the outcome is inevitable: a muscle-flexing race is up and about

 
"Hot Wheels" Turns Cold Aiming for Nines on the Quarter-Mile, Breaks Diff off the Line
"Hot Wheels" Turns Cold Aiming for Nines on the Quarter-Mile, Breaks Diff off the Line

31 Jul 2022, 13:26 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / An iconic car form half a century ago and Hot Wheels celebrity found its life purpose on the drag track, keeps owner busy with endless challenging repairs

 
Hennessey Drags Their 1,000 HP Mammoth Truck and Puts Challenger Into Extinction
Hennessey Drags Their 1,000 HP Mammoth Truck and Puts Challenger Into Extinction

28 Jul 2022, 22:56 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Size doesn't matter in a drag race, if we take Hennessey's empirical demonstration as a valid argument. Their Mammoth beats the base model big time