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900 HP Porsche 911 Turbo S Almost Pulls a Wheelie While Drag Racing a Pagani Zonda
900 HP Porsche 911 Turbo S Almost Pulls a Wheelie While Drag Racing a Pagani Zonda

20 Oct 2015, 13:24 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When you take a Porsche 911 Turbo S from 560 to 900 hp, you can expect many sweet side effects, and what you see here is one of them

 
1,000 HP Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X with Manual Gearbox Hits 198 MPH in Half-Mile Race
1,000 HP Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X with Manual Gearbox Hits 198 MPH in Half-Mile Race

20 Oct 2015, 08:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X was taken down the custom road by English Racing, which has a clear target for the half-mile run

 
Fox Body Mustang with Big Block Slides on Its Coolant While Racing, Hits the Wall Hard
Fox Body Mustang with Big Block Slides on Its Coolant While Racing, Hits the Wall Hard

19 Oct 2015, 08:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / One of the advantages of racing a Fox Body Mustang is that you can easily replace your car (sans the motor) in the event of a serious crash

 
Porsche 918 Spyder Races Lamborghini Diablo VT, Shows Monstrous Technical Progress <span>· Video</span>
Porsche 918 Spyder Races Lamborghini Diablo VT, Shows Monstrous Technical Progress · Video

19 Oct 2015, 08:24 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This is a battle between two members of the Volkswagen Group that are extremely different, from their propulsion to their age

 
1,600 HP Nissan GT-R Loses Its Hood at 180 MPH During 2,100 HP Lamborghini Race
1,600 HP Nissan GT-R Loses Its Hood at 180 MPH During 2,100 HP Lamborghini Race

18 Oct 2015, 11:09 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / People have started taking GT-Rs with extreme outputs such as this one for granted, but these racecars need to be treated with respect

 
1,150 HP Golf with AWD Launches Itself into the Air As Driveshaft Snaps While Drag Racing
1,150 HP Golf with AWD Launches Itself into the Air As Driveshaft Snaps While Drag Racing

16 Oct 2015, 15:40 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This Golf may send 1,150 hp to all four wheels, but this is reportedly the first driveshaft failure after four years of abuse

 
Can a 650 HP Porsche 911 Turbo S Beat a Ferrari F12berlinetta in a Drag Race?
Can a 650 HP Porsche 911 Turbo S Beat a Ferrari F12berlinetta in a Drag Race?

16 Oct 2015, 09:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Porsche 911 Turbos S is one of the tuning world’s favorite toys, but can a 650 HP example beat a 730 HP Ferrari in a drag race?

 
$1 Million Snap-On Theft Suspect Races 1,300 HP AMC Gremlin, Pulls 600-feet Wheel Stand
$1 Million Snap-On Theft Suspect Races 1,300 HP AMC Gremlin, Pulls 600-feet Wheel Stand

12 Oct 2015, 18:39 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Brian Ambrosini may be the king of the wheel stands, but the theft accusations targeting him mean he’s not worthy of drag strip admiration

 
Police Ford Crown Victoria Turned Drag Racer Serves and Protects Speed in Texas
Police Ford Crown Victoria Turned Drag Racer Serves and Protects Speed in Texas

12 Oct 2015, 12:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This Ford Crown Victoria has gone through a serious modification process in order to become a drag racing machine and it was all worth it

 
World’s Fastest Audi R8 Has 2,000+ HP, Eats GT-Rs and Lamborghinis for Breakfast
World’s Fastest Audi R8 Has 2,000+ HP, Eats GT-Rs and Lamborghinis for Breakfast

12 Oct 2015, 11:04 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / You’d better pay attention to this Audi R8, as we’ll probably hear from the twin-turbo machine again, with its 2,000+ hp causing a stir

 
C3 Corvette with 2JZ Engine Trolls Haters with 1,100 WHP and 8s Quarter Mile
C3 Corvette with 2JZ Engine Trolls Haters with 1,100 WHP and 8s Quarter Mile

11 Oct 2015, 13:05 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Corvettes have been pulling 8s quarter mile runs for decades now, so while this is nothing new, the boldness of the project is quite cool

 
2,000+ HP GT-R Drag Races 2,000+ HP Audi R8, Probably The Fastest Street Cars in America
2,000+ HP GT-R Drag Races 2,000+ HP Audi R8, Probably The Fastest Street Cars in America

11 Oct 2015, 10:38 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / These days, customer cars have exceeded the 2,000 hp point and this is what happens when two such machines meet on an airfield

 
1,600 HP Viper Spins at 100 MPH, Cockpit View Shows Dangers of Roll Racing
1,600 HP Viper Spins at 100 MPH, Cockpit View Shows Dangers of Roll Racing

8 Oct 2015, 12:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When you drive a Viper whose V10 is fed by twin turbos, boost kicking in can sent you spinning even if this happens at triple digit speeds

 
6,000 HP Lamborghini Mix Sees Three Twin-Turbo Gallardos Speeding Up to 224 MPH
6,000 HP Lamborghini Mix Sees Three Twin-Turbo Gallardos Speeding Up to 224 MPH

8 Oct 2015, 08:20 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This twin-turbo Lamborghini Gallardo trip packs an evenly distributed 6,000 HP and they put all the oomph to good, speeding use

 
Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG with IPE Exhaust Acoustically Destroys Drag Competition
Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG with IPE Exhaust Acoustically Destroys Drag Competition

7 Oct 2015, 13:11 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / If you can't beat them, at least make sure you scream louder than they do. That seems to be the motto of this Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG of the previous generation

 
700 HP McLaren Drag Races Corvette Z06, Here’s the 360-Degree View
700 HP McLaren Drag Races Corvette Z06, Here’s the 360-Degree View

6 Oct 2015, 14:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / You don't get to see 360-degree footage of drag races involving high-horsepower monster such as these two machines every day

 
Porsche 918 Spyder Races Lamborghini Aventador Pirelli Edition with a Surprising Result
Porsche 918 Spyder Races Lamborghini Aventador Pirelli Edition with a Surprising Result

6 Oct 2015, 14:02 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Porsche 918 Spyder and the Lamborghini Aventador aren’t even in the same league (hyper vs. supercar) and yet the real world result of a race between them is

 
Tesla Model S P85D Takes On V8 Supercar In Extreme Australian Drag Race
Tesla Model S P85D Takes On V8 Supercar In Extreme Australian Drag Race

6 Oct 2015, 09:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We’ve already seen the Tesla Model S drag racing a long list of supercars, but what happens when it takes on a V8 Supercar?

 
Fastest VW Split Screen Race in the World Packs Over 1,000 HP, Leads to 11s Quarter Mile
Fastest VW Split Screen Race in the World Packs Over 1,000 HP, Leads to 11s Quarter Mile

5 Oct 2015, 17:35 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The VW Split Screens you see here are, most likely, the third and fourth fastest in the world and that says a lot about their race

 
1,400 HP Mazda RX-7 Pulls 7s Quarter Mile Runs, Gets Driven on the Street
1,400 HP Mazda RX-7 Pulls 7s Quarter Mile Runs, Gets Driven on the Street

5 Oct 2015, 15:21 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / 1,400 HP Mazda RX-7 Pulls 7s Quarter Mile Runs, Gets Driven on the Street - Video1,400 HP Mazda RX-7 Pulls 7s Quarter Mile Runs, Gets Driven on the Street - Vid