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Honda S2000 Dragster Does a Wheelie
Honda S2000 Dragster Does a Wheelie

4 Dec 2012, 12:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Japanese carmakers are returning slowly but surely to offering the sportscars that made them famous. At the same time, fans of cars like the legendary S2000 are sticking with what they’ve got,...

 
Russian-Built 750 HP Nissan Juke R Races at Moscow Mile
Russian-Built 750 HP Nissan Juke R Races at Moscow Mile

30 Nov 2012, 12:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Moscow Mile, a stretched out piece of tarmac on the outskirts of the Russian capital where the rich playboys like to max out their impressive machines. The Unlim 500+ class is where the magic ha...

 
2013 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Shows Wheelie, then Crashes
2013 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Shows Wheelie, then Crashes

21 Nov 2012, 10:25 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Drag racing might seem like a simple form of motorsport and, if you’ve got an out-of-the-box racer such as the 2013 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet, things should go as smooth as possible. Well, as ...

 
Chevrolet COPO Camaro Convertible in Inferno Orange Shown at 2012 SEMA
Chevrolet COPO Camaro Convertible in Inferno Orange Shown at 2012 SEMA

31 Oct 2012, 08:20 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / One year ago, Chevrolet was unveiling the COPO Camaro concept at the SEMA show, offering the world an out-of-the-box NHRA Stock Eliminator drag racer. Chevy also likes to reminds us of the drag s...

 
1000 HP Turbo Honda S2000
1000 HP Turbo Honda S2000

24 Oct 2012, 15:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Japanese sportscar revival era is upon us, but for a while it seemed we would never again be able to buy anything other than boring German cars with lots of power but no “wow” factor...

 
Turbo Honda NSX Races Nissan GTR
Turbo Honda NSX Races Nissan GTR

7 Oct 2012, 08:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Today’s battle is between two legendary Japanese supercars. On the one hand, we have the legendary Honda NSX and on the other the R35 Nissan GTR. It might seem like an unfair battle and it is,...

 
Stock BMW M5 Runs 11.78 Second Quarter Mile
Stock BMW M5 Runs 11.78 Second Quarter Mile

21 Sep 2012, 12:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Everybody advises everybody to take their cars to the drag strip, not race them between the lights, when they want to see how fast the rides really are and we are now here to show you what happens w...

 
COPO Camaro Smokes Rubber, Runs 9s
COPO Camaro Smokes Rubber, Runs 9s

13 Sep 2012, 15:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The COPO Camaro is the baddest Camaro ever to be produced by GM, a machine that like nothing more than to bully into giving your gas money, which it then squanders on the track. This is COPO Cama...

 
Drag Racing Camaro Needs Wheelie Bar!
Drag Racing Camaro Needs Wheelie Bar!

12 Sep 2012, 12:14 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The wheelie bar is an extremely useful piece of kit on any high-power vehicle with rear-wheel drive and serious drag racing intentions. The Chevrolet Camaro in this video is clearly not stock, a...

 
Jet-Powered Semi Truck Plays Quarter Mile Game in 7s League
Jet-Powered Semi Truck Plays Quarter Mile Game in 7s League

5 Sep 2012, 15:08 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Semis are built for hauling and the creation in the adjacent video definitely hauls... itself past the drag strip’s finish line as fast as it can. Wait, what? a semi tearing up a drag strip? Y...

 
Drag Racer Fails... In Reverse
Drag Racer Fails... In Reverse

4 Sep 2012, 08:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / There are plenty of things which could go wrong when attempting a drag race in a vehicle which couldn’t be road legal even if you lived in China (where, apparently you can take whatever you li...

 
Couple of Recent Spectacular Drag Racing Incidents
Couple of Recent Spectacular Drag Racing Incidents

16 Jul 2012, 13:18 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With the kind of power figures one hears about when talking about drag racing, the general consensus is that it’s a very dangerous form of motorsport, regardless of the fact that the strip its...

 
Lethal Performance 2013 GT500 Is a Monster
Lethal Performance 2013 GT500 Is a Monster

9 Jul 2012, 15:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The 2013 Shelby GT500 version of the Mustang has only been on the market for a short time, and its 5.8-liter supercharged V8 has been putting other cars to shame. However, some people just can&rsquo...

 
Saturday Night Street Racing Texan Style
Saturday Night Street Racing Texan Style

18 Jun 2012, 10:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Drag racing was born long before the days of Need for Speed or the Fast and the Furious. Sure, it’s an activity that is frowned upon if done on a public road, but you can’t stop people f...

 
Audi Allroad Sleeper Wins Drag Race with Ferrari 458 Italia
Audi Allroad Sleeper Wins Drag Race with Ferrari 458 Italia

18 May 2012, 14:41 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Audi Allroad might have four-wheel drive, but that is the only theoretical strong point of this in a drag race. However, an owner that’s just crazy about his C5 Allroad (this is the first ...

 
Granny Runs 11 Second Quarter-Mile in a Mercedes C63 AMG
Granny Runs 11 Second Quarter-Mile in a Mercedes C63 AMG

11 May 2012, 15:32 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / This is truly a wonderful story of both love and passion for automobiles and racing them. Kathy Countiss, a woman in her 60s, regularly goes to drag racing events along in her tuned C63 with her hus...

 
Quickest EV in the World is a Drag Bike
Quickest EV in the World is a Drag Bike

8 May 2012, 13:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Lawless Rocket is an amazing machine. The Orange County Choppers built bike’s motor pumps out a staggering 1,610hp and the acceleration it can achieve is mind-boggling by any standards. ...

 
Lizzy Musi’s Drag Racing Crash - Filmed from Multiple Angles
Lizzy Musi’s Drag Racing Crash - Filmed from Multiple Angles

2 May 2012, 16:05 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The 21 year-old drag racer Lizzy Musi lost control of her 68’ Camaro dragster during a qualifying round of Summit Racing Top Sportsman at the 2012 ADRL Spring Drags III at Bristol Dragway. ...

 
2013 Ford Cobra Jet Mustang Unveiled
2013 Ford Cobra Jet Mustang Unveiled

2 Dec 2011, 09:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The 2013 Ford Mustang has a fresh attitude, both technically and aesthetically, being ready to fight the competition and thrill the public. Since we’ve already covered the... civilian versions...

 
Tesla Blasts Quarter-Mile in Just 12.8 Seconds
Tesla Blasts Quarter-Mile in Just 12.8 Seconds

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Dragos Rusu / That's actually not too bad for an electric car as it will turn out into good press for these green cars. People and especially speed enthusiast were a little worried that these new cars won�...