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I have gasoline in my veins and my coffee I brew with gun powder :D

Besides having too much hobbies we "sponsor" our friend Detroit Evans (Buffalo Soldiers Racing Team in Killeen, TX).

Here's a short video. I hope the link works...

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=465627476912490

The fastest sticker we currently have out there :D

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Hard to see, it's in the rear window.
 

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JJEH said:
I have gasoline in my veins and my coffee I brew with gun powder :D

Besides having too much hobbies we "sponsor" our friend Detroit Evans (Buffalo Soldiers Racing Team in Killeen, TX).

Here's a short video. I hope the link works...

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=465627476912490

The fastest sticker we currently have out there :D

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Hard to see, it's in the rear window.
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Oklahoma city & Dallas have the faster run for money cars
 
That sucker looks fast. What's it run in the 1/4 mile?

I've never taken my 2010 Challenger down the track. It's not all that fast. Would probably run in the 11's or 12's. It's a supercharged R/T with 3.91 rear end gears and a 5 speed auto.

A friend of mine has a Challenger that is running 200+ miles per hour in the quarter. Not bad for a big car.
 
Used to. Drag racing, at least the pro classes, has gone the same way as NASCAR. Cookie cutter cars. The only way to tell them apart is the make/model decal on the nose. Unless you're a multi-millionaire or know someone who is and will front the money, you can't get in the game. Now the stock and super stock classes with the new Mustangs, Camaros and Challengers is interesting, real cars anyone can buy. If it were up to me, they'd be the pro stock racers, not the hybrids we see on ESPN2 Sunday nights. That said, the noise you hear is my phone not ringing. The NHRA doesn't care what I think.
 
I used to have a 1970 Duster, 340, 12.5:1 TRWs, Edelbrock Victor intake, Holley 750cfm, 727 Torqueflite TurboAction transmission with their 4000 RPM stall converter. Paul Forte who owned TurboAction was a friend and built the transmission himself for us. The car was lightened several hundred pounds. We put it all out the back end with a 6.17 rear gear since we only ran 1/8 mile at Jacksonville Raceway. Ran 7.80s-7.90s in the eighth.

CW
 
Top fuel for me.......................
Grew up within earshot of Irwindale Raceway.
Owned a 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner but never took it down the strip.
wyo-man
 
Cool truck JJEH. Thanks for sharing the video. I did a lot of drag racing when I was a kid. Finally got back into it a few years ago when my twin daughters wanted to get a project car (They were 11 back then). One of them wants to drag race the car when she is able to drive. Been fiddling with the Duster for a few years now and I gotta say, spinning wrenches into the wee hours with my girls have proven to be a blast. ;) Building memories as well as a car.

Be well all...
 
307-Niner said:
A good way to become a millionaire as a drag racer....

Is to start drag racing when you're a billionaire.
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Niner, you're on to something. A few years back, I read that the car finishing 42nd, dead last in a NASCAR Sprint Cup race, makes more in prize money than the car that wins top fuel eliminator in an NHRA meet. Don't know if it's true or not, but there it is.
 
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The most entertaining drag racer is Bob Bunker who pilots his '55 Chevy blown door slammer ("Folsom Flash") @ Sacramento (Calif.) Raceway Park. Bunker does at least a 1/8 mile + burnout. That's a real crowd pleaser. Google this car, there are several videos available.
 
My uncle, Ken Droesbeke, was one of the pioneers in So Cal drag racing. In the 60's, he teamed up with Micky Thompson. Until they had a falling out, he was Pres. of MT Enterprises. He designed the Challenger IV, which held an unofficial speed record of 406+ mph at Bonneville. He managed Lions Drag Strip in Long Beach, CA for years.

Growing up, there were two advantages to visiting my aunt and uncle:
() my teenage cousin was 3 years younger than me and a born matchmaker and (2) there was always a "rail" in the garage, that someone was building. I met Tommie Ivo, Cha Cha and others there. I learned to drive in my uncle's Caddy and his 'vette.

We have a picture of my uncle crossing the timing trap at 183 mph SIDEWAYS, due to a blown tire. The only reason he survived was that he was smart (collected?) enough to pull the 'chute rather than hit the breaks. Uncle Kenny also drove support for the Baja 1000 BEFORE it was a formal race, back when Thompson, Cepek and Stroppe all were doing it as a vacation trip. He was there the year all the vehicles were swept away in a hurricane. In fact, my cousin had a Stroppe Bronco, that was built by Stroppe himself!

My uncle was killed when an "undocumented immigrant" drove across the divider on the 91 Freeway in Riverside while drunk. He was released on bail and disappeared.

Other family members built and drove midgets and 1/4 midgets (my dad) and were "rat bike" Harley riders, back when Harleys weren't Yuppie toys.
 
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While "street legal" might be debatable, the quickest street cars on the planet are still built in the 'burbs around Detroit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PgFopQIJdw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y91leCvBmEs

Mike Moran builds the world's quickest Doorslammer/Street/Pro Street/Outlaw/Pro Mod/whatever-you-want-to-call-them cars a few blocks from my house. Here's a video showing him break into the 5s. That's only a second and 50 mph slower than a Top Fuel car.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c3BIVZQy-U

Mike Moran - The Journey To A 5-Second Timeslip - Hot Rod Magazine

Mike Moran Motorsports - Car Craft Magazine

These guys are right down the street from me, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD65zFt6IiY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19w-iZuPcEE
 
blackdeuce said:
That sucker looks fast. What's it run in the 1/4 mile?
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ET was ~9.20 a while ago, but he kept having issues with the engine. A new engine came in last week and now the testing begins. In the video the new engine was already installed, but it's not fully opted out yet. Trying to get into the low 8's...
 
Donn said:
Niner, you're on to something. A few years back, I read that the car finishing 42nd, dead last in a NASCAR Sprint Cup race, makes more in prize money than the car that wins top fuel eliminator in an NHRA meet. Don't know if it's true or not, but there it is.
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That's why NASCAR started to crack down on the guys who would qualify, start the race, and then park it after a few laps to save wear and tear. They knew there was no chance of being in the top 30, let alone winning, so it made more sense fiscally to just save the tire budget and stay out of a costly wreck.

Have to admit I haven't followed either NASCAR or NHRA closely since my divorce; my father-in-law was into both big-time. I helped him build and crew his bracket race '65 Impala out at S.I.R. (now Pacific Raceways).

My oldest daughter learned her first swear word out in the garage with Dad and Grandpa... :o
 
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