| Drag Racing In Japan Is Insane Jalopnik “Just look at this insanity: Camaros, Skylines, HiAces, RX-7s, Jimnys,” NoriYaro explains, showing the field at a drag racing event at Twin Motegi Ring. “Japan: it never doesn’t deliver.” … Japan doesn’t even seem to be at the forefront of drag racing Japanese cars. America and more corner-deprived …
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| Dan Gurney: Legendary American racing driver and motor sport innovator The Independent When his father retired as an opera singer the family moved to California, where Gurney developed an interest in Bonneville drag racing. It positioned him perfectly to make his name in west coast sportscar racing, most notably with Frank Arciero’s 4.9-litre Ferrari. “There were relatively few Ferraris …
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| Rosewood Heights’ Pinto Kustoms and Collision By ‘ProDaddy’ adding to building Alton Telegraph An enthusiast of motorcycle drag racing since his early teens, now Humbert paints and sponsors professional drag racers’ bikes for the organizations NHRA, IDBA and NHDRO, of which pro-racer Bill DeShong belongs. DeShong, Albany, Indiana, owner of Port-Tech, specializing in cylinder heads and …
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| The Brilliant Blue 1941 Willys Known as Guggy’s Gasser is Born Again Hot Rod Network Master fabricator Rob Ida grew up in a world of hot rod shows, shop days, and weekends at the racetrack. His dad, Bob Ida, is an East Coast Drag Racing Hall of Famer, a man who has lived his life a quarter-mile at a time since growing up as a hot-rod-infatuated teen in Brooklyn, New York. As long as …
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| Registration For Holley LS Fest West Is Now Open Dragzine.com One of our favorite events of the year, Holley LS Fest, is almost upon us yet again and registration for LS Fest West has just opened. Holley is returning to Las Vegas Motor Speedway May 4-6 to celebrate all things LS for the second year in a row, and it’s going to be one hell of a good time. Last year, Left …
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| Christian von Koenigsegg Talks About the Future and His Nerves Leading Up to the Speed Record Automobile If you look at drag racing, they’re hitting more than 300 mph. Then you have the salt flats. I don’t think there’s a hard limit. But the question is, if it’s a road car for sale, what’s the compromise for other aspects of the car? What are the sacrifices? You can make the car completely robotized. All the aero …
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| SJ1000 Subaru STI: 1000 Horsepower Harnessed by 4WD TURNology Four wheel-drive and a tractable motor make the power quite usable, and despite what may first spring to mind, the SJ1000 Impreza is not made for drag racing. That being said, S&J Automotive shod the car in a set of drag slicks and easily ran a 10.1-second pass at 144 miles an hour. With a little more …
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| Two-Time Funny Car World Champion Matt Hagan looks to replicate hot start from 2017 at Lucas … Speedway Digest (press release) (blog) For the second time in his career, that typical early-season excitement turned into something even more special for Matt Hagan in 2017. The Funny Car standout won the first two events of the year for the second time in his career, and the two-time world champion is looking for another hot start to open …
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| Motorsport Foxtel Motorsport: ANDRA Drag Racing. Episode 7 Calder Park – Australian Nationals Sportsman. FOX SPORTS 506. 506 FOX SPORTS 506. Close. On Sat 3 Feb 10:45am – 11:45am More Times. The ANDRA Drag Racing Series brings the nitro to speedways across the country with motorsport’s wildest …
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