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Hot Rod Drag Week

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 5:33 pm
by kevm14
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyj_hyd-DMs

This sounds really cool. They have to drive 1000 miles and then the average of five 1/4 mile runs determines the winner. I thought to myself...this would appear to be the domain of the turbo LS. And Freiburger said there were a lot there. Looking for coverage of this event which already happened in Sept. This is about the only way to get me interested in drag racing.
Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week is the most intense form of street-car racing in the world. The competition pits street cars, some of which really push the boundaries of that phrase, to run passes at four different drag strips across five days while also driving the cars on the roads between tracks. The total distance traveled is usually somewhere well north of 1,000 miles, meaning that cars capable of running 250 mph in a quarter-mile have to drive on the roads with your grandmother’s Camry

Re: Hot Rod Drag Week

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 5:40 pm
by kevm14

Re: Hot Rod Drag Week

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 5:41 pm
by kevm14

Re: Hot Rod Drag Week

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 5:43 pm
by kevm14
http://www.dragtimes.com/blog/twin-turb ... -drag-week

7.80 @ 170. Still has factory A/C. These are my people.

Re: Hot Rod Drag Week

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 6:03 pm
by kevm14
28 hours of footage here:
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG ... 9hRVoxxxju

The day 4 video seems broken.

Re: Hot Rod Drag Week

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 6:34 pm
by kevm14
Stories like these are why Drag Week is awesome:
http://www.hotrod.com/articles/jeff-opp ... drag-week/

Re: Hot Rod Drag Week

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 6:38 pm
by kevm14

Re: Hot Rod Drag Week

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 7:02 pm
by kevm14
JEFF Lutz has won Hot Rod Drag Week 2016 and the Unlimited Class with an average of 6.191 at 240mph with his Mad Max Pro Mod-style 1969 Camaro. That is the fastest average time in Drag Week history and is Jeff's second overall win at Drag Week.

Re: Hot Rod Drag Week

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 7:05 pm
by kevm14
The Chevelle team of Harry Haig, Terry Seng, Shannon Jennings and Ryan Jones did everything they'd set out to do. A seven-second pass would have a massive bonus, but the track temps did not allow the 3600lb car to hook up on radials. They built the car in a single week, melted the internet and finished with an average of 8.95 seconds for the week. That's right, an eight second average from a car that was a pile of parts a week ago and didn't tow a trailer. The boys are already talking about next year and taking the car to another level

Re: Hot Rod Drag Week

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 7:05 pm
by kevm14