April 18th, 2025
What do we have here? Looks like a supercar slugfest between a hybrid Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray and a gas guzzling McLaren 600LT. That’s Long Tail, gearheads. Promoting this U-drag contest is none other than DragTimes own Brooks Weisblat. While the rear-wheel drive McLaren 600LT tips the scale at 3,300 pounds, the all-wheel drive Corvette E-Ray has a GVW of 4,100 pounds. The weight differential will likely help to offset the extra 93hp delivered by the hybrid Chevy. The McLaren 600LT utilizes a twin turbocharged 3.8-liter V8 to produce 562hp. GM opted for the combination of a naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V8 Read More
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April 17th, 2025
Y’all know the Street Racing Channel (SRC) crew, right? Well, they have trailered three of their most popular vehicles down to Grand Prairie, Texas for the Jimmy Dale Small Tire Gangsta’ Shootout at the iconic Yello Belly Dragstrip (a.k.a. The Gut). Yello Belly is one of the most unique dragstrips in the country. With covered parking from the starting line to the finish line, The Gut delivers an atmosphere of pure pandemonium on every pass. You might not recognize him with the cowboy hat, but that’s Billy in the red and black 1955 Chevy. He’s running in the Quick Street Read More
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April 15th, 2025
Big man Frank is hard at work again. This time, he’s tracked down a grudge race between a pair of gently modified daily drivers. Shall we drop in and see what all the fuss is about? In the right lane is the Pontiac G8 GT. Assembled in Australia, the GT version of the rear-wheel drive G8 sedan came with a naturally aspirated 6.0-liter V8 engine rated at 361hp. The stock G8 wasn’t up to snuff for street racing so this owner added an LSA blower, a high-performance camshaft and an E85 tune. Now this Aussie Poncho is laying down some Read More
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April 14th, 2025
It looks like a Fox Body invasion on this extremely flat, exceptionally straight stretch of blacktop deep in the swampy innards of the Sunshine State (Mexico). No Prep Street Drag Racing is on the agenda and we have Limpy on the Light. This is a run-whatcha-brung single elimination event. The sounds coming out of that bog are sweet swamp music to my ears. Last year’s champion was the Ugly Duck. This stock chassis C4 Chevrolet Corvette – running a 5.3-liter LS motor with a pair of 67-millimeter turbochargers – has got to be the odds-on favorite to win it again Read More
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April 11th, 2025
The Hoskinson family has racing fuel in their blood. Father, Bill (Old Man’s Garage) has been street and drag racing for decades. Sons, Billy (Street Racing Channel) and Tommy (Gen 2 Garage) first caught my attention when Tommy was racing a Chevy S-10 with a small block and nitrous. Most of the racing was small time and still they struggled to keep up. Over the years, this humble family of racers has taken Bill’s vast knowledge of old school carbureted small block Chevys and combined it with the latest in modern forced air induction to build an impressive empire. Bill Read More
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April 10th, 2025
Fresh from the land of fruits and nuts, we have a 1967 Ford F-100 that not only looks amazing, but it also runs pretty well. Shawn (AutotopiaLA) is set to give us the full walk around of this beautiful street sleeper pickup built by Velocity Modern Classics (VMC). Under the hood of this vintage hauler is a modern motor. The modular Gen III 5.0-liter Coyote mill is in crate condition and makes 460hp to the crankshaft pulley. The transmission is a 10R80 10-speed automatic and the rear end is a – you guessed it – a Ford 9-inch. This modern Read More
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April 9th, 2025
The Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR is a rare breed. In 2020, only 180 GT500s were badged with the KR logo. The KR version (short for King of the Road) has been around since 1968. This 2020 iteration has been abducted by Fathouse Performance. Fathouse will add a few tweaks and bump the performance up a skosh. Here’s the rundown: Of course, every dyno test should begin with a baseline. In stock trim, the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR posted some pretty impressive dyno totals. The GT500KR, already enhanced by Shelby American, comes with exclusive KR badging, a carbon-fiber hood, specialized Read More
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April 2nd, 2025
In this clip Dragtimes honcho Brooks Weisblat is representing the red, white and blue as he climbs behind the wheel of the brand-new Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray. Today, he will be taking on a 2023 Porsche 911 Turbo S in a series of quarter-mile drag races. Despite their many differences, these two cars are almost identical in maximum output potential. Have a closer look. The all-wheel drive Porsche is powered by a 3.8-liter flat-6 motor with a pair of turbochargers. The Turbo S is rated at 640hp and 590 lb.-ft. of torque at peak RPM. The transmission is an 8-speed dual-clutch Read More
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March 31st, 2025
The last thing I expected to see today was a heavy Chevy Blazer running autocross, drifting and cutting donuts like a sports car. Fortunately, Shawn (AutotopiaLA) changed my outlook. Here’s David Carroll to show his 1973 Chevrolet Blazer. So, how does one go about hot rodding a 2-ton SUV? Of course, it starts under the hood. This truck has a fully built 5.3-liter LT5 motor with a polished (stock) crankshaft and premium internals (rods, pistons, rings, etc.) put together by the infamous Pork Chop. Most of the mechanical expertise for this turbo/intercooler setup is courtesy of Marcus Frye Enterprises and Read More
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March 28th, 2025
We join the 1320 Video guys at Cleetus McFarland’s AWD vs. RWD Shootout from Bradenton Motorsports Park in sunny Florida. On the line today is a total payout f $52K in prizes and side money. The format will pit all-wheel drive cars and trucks against rear-wheel drive cars and trucks in head-to-head eighth-mile no-prep action. Only 28 x 10.5-inch tires are allowed. Midnight Performance is heading up the all-wheel drive contingent and Beater Bomb is calling the shots on the rear-wheel drive crew. The one and only Limpy is on the light. The First Round will be purely RWD vs Read More
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