Showing posts with label drag racing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drag racing. Show all posts

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Bitchin drag Mustang


interesting photos from Rods and Sods







the wagon wheels sorta throw me... there aren't any indications of an engine, or horse hookups, so is this mechaincal? Or just gravity drive?



Cool signature gimmick, the Moon Eyes




Lions and bears pulling this cart.. .. makes me wonder how those sheep are dealing with the team mates on the pull

best christmas tree ever?

First time I've come across the Stone Woods and Cook gas coupe mustang Dark Horse 2

Lions Drag Strip Feb 11 1967 weekend advertisment

San Diego Dragway at Ramona 1967

drag racing Caddy hearse, 2007, wet track





found on http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/chat/post-random-pic-thread-7157/page76

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Bang Shift finds really cool drag racing, here's a trio of awesome

Hayden Proffitt and the funny car Rebel. Ya gotta hand it to anyone who looks at the brick aerodynamics and says they'll make it win.

EJ Potter, that madman

Turbo Stang, powered by a drag axle from Turbonique and this is the first time I've seen this photo.. awesome
For lots of dragracing photos and videos, go see the tremendous coverage at Bang Shift http://www.bangshift.com/blog/

Friday, December 31, 2010

Zaniest thing I've seen in a while, the Jade Warrior from 1985






Skip the first 30 seconds

Learned about it from http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/ information from http://www.dragzine.com/news/the-jade-warrior-a-truly-insane-and-one-of-a-kind-ride/

The creation of British motorcycle racer Angus MacPhail, who built it himself in his garage, it's called the “Jade Warrior,” did the quarter mile in under 8 seconds a quarter century ago without the use of nitromethane. That's riding on the tip of a bullet.

It was powered by an inline 4-cylinder that blended MacPhail’s own engineering with that of a Ford Cosworth and sported a Roots supercharger producing somewhere between 400 and 500 horsepower.

The frame was, obviously, a completely one-off piece that was built monocoque-style – with a main center section made of alloy and put together with Araldite adhesive and Monel rivets. A well-designed body with ground effects incorporated helped keep it stable and hooked up at close to 200 MPH. Angus claimed it was actually very easy to navigate down the track.