It's important to note here that a stock Mustang GT is hardly a traction-limited car, and drag racing is all about traction management. The best way to get off-the-line traction is with a wrinkle ...

We're comparing vintage and modern funny cars from 2016 ... and the 426 became the base engine for all nitro drag racing to ... In the back of the Peak car, the slicks are so fat they almost ...

Drag radials, such as the M&H Racemaster, are generally used on street cars, as well as many Outlaw-style race teams. The main difference is the suspension setup, as it differs between the two tires.

That has already been bested by cars with very light mods like drag slicks. Now, a car with slicks, a set of pizza cutters at the front, and what looks like no passenger’s seat has gone 9.98 at ...

The car sits on 15-inch vintage FIA wheels wearing Mickey Thompson tires sized 29 x 4.5 in front, 28 x 10.5 in back. Each Dragonsnake costs $750,000 before options and takes about a year to build.

The roadster that inspired modern drag racing is being built again. The 1963 Shelby Dragonsnake Cobra is back. Shelby American announced Friday that it's reopening production of the classic roadster.

For example, the Honda Insight had a drag coefficient of 0.25, about 1/4 that of modern Formula 1 cars. In between those two examples lie many sports cars, like the 1993 Mazda RX-7 at 0.29.

Bill campaigned two drag cars during the early-to-mid-1960s, this A/Gas prepared Anglia and a blown-and-injected Fiat altered. Both cars were towed to the track with a 1960 Chevrolet sedan delivery.