Mister Pig
Pigamus Maximus
Crazy bastards! Who thinks this stuff up?
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Mister Pig
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Mister Pig
Greatest Drag Races Of All Time
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I've seen the Shockwave truck run. It's not all that fast compared to a dedicated drag machine, but the spectacle of it all is outrageous! If you ever get the chance to see it run, don't miss it. 
How about the Armoral Revell Rocket car the other 200+mph hydrogen peroxide rocket cars? Coolest shit ever. They went whoosh and disappeared down the track like bullets. At OCIR they blew the doors off the equipment storage room in the tower behind the starting line. A real crowd pleaser.
olson_jr
Lunatic Member
Looks like some mothers got a lead foot or at least the boots for the lead feet!
Mister Pig
Pigamus Maximus
I don't know the story on that Bug, but it must be embarrassing for an Italian super car to get smoked like that.
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Mister Pig
grillebilly
Empty Head
The nitro cars are going 325 MPH in under 4 seconds now.
damacman
Resident Psycho
Your best post yet! I grew up near The Shockwave's home track - MoKan Dragway. Les Shockley shows up with it with (4) jet engines and the IHRA says NOPE. He pulled one off, centered the upper and returned. The first time we saw it run, we sat in the stands along the starting line. That was a BIG mistake, especially given that we were all sunburned from a long day at the track.
You have to understand the weight of this vehicle and that it has no drivetrain to comprehend just how amazing it is. It used to run the 1/4 mile in the 6s IIRC. BITD, the truck was on the show That's Incredible and it beat (from a dead stop) a plane crossing the starting line at over 100mph in the 1/4 mile.
As for the Dung Beetle and the Farm Truck, just set your DVR to record the upcoming season of Street Outlaws. They're both a huge part of the show.
My fave in that video was the 1,000hp VW Polo!
You have to understand the weight of this vehicle and that it has no drivetrain to comprehend just how amazing it is. It used to run the 1/4 mile in the 6s IIRC. BITD, the truck was on the show That's Incredible and it beat (from a dead stop) a plane crossing the starting line at over 100mph in the 1/4 mile.
As for the Dung Beetle and the Farm Truck, just set your DVR to record the upcoming season of Street Outlaws. They're both a huge part of the show.
My fave in that video was the 1,000hp VW Polo!
MaxxVolume
Lunatic Member
I was a big fan in the `60s and early `70s. I used to love "The Gasser Wars", guys like Big John Mazmanian and Stone, Woods & Cook, battling it out in their Willys coupes, the top dragsters of the day, like Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, Connie Kalitta, "TV Tommy" Ivo, and "Big Daddy" Garlits. A couple years later we had folks like Grumpy Jenkins, with his stable of "Grumpy`s Toys" race cars, and "Jungle Jim" Lieberman, along with his girlfriend "Jungle Pam", both of whom I shared pizza and beers with after the races were done. Those were different times, you didn`t have to be a bazillionaire to compete back then....
olson_jr
Lunatic Member
I lived in Westland Mi in the 60's and one of the Stone, Woods & Cooks 41 Willys would frequently be parked in a neighbors garage. Never saw them wrenching on it and the folks that lived there did not seem to be mechanical types, at least I never noticed toolboxes in their garage. I have always wondered just what was going on with that car? If it was for shows or a backup or what?
One of the Alexander brothers also lived in our neighborhood and the Dodge Deora would frequently be parked at their house. There would be a bunch of us kids hanging out in the street on our Schwinn Sting Rays anytime that was parked in their driveway.
And what does this have to do with the post, oh yeah, these folks were not bazillionaires!
One of the great passes was Prudhomme's 5.63 in the Pepsi Challenger. In a Funny Car. A shot heard round the world.
exhippy
I use to have long hair. Now I'm lucky to have any
Match racing back in the 1960's and early to mid 1970's. Some of the best drag racing . It'll never be repeated...
Jungle Jim!
Like Jungle said.... "Never trust the NHRA."
Bet a frosty six-pack somebody comments on Pam's.............
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Jungle Jim!
Like Jungle said.... "Never trust the NHRA."
Bet a frosty six-pack somebody comments on Pam's.............
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bowtie427ss
Lunatic Member
How about with a 1.3 liter Mazda RX-3, R100, or RX-7?I know one thing now,it takes one HELL of a car to smoke a motorcycle.
With 20+psi of boost the twin rotor 13B engine should not be underestimated or overlooked.
I think Mr. Pig would be endeared to the "oink oink" note of a 13B at idle.
Seen Jungle Pams "Assets" Back in the day. Match racing in the 70/80'S was where we were on a Saturday night. OCIR/Lions/Irwindale. What a blast. Literally. Man, This stuff makes me feel old.
BobbyBluz
Super Member
While my Dad's involvement was with local dirt track midgets & modifieds in the 50's & 60's one of his friends ran Top Fuel (Del Fisher & his "Blue Angel", also drove the "Chizler" for Chris Karamesines a few times). There was a guy named Lonnie Butts that lived a block away from us that had a fuel altered before moving to California in 1964 and switching to Top Fuel. Lonnie used to test the altered late at night on the recently paved neighborhood streets.
