Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Jim Lakey's Speed Shop, Piqua Ohio, 1963 Nash Metro B/Comp dragster. Lovin it.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Time for humor
I never thought about all the potential uses for fold down windows... sure looks like it makes a great table for drive ins!Sunday, January 9, 2011
interesting photos from Rods and Sods

drag racing Caddy hearse, 2007, wet track
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.. awesomeSunday, January 2, 2011
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.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
The High and Mighty, mopar engineers and (street racers by night) used it to develop intakes and engines
above photo via http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/
Monday, December 13, 2010
The Winged Express driver passes the competition on the far side of the track, between the other dragster and the wall, post burnout lane change
Learned about it in the Feb 2011 Hot Rod magazine, Roddin at Random. Too bad Hot Rod isn't more focused on drag racing and hot rods instead of new Chevy LS engine head tech articles and putting LS engines into a 1979 Camaro. When did a 79 Camaro with any engine ever define "Hot Rod"?
Friday, December 10, 2010
The Lawman, Boss 429 Mustang that AL Eckstrand brought to the USO tours during Vietnam to take the troops mind off the war for a moment
Thursday, December 2, 2010
best looking dragster musclecar? A Superbird from Sox and Martin with a 440 6 pack hood scoop is the best mopar I can conceive of
A variety of photos of the "Stone Woods and Cook" Willys dragsters... the iconic Willys dragster
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
there is integral coolness in VW's... but it takes some work to make it show
The above is written up here: http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2010/11/mental-breakdown-1700hp-volkswagen-bus.html






































