There was a buzz in the air at Willowbank Raceway as Winternationals returned. Hundreds of teams vied for glory at the largest drag race event outside of North America. Check out all the photos.
Earlier this year, we showed you one of the most bad-ass straight line machines ever built for the drag strip. That would be Shawn Ellington’s so-called Murder Nova, looking dominant over an 1/8-mile distance in the No Prep Kings series. We’ve seen it do 1/8 mile runs in the 4-second range, and there’s even footage of it putting up a 6-second quarter-mile time.
There is no other country in the world with a bigger love for drag racing than America, be it legal or otherwise. From the dark streets of a city to the established strips, and from beat-down sleepers to the most modern monsters, there’s a little bit of everything for the drag race enthusiasts living here.
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The fifth-generation Ford Mustang, codenamed S197, is a remarkably easy car to modify for peak drag racing performance, especially a 2011 or later GT variant with its Gen 1 Coyote engine.