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FuelTech s C8 Corvette makes an astonishing 1,075 wheel horsepower, and last month managed to run a 9.72-second quarter mile at 146 mph at Virginia Motorsports Park. But that wasn t enough for the team, who last week pushed the car further to a 9.61-second run at 148 mph at the South Georgia Motorsports Park.
With a set of sticky Mickey Thompson ET Street R Drag Radials fitted on the back and some nitrous adjustment, the guys managed to get the 60-foot time down to a respectable 1.38 seconds. Popping wheelies ain t easy: this Vette requires the help of twin Garrett G35-900 turbochargers boosting 21 psi and a constant flow of M1 methanol to lift the skinny front tires.
NHRA Adds Bristol to 2021 Schedule, Postpones Virginia
Bristol to become race in Countdown for the Championship; 50% capacity not good enough for NHRA at Virginia RON LEWIS
The NHRA is changing it s schedule on the fly and adding a race to its Countdown to the Championship playoffs in the process.
On Wednesday, NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series officials announced that the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol (Tenn.) Dragway is back on the schedule. The event was canceled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was left off the original 2021 schedule.
In addition to the Bristol news, the NHRA announced postponement of its June 4-6 scheduled event for Virginia Motorsports Park. No make-up date was announced. Virginia joins the earlier postponed Pomona event on the sideline. No word yet on a Pomona makeup.
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