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Ultima GTR goes for quarter-mile record and gets it
Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Europe, SupercarsNot long ago the Ultima GTR broke its own record (again) as the fastest car to achieve 0-100mph-0 for the third year in a row. On that same day it also...
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13s in the quarter for $1300 - and 30 MPG, too
Filed under: Aftermarket, Motorsports, Technology Chrysler's "A Platform" hasn't ever received a whole lot of respect from gearheads, but aside from serving as a useful bridge between the K-car and the...
View ArticleVIDEO: How to move two tons down the quarter-mile in less than ten seconds
Filed under: Motorsports, VideosWhen the owners of two-ton monsters get together at the annual Southern Super Heavyweight Shootout each November, Sir Issac Newton's laws get put to the test. As...
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Safety concerns cause NHRA to limit races to 1,000 feet
Filed under: Motorsports, SafetyThe NHRA has acted very quickly in an effort to improve the safety of its Top Fuel and Funny Car races. Due to the tragic death recently of '94 and '95 Top Fuel champion...
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VIDEO: OnStar calls Hennessey after tuned CTS-V pulls .99 g
Filed under: Videos, Cadillac The 700-hp Hennessy CTS-V meets OnStar -- Click above to watch video On its way to doing the 1/4-mile in 11.07 seconds at 128 mph, a Hennessy-tuned 700-horsepower Cadillac...
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Video: AMS Alpha 10 claims new quarter-mile record for Nissan GT-R
Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupe, Performance, Videos, Nissan AMS Alpha 10 Nissan GT-R claims a quarter-mile record - Click above to watch the video after the jump AMS Performance has broken its own...
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GM Futurliner runs quarter mile like a Boss
Filed under: Classics, GM General Motors built the Futurliner to promote a traveling show called the "GM Parade of Progress" in the 1940s and '50s. The slippery-lined bus, which was penned by the...
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Infiniti M35h sets hybrid 1/4-mile Guinness World Record
Filed under: Motorsports, Hybrid, Sedan, Infiniti, UK, Luxury On Tuesday, August 23, a lone 2012 Infiniti M35h ripped down the UK's rain-drenched Santa Pod Raceway and sped into the record books as the...
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Watch Hennessey's own CTS-V Sport Wagon pull a sub-11-second quarter mile...
Filed under: Aftermarket, Performance, Wagon, Videos, Cadillac The image above is a perfect example of potential energy. What we have is famed tuner John Hennessey's own personal daily driver, a...
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2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 runs quarter mile in 11.93 seconds [UPDATE]
Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Videos, Chevrolet, GM We've taken the bone-stock 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 down the quarter-mile drag strip at Bondurant in Arizona several times. The very...
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Tesla Model S sets quarter-mile record for quickest production EV [w/video]
Filed under: Motorsports, Sedan, Performance, Technology, Videos, Hatchback, Electric, Luxury It looks as if the Tesla Model S has a new feather to stick in its cap. DragTimes.com took the five-door...
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2013 SRT Viper spends its days living life a quarter mile at a time
Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Videos, SRT There are lots of ways to measure the performance of a car, but there's only one that is quintessentially American: the quarter mile. And while...
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Dodge Charger Hellcat hitting 60 in 2.9 seconds on drag radials?
Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Dodge The Dodge boys and their cousins from SRT have shoehorned the same 707-horsepower, 6.2-liter supercharged V8 into both the Dodge Challenger and Charger. The...
View ArticleDrag racing White Zombie gets some Oregon Public TV love
Filed under: Green, United States, ElectricThere seems to have been a spate of posts here on ABG lately about electric vehicles running down the quarter mile strip. The Killacycle set a world record,...
View ArticleShawn Lawless teams with Orange County Choppers, steals quarter mile crown...
Filed under: Green, Motorcycle, Electric, Racing Shawn Lawless on his record-breaking electric motorcycle - Click above to watch video after the jumpContinue reading Shawn Lawless teams with Orange...
View ArticleBlack Current sets street-bodied electric vehicle record with 9.51 sec 1/4...
Filed under: Green, Volkswagen, Electric, Racing Electric Black Current spanks Tesla Roadster in 2010 - Click above to watch video after the jumpContinue reading Black Current sets street-bodied...
View ArticleVideo: Catch Black Current's record-setting 9.51 second 1/4-mile run
Filed under: Green, Electric, Racing Black Current sets street-bodied 1/4 mile record - Click above to watch video after the jumpContinue reading Video: Catch Black Current's record-setting 9.51 second...
View ArticleCorvette Z06 and Viper TA square off at the strip
Filed under: Videos, Chevrolet, DodgeIt's the battle we've all been waiting for as the ultimate versions of America's most legendary sports cars finally line up on the drag strip in this latest video...
View ArticleCars.com runs 11-second quarter with Dodge Charger Hellcat
Filed under: Dodge, Sedan, PerformanceCars.com took a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat to the drag strip and hustled the supercharged sedan down the quarter mile in 11.03 seconds. The car was completely...
View ArticleUltima GTR goes for quarter-mile record and gets it
Filed under: Etc.,Motorsports,Europe,SupercarsNot long ago the Ultima GTR broke its own record (again) as the fastest car to achieve 0-100mph-0 for the third year in a row. On that same day it also...
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