Drag Racing Blog

Online drag racing videos of the Pacific Street Car Association Pro Street class, first round of eliminations, from the World Finals 2008 race. Dodge Stratus vs. Chevy Cameo pickup vs. Pontiac Firebird vs. 2007 Pontiac GTO vs. Dodge Neon vs. Dodge Viper vs. Chevy El Camino; quite an array of automotive platforms, powered by either turbochargers, nitrous or superchargers. As the saying goes, there are many roads leading to Rome, and these drag racers are running the number with all kinds of different engine configurations. Here are the race results after this first round of drag racing:
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Pro Street drag race video from the PSCA World Finals 2008 event, this is the third round of qualifying. It’s blower vs. turbo vs. nitrous, everything from Dodge Neon to Pontiac Firebird to Chevrolet Corvette. There was plenty of drama, what with the return of Ed Thorton in his new Vette, and Giuseppe Gentile looking at possible new Pro Street records. Giuseppe needed something like a 230 mph pass to back up the 232 mph run from his previous round of drag race qualifying, and his 6.33 pass was very close to the Pro Street class e.t. record of 6.29. The bottom line for all of these Pro Street doorslammers is that they needed to run quicker than seven seconds, if they wanted to make the eight-car field at this drag race. Read the rest of this entry »

This is the second round of Pro Street qualifying, from the Pacific Street Car Association Edelbrock World Finals race, October 2008. Giuseppe Gentile rocketed to the top of the list with a 232 mph charge, his twin-turbo small block Ford engine is making big horsepower. Read the rest of this entry »