What is grudge drag racing

Secrecy is a major part of the game. This is serious business and not for the faint of heart, as many of these events are winner takes all. Cars are usually separated by power adder or tire size or both. Sometimes, a full chassis car is excluded, and only back-half or stock-suspension cars are allowed. It is really up to the promoter and what he thinks the racers and fans will support. The goal is some sort of parity, without a lot of technical rules.

Specially marked playing cards, chips or balls are picked by the competitors, and they race the opponent with the matching number. This is performed each round by the previous round winners until there is only one left standing. Tommy Rainer, a long time Limited Street racer from Georgia, said he was tired of all the "hoopla and rule changes. Asked about the racing for the racing itself, Rainer replied , "When the light turns green it is like opening a Christmas gift, you never know what the other guy's car can do.

Radio host, announcer, promoter and racer Willie Dog, who only answers to this name in the community, believes the appeal of this style of racing is the unknown and unpredictable nature of this drag racing community. As these events have increased in profitability, some tracks have begun to add to the purse. As for the appeal to the fans,. The major events have tightened the quality standards and have since made strides to improve the fan experience.

What we do know is the car has trapped nearly mph in the eighth-mile, which means 4s aren't out of the question. It's also a pretty solid A to B car, as evidenced by him taking out Boddie in eliminations. One thing is clear: When he stuffed an electronically controlled, ci big-block with an F3 Procharger into his Camaro, he wasn't playing to lose. Best eighth: Mid-4s CC est. Perhaps the most well-known four-door on the West Coast, the Renteria brothers have been racing a Valiant with two extra doors since the lates.

Eventually, the car got pretty fast—then really fast—then they had an all-fiberglass body built and went full Pro Mod. Tipping the scales at a mere 2, pounds, the Brad Anderson engine topped off with a C rotor PSI blower generates some serious steam, in the form of a best elapsed time of 5. It was the team's first grudge race with the car, but they were pretty unphased. With Moe, Larry, and Curly on the butterflies of their engine, you have to love the Renterias' attitude! Best quarter: 5.

We ran into the "Machine Gun Cutty" team right before they were about to make a pass, so we were only able to grab some quick basics. The Cutlass was more grudge than any other car we ran into, with some questionable paint, beat-up fenders, and a huge big-block with a bunch of nitrous on top.

What they would tell us is the engine has more than one stage of spray—with both kits turned on, their total shot is more than hp—and that right now they have a lot more motor than chassis. The Cutlass gets its name by the unique four-pipe collector exhaust, and last time we saw it, the car was headed toward the sky on a launch, typical of a street-type "hook anywhere" chassis tune-up.

Best eighth: Low-5s CC est. Alternating between a nonexistent hood a and a Pro Stockstyle scoop, Ray's Nova is nothing but nitrous once the hood is removed. With old-school nitrous systems galore and a big-block Chevy with a Powerglide, Ray was the giant killer of the bunch and could manage his horsepower down the whole eighth-mile.

We'd seen the car run a test pass in the 6s in the eighth with no nitrous, and with "more than a shot," we expect Ray's ride is at least low-5s or high-4s, no matter the track conditions. With a Big Tire class grudge victory earlier in the year, nobody was going to underestimate Ray or his purple Nova. Best eighth: High-4s CC est. Rod Burbage is no stranger to drag racing, having campaigned a carbon-fiber-bodied, 5-second Pro Mod Chevelle for a number of years, but his latest fun involves Dave Palmer's killer street car.

The Chevelle is mostly steel and runs a degree-headed big-block, so what explains the highsecond eighth-mile elapsed times? The key is an enormous 40 pounds of boost, which helps the ci big-block generate an estimated 2,, hp.

With plenty of chassis experience, Dave's hard-hooking Chevelle is always one to watch at any grudge event. Best quarter: Mid-4s CC est. The man responsible for the beautiful paint on many of the northern California grudge cars, Doug Reed, has his own El Camino to play with. The street-driven Chevy complete with high beams had just been fitted with 94mm turbos before the event and only had a few laps prior to the race. In a Hollywood ending, Doug waded through the field of Big Tire cars all the way to the finals, where he pulled off the win!

Part of the fun of grudge racing is you may see a certain type of car that's very popular in this case, a Mustang Fox-body and have no idea how fast it is. A flat hood, no turbos, small tires—nitrous? Nate's '89 runs pretty well, thanks to a ci LSX engine with a healthy dose of nitrous oxide.

The lowsecond sleeper is known around the area for being able to hook anywhere, at any time, which makes it a perfect grudge car.