Recently, we attended day one of the two-day Northeast Sportsman Nationals at Numidia Dragway in Numidia, Pennsylvania. We showed up with our 1969 Dart fully prepped to run the 11.50 index and ...

It's no accident that all the really fast, small-tired cars (like those that run in NMCA's Super Street or NHRA's Stock Eliminator) yank the front tires 2 feet in the air on the starting line.

Without traction, nothing else matters in drag racing. More force on the rear tires means more traction. Rear-wheel drive drag cars rely on weight transfer when the car launches to provide additional ...