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By Kyle Hutchinson Photo Credit: Double J Photo MACON, ILLINOIS One week later than originally scheduled, Macon Speedway is set to open the doors on a new season for the 76 th time, this coming Saturday, April 17th. The fastest 1/5-mile dirt track in the world will have an action-packed evening, featuring six different classes of race cars plus CEFCU Kids Club, Spectator Drags, concession specials, and a $1,000 to win Pro Mod race. The DIRTcar Pro Mods will be competing in their biggest event of the year, running for a $1,000 top prize. The division had a big race at Lincoln Speedway last weekend, which ran extremely clean and saw Macon Speedway regular, Kevin Crowder, claim the win. ....
800-HP Chevy Corvette to Assist Blind Racer Attempting 210-MPH Record This Year 14 Apr 2021, 9:45 UTC · by Dan Parker, aka The Blind Machinist, has an incredible life story. He was blinded in a horrific drag racing incident back in 2012 and continues to race to this very day. Better yet, he’s taking part in the 2021 Blind Driver Challenge and, later this year, will attempt to nail the Guinness Book World Record for the “ Fastest Speed for a Car Driven Blindfolded.” 10 photos Born into a family imbued with adrenaline in its DNA, Dan Parker became a racer just like his father. Unfortunately, after a promising start into a Pro Mod and Pro Nitrous drag racing career (he has a Dixie Pro Stock championship as well as the 2005 ADRL Pro Nitrous world championship title), an accident in 2012 rendered him completely blind. ....
Not every aspiring nitro racer has the deep pockets or deep connections that can pave their way to a full-time ride in a top-tier car. For those without that built-in launch pad, the course of success takes equal parts ingenuity, determination, and the willingness to build from scratch. Just ask Joe Morrison, who has worked his way through the nostalgia ranks and Top Alcohol Dragster to a seat in the Leverich Racing Top Fuel dragster. Morrison made his Pro debut at last year’s Lucas Oil NHRA Summernationals in Indy and competed at three other races in the shortened season, and he and the team worked relentlessly behind the scenes to set up a 10-race campaign for 2021. ....
Unusual Twin-Turbo, Camaro Funny Car Shows Up at the Track, Runs 4.99 10 Apr 2021, 13:00 UTC · by Blown funny cars are nothing to write home about these days, but twin-turbo setups are quite rare. That s mostly due to NHRA regulations, but turbo cars also tend to be slower than supercharged ones off the line. Still, former Altered racer Scott Pareso is giving twin-turbocharging a shot. 1 photo This Camaro-bodied funny car showed up at the track during Funny Car Chaos at Texas Motorplex. It packs a steel, big-block, 8.8-liter Chevy V8 with Holley EFI and a pair of Borg Warner turbos. It also runs on methanol fuel instead of nitromethane. ....