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1951 Kaiser Henry J - Click above for high-res image gallery

Here's another black beauty that caught our attention in the halls of SEMA 2009. It's a 1951 Kaiser Henry J owned and raced by Chris Beanes of California.

Running in A/Gas, this gloss-free gasser can storm the quarter in the mid-7s at better than 174 MPH. We read somewhere that it's powered by a Chevy 400 that's backed by a four-speed transmission, but other than that we don't have a lot more details. What we do have are a few pics in the gallery below that hopefully capture the magic of this nostalgic dragster.


Gallery: SEMA 2009: 1951 Henry J gasser


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SEMA 2009: 1951 Henry J gasser is a 7-second blast from the past originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Click above for high-res gallery of this really low drag truck
How low can you go? When we first walked past this booth at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, we thought the convention hall floor had turned to quicksand. We are in the desert after all. Then we figured out what we were really seeing: a completely slammed truck that could win just about any quarter-mile limbo contest. It's literally knee-high to a grasshopper and powered by an Apollo rocket. Draggers, Inc., Go-EZ and Air-Zenith all share responsibility for this incredible piece of pickup passion. It's right-hand drive, lower than low and has one heck of a huge motor in it, and that's about all we know. Check out the gallery for a bunch of high-res pics.

Gallery: SEMA 2008: Air-Zenith slammed pickup


Photos copyright (C)2008 Frank Filipponio/Weblogs, Inc.

SEMA 2008: Drag-racing limbo truck confuses, amuses originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Air ZenithAirZenithdrag racerDraggersDragRacerEZ GoEzGoslammedFri, 07 Nov 2008 19:28:00 EST<![CDATA[More pics of the new Mustang FR500CJ Cobra Jet]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/07/more-pics-of-the-new-mustang-fr500cj-cobra-jet/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/07/more-pics-of-the-new-mustang-fr500cj-cobra-jet/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/07/more-pics-of-the-new-mustang-fr500cj-cobra-jet/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Click above for a high-res gallery of the Ford Mustang FR500CJ Cobra Jet

We first told you about Ford's new Mustang Cobra Jet factory drag car in June of 2007 and last week Ford posted a video on YouTube of a test session with the new car showing its stuff at Milan DragWay. Now we've received some fresh high-res pics of the Cobra Jet in our inbox from Ford. Last we heard Ford is only building 50 of these drag race specials all of which are powered by a blown 5.4-liter 32-valve V8 based on the GT500 motor. This engine has been breathed on a little more heavily then the GT500 and the car looks like it's been stripped down. With the usual drag combo of skinny front and fat rear tires, this Cobra looks like it might be a contender.

Gallery: Ford Mustang FR500CJ Cobra Jet

More pics of the new Mustang FR500CJ Cobra Jet originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I'll admit it. The first exposure I had to the HKS R33 Nissan Skyline drag racer pictured above was when I won it as a prize car in the monumentally great Gran Turismo 2 for the original Playstation. That was 1999 or 2000, and sadly, despite the car's formidable in-game stats, it was a bit of a drag (no pun intended) to play with because the dragstrip was not included in the U.S. release of the game. (Suffice to say the car was not the most awesome thing to use at Laguna Seca, for example.)

Pity, because the real-life HKS drag car certainly walked the walk. In 2001, it made a 7.671-second run in Japan, setting a record for AWD cars that stood for several years. HKS announced this week that after years of entertaining fans, the car is being officially retired. It'll be displayed at an import drag event in New Zealand in February, after which it'll head home to Japan for good. Initially, HKS planned to rebuild and race the car at the NZ event, but they discovered that there was a lack of replacement parts for it and that the car's chassis has weakened over the years to the point where they felt it could no longer be raced safely without being completely redone. That, combined with the dearth of proper parts, made the HKS decision easy.

Follow the jump for a shot of how many of us first experienced this car, along with a 2002 video of the car in action and HKS's official press release.

Don't miss the video. Like I said at the top, that thing sure as hell walked the walk.

[Sources: HKS, YouTube]

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HKS R33 Skyline Drag GT-R heads to retirement originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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One of our favorite models from this year's show circuit was Anna Comingore at the VIP Auto Fashion Show. Anna's nickname is Bikini Racer. We know what the "Bikini" stands for. Anna has won her fair share of modeling trophies, and deservedly so. So what does the "Racer" part refer to? You can be forgiven for thinking so because of the bikini association, but it doesn't refer to swimming. No, you see, Anna campaigns a Toyota Supra Turbo drag racer. And she did pretty well this year, finishing 2nd out of a field of 16 nationally in the NDR NOPI Chic class, and winning Stock Twin Turbo outright at TX2K6, the Supra Nationals. Along the way she managed a best time of 11.55 @ 120 mph! Pretty impressive. Well, Anna remembered us from VIP and wanted us to know she put together a video montage of the highlights from her 2006 season, both on and off the track. Thanks, Anna. Click away after the jump and enjoy.

[Source: BikiniRacer]

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VIDEO: BikiniRacer 2006 highlights originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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