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SEMA 2009: 1951 Henry J gasser is a 7-second blast from the past
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. ... Read more →
SEMA 2008: Drag-racing limbo truck confuses, amuses Frank Filipponio
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 ...
More pics of the new Mustang FR500CJ Cobra Jet Sam Abuelsamid
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 ...
HKS R33 Skyline Drag GT-R heads to retirement Alex Nunez
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. ...
VIDEO: BikiniRacer 2006 highlights Frank Filipponio
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 ...
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Find of the Day: 1959 BMW Isetta drag racer 3 years ago on Autoblog
Browsing the inventory of The Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum, we ran across this little beast. Based on BMW's Isetta 3-wheeler, a car barely able to get out of its own way, Weiner's Isetta "Whatta Drag" is, um, considerably quicker than the original model. A case of life imitating art (or in this ...
Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News
Chris, Sam, and Dan kick out a podcast just in time for the long holiday drive.
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