JOLIET, IL—The switch was inevitable. Had the new Chevrolet Camaro Pro Stock race cars been available at the start of the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Series racing season, the Team Summit drivers would have debuted them immediately. As it worked out, Jason Line and Greg Anderson started the season piloting their Pontiac GXPs—the same cars
Greg Anderson and the Summit Racing team overcame a three-hour rain delay and horsepower-robbing hot and humid conditions on Sunday to score a runner-up finish at the NHRA Route 66 Nationals in Joliet, IL. Starting from the eighth position, Anderson used a combination of solid performance and strong driving to advance to his eighth final
1953. The polio vaccine was released. TV Guide began publication. RCA started selling color televisions. And Chevrolet started producing the Corvette—America’s first sports car. For those of us not around in 1953, it’s hard to imagine a time in which the vast majority of Americans showed virtually no interest in a performance automobile. But that’s
[portfolio_slideshow id=5537] We taught you the basics of bracket racing in a previous post. Now, we’re going to give you the next lesson—how to stage. There is more to staging than simply rolling your car up to the starting line and taking off. There are staging techniques and tricks that will help you maximize elapsed times
For most of his career, Greg Anderson was not really a fan of Route 66 Raceway, site of this weekend’s Route 66 NHRA Nationals. His displeasure had nothing to do with the actual facility, which is considered one of the nicest on the Full Throttle Drag Racing circuit. Instead, it was the fact that it
There’s no time like the present to get out and enjoy shows, cruise-ins, and races. And by enjoy the races, we mean actually go out and race. If you’ve never gone racing—or if you’ve never fully understood bracket racing—this post is intended to nudge you toward the starting line. Truth is you don’t need a
Mopar or no car. So many enthusiasts subscribe to this life philosophy. And while we appreciate just about anything with an internal combustion engine, and even a few things without, we salute your passion for all things Mopar. We have some photos from Summit Racing’s 2012 All Mopar Show in Tallmadge, OH. And we hope
The Detroit muscle car wars are back—and they’re once again spilling on to the dragstrip. NHRA officials have announced the formation of the NHRA Factory Stock Showdown at the 2012 Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Auto Plus at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, August 29-September 3, adding even more excitement to the biggest, richest
The Summit Racing Pro Stock team gave up some ground in the season point standings, but came out of the weekend at the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, TN, still in the top two spots and with its sights set on Chicago in two weeks. Having only made eight test runs with their
Father’s Day gets us thinking about dads. Writing about cars gets us thinking about racing. So it was only a matter of time before we started thinking about dads in racing. And think about it, we did. Who are the best father-son (or in the case of the Forces, the best father-daughter) tandems or groups
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