NORWALK, OH. — After all the work—and all the talk between teams—it was time to put up or shut up at Summit Motorsports Park. That’s where the four teams in the $10K Drag Shootout—Team Stinky Pinky, Team Bigun, Team Boddie, and the Dream Team— met to determine a champion. [Learn more about the $10K Drag Shootout
Ahead of the big showdown at the Shakedown at the Summit, the 10K Drag Shootout teams labored for two 16-hour days to finish and chassis-dyno their cars before the trip to Norwalk. Team Stinky Pinky’s had timing and other issues as they attempted to get the supercharged big block Chevy running. They messed up their
During Episode 3 of the $10K Drag Shootout, we saw one of our four teams get hit with a 50-pound weight penalty that cost them some money, but then score a free nitrous kit for winning a taco-eating contest, followed by some trash-talking-induced team drama. Later, all of the teams completed in the E3 Spark
During Epsiode 2 of the $10K Drag Shootout, we saw the cars getting stripped down, parts lists being made, and the teams scrambling to adjust their plans. Now, in Episode 3, it’s time to build. Remember, these teams have $10,000 and just 10 days to assemble what they hope will be the fastest quarter-mile car
After the Episode 1 introduction of the Horsepower Wars: $10K Drag Shootout, the cars have been chosen and build plans have been set. Now, it’s time to put the proverbial rubber-to-the-road. The goal is building the fastest car down the dragstrip, in ten days, while staying within a $10,000 budget. Learn more on the rules
In the previous two installments of Horsepower Wars: Pony Wars, we’ve seen what $15,000 in upgrades can do to a Chevy Camaro 2SS and Ford Mustang GT. Or…at least, what those upgrades can do to a dyno run. Now, it’s time to take the cars to the dragstrip and see how those dyno pulls and horsepower numbers
Welcome to the Horsepower Wars $10K Drag Shootout. The concept is simple: Four teams, 10 days, and $10,000 to build a no-holds-barred drag car that can beat the rest. Each team gets $3,000 in cash and a $7,000 Summit Racing Gift Card to modify their respective cars with a single goal in mind: being faster
In the last installment of Horsepower Wars: Pony Wars, we saw what $15,000 in modifications can do to a Ford Mustang GT. With an 809-horsepower pull, the newly-supercharged Mustang’s dyno results were, to say the least, impressive. But now it’s the Camaro’s turn. Holding on to a one-point lead in the Pony Wars challenge, the
In Horsepower Wars’ ongoing duel between the 2017 Ford Mustang and the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro, we’ve finally arrived to the parts-selection phase for the biggest-money portion of the competition, where both vehicles will receive $15,000 in performance upgrades before the final phase of the competition. Want to learn more about how the Pony Wars will
Well, the cat’s out of the bag now. As part of the $15K upgrade stage of Horsepower Wars: Pony Wars, each team plans to install a ProCharger supercharger system. Want to learn more about the Horsepower Wars: Pony Wars Challenge? Start with Episode 1 here. That means the 2017 Chevy Camaro 2SS and 2017 Ford Mustang
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