The Beauty and Brutality of Drag Racing: A Day at Code Dragway

The engine bay of a vehicle is often considered the heart of the car, and for some drag racers, it's more than just a pretty face. It's a testament to their mechanical prowess and attention to detail. The code dragway crew has certainly made an impression with their ride, which they've lovingly dubbed "the jawbreaker." This beast of a car is not only a sight to behold but also a force to be reckoned with on the track.

The crew's love for their vehicle is evident in every aspect of its design and construction. From the exhaust system to the waste gate, each component has been carefully crafted to ensure maximum performance. The team's leader, Marilyn, was thrilled with her car's performance, having achieved a top speed of over 1200. "We're not gonna get back that," she said with a smile, referring to the challenge set by other teams.

The code dragway crew's strategy for racing involves a delicate balance of speed and control. They've developed a system of boost pressure management, which allows them to fine-tune their car's performance to suit the track conditions. This expertise has been honed over countless hours of testing and tweaking, making them one of the top contenders in the competition.

Despite their impressive skills, the team acknowledges that drag racing is not without its risks. "I'd like to get it into left 11," Marilyn said, referring to her car's ability to navigate the track at high speeds. This goal requires precision and skill, as well as a deep understanding of the vehicle's limitations.

The code dragway crew's ride has undergone numerous modifications and upgrades over the years, with each change aimed at increasing its performance. From the 850 horsepower engine to the exhaust system, every component has been carefully selected and installed to ensure maximum power output. The result is a car that's not only fast but also reliable and durable.

The team's approach to racing involves a mix of finesse and brute force. "I'm trying," Marilyn said, referring to her need to push through the light on the track. This requires a delicate balance of speed and control, as well as a willingness to take calculated risks.

As we watched the code dragway crew prepare for their final run, it was clear that they were determined to make it count. With just minutes to spare before the starting line, they got to work, fine-tuning their car's settings and making any necessary adjustments. The tension was palpable as they prepared to face off against their rivals.

Finally, with just seconds to go before the start of the race, the team made their final preparations. "All right, guys," Marilyn said, her voice steady and calm. "Let's do this." With a deep breath, she put her car in gear and hit the gas, sending the jawsbreaker into high speed.

As we watched the car take off down the track, it was clear that this team had put everything on the line. Their determination and skill were on full display as they pushed their car to its limits, with nothing but victory in mind.

In the end, it was Marilyn's car that emerged victorious, crossing the finish line a hair's breadth ahead of its competitors. As she stepped out of the cockpit, exhausted but exhilarated, it was clear that this team had truly earned their place among the best.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat is up 30 2008 in New Jersey for date three of dreck we're gonna show you a little bit what happened on the road last night right now and then we're gonna race against and ranchers that Drag Week is not just for the racers we also have problems right here is fixing a flat tire for us do you know if it was a nail or something is no no all right got the new tire on there obviously doesn't look very new and we found the culprit a little better right here hey there's a tire that's not flat well like you guys saw in yesterday's video we got a flat tire no this video will go and listen all right as you guys saw and we got a flat we came out hotel we changed it with the spare and now it's after racing at the track in Cecil County and we're at a Firestone getting a tire and then we're going to try to catch up with the racers and all that on the way on the way to go so that's what we're doing right now look I'm filming like Fred this is out Fred film zoom out Jesus I'm an idiot I'm so stupid alright this tire changes did get us off route but don't tell Freiburger cuz then we'll get this wall fight right yeah burgers I'm down sounds good let's go eat some fries and burgers I'm actually down below all right see what racers are still here our flat tire kind of cost us a little bit of time but we were trying to get you hot rods alright guys well we got a little behind because of our flat tire situation we got that fixed and we met we kind of cut the route a little bit to meet people here at Pete's produce farm which is the checkpoint number one for day two of Drag Week we're gonna walk around and see it struggles on the road see how people are doing and that kind of thing how's it going guys no I don't like that what's going on it's chunky chunky man No thank God I'm literally 25 miles resume oh so this is the perfect place to for this to happen if it was happen now is the best these gentlemen help me out tremendously family I love these guys throw my brother's down I got other good friends coming down Albee that's what drag weeks about man what do you has everybody else doing on their own every else all right here we lost it the first day house now we're just we throw all the tools and stuff in the truck and we're just following their gotcha well that's good of you to do that that's awesome yeah I'll say yeah the days that work any play right yeah hanging out with some friends making some new friends having a good time alright guys we'll see you guys on the road some more cars are just full and which means they were even more behind than us we fixed a flat tire and ate and ate dinner as long as you guys make it to the next day and you make a pass before they shut down the track you're fine so if you break down like let's say these cars break down right here right now they work for like 10 hours on the car they make the rest of Drive they get there with 10 minutes to make a pass as long as they make a pass even if it's a 20-second pass they're still at it does girl does not appreciate the loud any issues where your guys you're just running a little late got some dinner maybe we were behind from the day before so oh yeah gotcha we didn't get we didn't get in there about 6:00 in the morning oh gee what happened oh I see a ratchet strap on that yeah that's part on this one but that's not what held us up dolt went out on the other one so gotcha yeah you know the trouble on the road anything no no not really that's good that's good you might want to talk to him about that though what'd you do your car break no no well it broke yesterday well ok yesterday well we had a leaving the track we had a wishbone bolt come out kind of the rear in before we left and then we got that fix went down the road and then had alternator fail we pulled over in the parking lot and then started calling around well it got so late and then we found one about 80 miles away oh jeez we contacted this person had a friend at the parts counter they had a friend and was willing to go get it and I she drove it she drove it from there all the way to cement us finally got there at about Naiya is probably 9:30 or 10 o'clock at night and then time we got it all back together it was one o'clock the morning when we left there and then how far were you from from Cecil County three miles or no we was about three miles from Virginia track Oh Mike yeah so we just left whatever it happened oh yeah yeah we're not competing in Drag Week but we had a flat tire this morning so we had to change that and then we went and repair the tire after that the track today we think we're early compared yesterday well that's fair that's fair you guys are probably at the checkpoint that like one two three five good morning that is the latest I've heard anybody's like I've heard people say four five so an Austrian guy or whatever with that with that Nova with the big blower motor yeah yes well I walk in and he's walking by he goes are you just getting here he goes no that's us well guys good luck on the road hopefully we see a checkpoint number two all right all right we'll see ya we'll see you guys in Jersey thank you yep you're entering the unlimited class yeah we got them steamrollers yeah she's got some hookers on her all right guys let's go ahead and do it here at Pete's produce farm we're gonna go and get back on the road and head to the next checkpoint see what it races we can find along the way and we'll see you guys there you're doing a good job but Wow flex for the camera huh we found a race car we found George steal truck in this is a meek little town here we're about two minutes away from the second checkpoint in this place is we have made it to checkpoint number two looks like this Italian restaurant there's some race weekers here or stay here for a little bit check on the racers wait for a few more racers we just saw George back there a few minutes ago he's running to get gear oil that tractors apply for a internal combustion car it's kind of like the electric car that a lot of people talk John is actually helping a lot of the gas cars so that's kind of funny I feel like there's gonna be a lot more Tesla fans after this after this Drag Week but you say you'd be here in about five minutes they're probably waiting for them just to check in with him he said he had some struggles on the road which is kind of surprising but uh yeah he'll be here in a minute he made it the electric car made all right what happened cuz you told me you had issues after the last checkpoint yeah I could just say face everything's like super goals by the great drag week you could because we didn't see it but what actually happened well so he went to zan produce Pete's yeah it's produce yeah and we pulled out of there all the cameras everyone Sarah lined up everybody's doing launches out of there uh-huh I've been behaving this whole drag week I'm not gonna do anything crazy just do a nice little launch out of there and didn't make it the 50 feet there was a loud bang in the back and the complete loss of power Oh pull over immediately low energy low power I was able to coast I call his name is farmer tuna nobody saw me probably somebody back there in the video that happening everything was fine and tried every reset that I knew and thinking this is bad I called Tesla again and I finally said let me come clean with you come on Maxine drag-week I'm out here with a stripped car I'm racing I can't miss the next event I'm the guy that doesn't plead drag Heslin right idiot hang on did you mention you have the fastest Tesla in the world I think that came up later when I was begging there's an option I said I can like in this cool voluntarily was qualify myself send the tow truck I'm gonna continue anyways love his two exhibitions and like send the tow truck um I'm out some on old dead like you know I have some tools let me try things that I would do I've never disconnected the main battery I'm like but what if I pull the charger during we here it's it's angry and close it's one of the contact or something for this kind of a good sign like this Watson system off like what happens if I pull the four hundred volt supply and I pull the toe hold so I'm still on old old music and wrench and then wrenching felt then he comes off hold on like I just did something unlike a energy low unable to drive wait a minute systems powering up like hold on hold on the crap it move and I'm like I'm driving up farmer Joe's driveway right now it's moving under its own power I'm telling Clint here how all my text is in red reverse neutral Drive I think have an inertia center sensor it's like you know the the rims there did take a little bit of a ride when I launched out of there like I bet it did hit an inertia sensory sure enough it's right in the range where those tires been slid back so if you think of it logically if this car was an offender bender no it thought you were in a wreck right yeah yeah so I shot everything now I want to cut it from the source of the battery so that there can't be a father so it did exactly what it was supposed to do well I'm glad you made it to this to this point I just got to make it all the way to echo and then we're good to go glad to see you here like I said good luck the rest yeah and I thought that's it I'm not gonna cifra we're about to leave checkpoint number two just checked in with George and a couple other guys we're gonna drive most of the way to act co and then you know venture off go to our hotel and then it should be it will probably film a little bit more on the road tonight but I don't think there's gonna be anything that exciting we'll see all right boys are we happy we good with that good pass your pants we got what's the Mustang what is all around 9 I know is that what you guys were kind of shootin for all week that's really been father Bob I just want it gone one and done yeah there we go I know what's on 60i be done by 5:00 if we have to at the moment wage is one of the prettiest personal average not when I get on the road I guess you guys are gonna get there really early some are scratch 683 any struggles on the road last night yes the ballot for the alternator okay yeah not bad no way better than a tree yeah a little bit well good luck to you guys let's put it in on the track that's either a Ascona or the other car he's racing and it looks like it might be just gonna never had a good pass it had to been right after the boards they just I don't know hopefully it's not hopefully it's not terminal and then the car can still be fixed big problem or little problem I don't know yet oh it all evacuated yeah is there a hole in the block runner made it yeah hopefully we do a little better today I don't know if you watched our first video but this thing is like getting rave reviews in the comments everybody I finally got to my phone last night at the room as I Kali everybody loves this day every is like floor of the 4runner more unexpected well I got some good gas in there and I worked on the boost map a little bit go see what it does I think I got the launch figured out so no more we lean over I'm sad to hear that but I run open a little bit is okay but we wanted to go bad I hear ya I want to and hopefully no trouble on the road we'll see you guys there all right we'll see you dance merrily what do you think I'll take the way that we have been starting today this is a very good start excited you guys are gonna get to the hotel early a lot of beers I don't know what just happened but that's now it's thought that so the cars reliable right now it's gorgeous is always the engine bay looks ridiculous Thank You shade babe 841 7:35 none of the heavy Chevy not bad how that wanted us to oversee you guys Marilyn Congrats on that congratulations on your fastest that down there pretty hard that was a good one to go so you're happy with that right you're not gonna get back that we'll see you I wouldn't have made another run 400 so you guys putting a street trim right now you guys head to hammerhead now and I ain't got you sucka stick around here let it get hotter exactly get any better in my area age 69 155 yeah felt really good time to pack it up and go the extractor boosts leak sticks that he's an air hose that goes to the waste gate at the far wall it was those things John taught anything automotive guys jumped up founded so happy with that are you gonna go with the other guys probably gonna stay to do another run but we don't care Manas yeah 850 with an 850 with an Ace or you guys are from number 1 going into today we were number 2 yeah I didn't see the other runs I imagine they're gonna try to make another hit to better it so I'm not sure do you know what your average is right now thing was at 8:54 that's I think damn good go after 3 they and the three of us were like 100 apart geez like someone was like a three or four and then a five it's crazy it's gonna go to the third number probably by the end get all tree-trimming we'll see you in Maryland Thanks you know you yeah with 1000 with the two you're going to drive today for your your on top by a good way good luck on the drive today thank you this car is weird and we love it yes what are we hoping for today I'd like to get it into left 11 yeah that's to it so first first trick is 12 oh yes flat yesterday you won 12 3 12 3 yeah you want to stick it in the 11 I want to get into lockers yeah okay this thing is just so weird but it's so good yeah good luck but it was a 1202 wasn't it yep hell yeah it weighs 5,000 pounds I'm for worried about the input shafts on the transmission among other things how do you launches and just like a foot rail that's the problem - I'm trying - I'm trying to push through the light and so I definitely was a little soft on it again this time which is all right with me wait till Virginia to try and get too aggressive well Volvo is still impressive as hell yeah if anybody that knows like Chevy engines in the 30 400s they're not great they're not that's what's so cool bout you get them for nothing yeah have you blew one up you're probably called a drunkard like yeah you can have it yeah well yeah well congrats over 1200 you're done for the day right I'm gonna head out yeah yeah it'll load up we'll see you in Maryland all right hey sounds good thanks a lot yep so the Astana aka the jawbreaker yes good you guys saw in the wreck bad for those guys but a cool tribute to that Magnus the driver of the Ascona took the grill off the car and gave it to the Australians to put on their Chevelle that way some piece of the car could make it so the blue Chevelle with the blower I just actually rolled in we have 11 minutes till racing is done so I don't think there I haven't seen him all day so I think they literally just got here they have 11 minutes to unhook the trailer put it in race trim and make some pass yeah you got man you guys got 10 minutes I got it quite literally everybody else has made all their passes nobody is in lanes nothing they have 8 minutes to get up to the starting line and make all pass get one more got one more he just got here yeah dead serious they just got here let's go yeah yeah he was putting his pants on race it is gripping the trailer off they're gonna come up here and then I missed yeah let's go jeez that's why we do it 10:28 1:20 they made it three minutes left three frickin minutes you guys did some France in three minutes three minutes please ingression we'll see you guys in Maryland all right oh hell yeah all right guys it's gonna go ahead and do it for us at date three of Drag Week here at at code dragway in New Jersey tomorrow we're heading to MDI are make sure you guys watch tomorrow's video to see what happened on the road tonight see you guys the next one\n"