The World of Drag Racing: A Night to Remember

As I stepped onto the track, I couldn't help but feel a rush of adrenaline. The air was electric with excitement as the crowd cheered on their favorite drivers. We were about to witness some truly epic battles on wheels, and I was honored to be there to experience it all.

Our first matchup of the evening featured two familiar foes: the blue shop Houston GTR and the orange Vega. The Vega, driven by a seasoned veteran, looked sleek and menacing as it took its place at the starting line. Meanwhile, the GTR, piloted by a fan favorite, was busy fine-tuning its setup for the big night ahead.

As we waited for the green flag to drop, I caught up with the Vega's driver to learn more about his car. "It's a 417 LS7, base steel with twin turbos," he revealed. "Not too flashy, but it seems to work on this road." The GTR's driver, on the other hand, was tight-lipped about his car's setup, saying only that it was a floating car with a blow-through setup and a 150 shot of nitrous oxide.

As we took off down the track, the Vega shot ahead like a bullet, leaving the GTR in its dust. But just as quickly, the tables were turned, and the GTR surged forward, its tires screeching in protest as it took the lead. The crowd went wild as both cars hurtled towards the finish line, their drivers exchanging words of encouragement and trash talk.

In the end, it was all about the Vega, which crossed the finish line a hair's breadth ahead of its rival. As we congratulated the driver on his victory, I couldn't help but feel a sense of awe at the skill and determination that had gone into creating such an incredible piece of machinery.

But our journey wasn't over yet. The next round would feature another thrilling matchup: the Nova versus the Black CTR. These two cars were evenly matched, each with its own unique strengths and weaknesses. As we took to the track once again, I found myself wondering which car would emerge victorious.

"Hey, how's it going?" I asked the Nova's driver, a friendly guy with a passion for drag racing. "We're having a pretty good night right now," he replied with a grin. "Our car is a 417 LS7, base steel with twin turbos, just like the Vega." But there was something different about this car – something that set it apart from its competitors.

"What's the setup?" I asked, curiosity getting the better of me. The driver hesitated for a moment before responding, "It's a floating car with a blow-through setup and 150 shot of nitrous oxide. We've got three-speed behind it, and it's pretty simple, but it seems to work on this road." He laughed wryly, adding, "Yeah, we're not doing any funny car stuff here."

As the two cars hurtled towards the finish line, it became clear that something was off. The Nova seemed to be getting a little too much traction, and its tires were starting to lose grip. Meanwhile, the Black CTR looked like it was cruising along, its driver seemingly in complete control of the situation.

In the end, it was the Nova that faltered, its engine sputtering as it crossed the finish line several car lengths behind its rival. As we congratulated the winner on his victory, I couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration for the skill and determination that had gone into creating such an incredible piece of machinery.

And so, our journey continued. We were down to the semifinals now, with only four cars left in the running. The Black Nova was still going strong, its driver seemingly unfazed by the competition. Meanwhile, the Blue Shop Houston GTR was looking sharp, its owner and driver chatting quietly as they went over the finer points of their car's setup.

But it wasn't just about the cars themselves – it was about the people behind them. Each driver had poured their heart and soul into creating a machine that could handle the rigors of drag racing. They were all friends, all united in their passion for speed and competition.

As we took to the track once again, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement building. We were down to the final round now, with only two cars left in the running: the Blue Shop Houston GTR versus the Orange Vega. These two cars were evenly matched, each with its own unique strengths and weaknesses.

The crowd was on the edge of their seats as we waited for the green flag to drop. The Vega's driver took a deep breath before speaking up, "We're gonna run it hard tonight." The GTR's owner nodded in agreement, replying, "Yeah, you guys just want to run it for the tank."

As we took off down the track, both cars shot forward like rockets, their tires screeching in protest as they battled for supremacy. The crowd went wild as both cars hurtled towards the finish line, their drivers exchanging words of encouragement and trash talk.

And then, in a stunning upset, it was all over. The Vega crossed the finish line just inches ahead of its rival, sending the crowd into raptures. As we congratulated the driver on his victory, I couldn't help but feel a sense of awe at the skill and determination that had gone into creating such an incredible piece of machinery.

But even as we celebrated our winner, there was no time to rest on our laurels. We were already looking ahead to next week's event, eager to see what new challenges lay in store for us. After all, this was just one part of the never-ending journey that is drag racing – a world where speed and competition reign supreme.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat is up 1320 fans we are back with some cast days action we're out in the middle of nowhere new mexico just like we have been for the past four years the only difference is there's rain in the forecast now rain has never been a problem here before hopefully it's not a problem tonight hopefully it dries out but that is happening right now this cash days has always been good to us always been a huge variety of cars and just walk through the pitch real quick the variety cars are still there but the quality cars has gone up there are some fast cars on the property a lot of them so i'm gonna walk around the pits talk to some folks see what they brought to play with and we'll take you guys some racing action here in a little bit all right kicking things off we got a 2jz 240. other than that tell me the full setup what are we looking at here maus works built um piston rod motor billet main caps head games head 8685 precision turbo rostler with a pro tour converter it's on a fab nine inch tuned by sqc tuning and out of albuquerque and unknown racing we've kind of built it all you got a lot of street street hits on it we do pretty figured out we have a good 350 passes oh okay so pretty figured out yeah what kind of power is the car made as much as 1500 damn well good luck to you it works thank you we'll see you in the first round oh yeah not 1 240 we got two 240s is this a 2j it is we got another 2j 240. are you guys buddies or something yeah we're both in the racing we're like brothers man that's okay so this this makes sense then yeah all right what is the setup on your 2j240 so mine is a 2jz240 powerslide 6870 precision completely stock bottom man stock head i don't normally see 2j 240s that often i could see two of them right here on the street together yup well thanks for bringing the car out good luck to your first round man thanks man all right chevy vega what is the setup on the car uh five three ls built by me and my dad just coming to see what we can do out here for the cash days so five three you said five uh 76. i'm looking at it i know you're like that's fine that's fine you have to tell me the truth that's fine it's a 94. okay okay did you make any hits out here last night we made a couple um we've been testing on a bunch of different roads trying to kind of figure it out we changed suspension setups but i like to run it on the small tire but this is the first time we set it on i was going to ask you because i couldn't see the tire but there's no tire limit for this one so what makes the tire off today 15. oh damn okay that's a big it's a big one all right keep an eye out for it we were having a problem doing some wheel stands with it gotcha so we think we thought we were under control but we'll find out i guess since the rounds go around all right man well good luck to you see your first round thanks man oh yeah one thing that's really unique about this cash day specifically uh it's never had a tire rule so for years a couple years at least there was a big tire fox body mustang that came out to this they did pretty well well a lot of other people found out that there's no tire rule so like the vegas got a 33. sure a lot of other guys brought big tires and all-wheel drive is allowed we've seen this car before what is like streetcar takeover yeah streetcar take over denver here two years i'll say we've seen this yeah what's the current setup on on the fifth gen well the current startup is a stock 62 that comes with just with headphones okay and gasket so head bolted 60 with twins on it which one's on it stock cam everything else really how much power does it make yeah really yeah everything stock uh except for headphones and i have to ship to the 5 000 because i don't have a camera retainers retainers oh yeah yeah i know so it's been stocked this whole time yeah it's been no way for five years really and it's still running yeah my dad built it five years ago just been in the family it's 350. this you yeah how's it going man good how are you good good i'm used to seeing a couple 350s out and this one looks pretty serious yeah i like the ls it's got a big turbo give me a run down instead of what am i looking at here it's a six liter gen four okay almighty six with a 85 millimeter uh forced induction okay a turbo uh runs off 85 with a th-400 how much power is it making right now okay yeah okay that's a good number for this road because yeah this road can't take a lot of power these guys have 17 1800 horsepower yeah they're not gonna be able to put that down so maybe the finals if we're lucky so what all did you bring just my car kimbo yep i've never seen it on the street oh really i've never seen your car on the street i know you race it all the time on the street i've never seen on the street yeah it's pretty good i mean we'll see how it does out here this road sucks you've been out here a couple times though yeah with the other cars yeah yeah what is the current setup on kimbo what are we looking at uh same thing 68 millimeters on m1 uh we tested it with a little nitrous yesterday because the elevation but it's just too much for the road so um we can really only run like 40 pounds at some point on certain streets like this one the street becomes the limiting factor so no matter how fast the car is you know we got a 4 000 pound car over there that's going just as fast exactly i'm excited to see kimball run i've never seen him on the street just keep it in the lanes hey it should be greater on the street than it does on the tracks does it yeah okay that makes you feel better yeah all right man good luck thanks oh yeah one of the things that they started doing this cash days last year that i thought was really freaking cool and it looks like they're doing it again better this year is they line the road with lights so you can kind of see like a runway when you go down check it out so last year they had glow sticks all the way down looks like they've upgraded the starting line looks like glow sticks but all the way down we got actual lights that they put into the ground there so you kind of get like a view of down track it kind of looks like a runway it's pretty sweet because once the sun goes down it'll literally be dark as hell like no light out here there isn't a street light or a town for 40 50 miles it's we're out in the middle freaking nowhere folks like i said nobody has cell service out here not a single soul okay first we want to thank thank everyone for supporting this another thing i want to uh talk about you know everything that's happened in the past weeks with those whole issues we're we're all i mean we're we're not friends but no one's here hating no no one wants to fight nobody we all have a job a business a family to go to and there's gonna be bedding you know there's gonna be a bunch of yeah like get that out of here don't don't let that get in your feelings man it's racing let's not get nasty like it's been in other places act like this yeah exactly let's be cool guys we're all here to have a good time so let's talk rules real quick guys we're gonna do eight final heads up flashlight start i will be your flagger tonight uh i'll check in with everybody make sure everybody's got what they need as far as bumps where you're gonna be etc uh your crew member will pull you up as soon as they pull you up let me know whether you need a bump whatever it is we'll keep you guys in we're going to keep it kind of tree style you're going to have seven seconds between the guy that's going to stage in next to you um you got seven seconds basically to bump in or come into the line whatever it is anything after that seven seconds the lightest game no uh no jumps no chases races no nothing like that any uh any forceful forward movement getting called nope tire cracks anything tire crack is a jump jump firecracker is a job tire crack is a jump no crossing lanes nothing like that you guys start getting loose please let out of it we don't need anybody wrecking over here doing anybody hurting themselves safety is our most important thing and you guys are about to see some cool for the next few hours you guys that are spectating everything like that we asked guys to chip in a little bit we have some uh jepsons i bought in yeah so jefferson actually bought in and they're actually gonna donate more be here want to donate another 250 to the drivers everybody be safe hey if you guys are looking for beds come find me all right first pair mexico cash phase 300 zx first i believe this is a malibu wagon like i said guys variety is big here a lot of variety of cars sure i was moving you can see tire movement cars riding he jumped yeah i knew it was it was close he almost cut a tree yeah i knew it was close like dude the light comes on like oh dude you're killing me smoke i thought i had it i was so excited i was like all right we got a stock gtr versus a actually stock gtr right lane right length you're good you're good so that was a long time he wasn't even up on the converter or anything do you think he's going off of a trans breaker he wasn't even going he wasn't even up in the converter the car doesn't get on the on the trans brake at all i was with you i never needed to i've never seen a pro charge car leave off a footprint if he was gonna leave him off the train he was feeling the whole thing all right one thing that almost never fails at this cash days it's not the guys that run it's fall it's really not it's just things happen there's always a little bit of drama not a lot of drama but there's always a little bit of drama i thought that was going to be very dramatic luckily the guy in the gtr very understandable and he said yeah i'll rerun it no problem now he doesn't have to rerun it he took the win and this guy like their problem with the car on the line that's fine uh it's kind of his problem but it's really cool the gtr guy is willing to rerun it because this car just makes like god loads of power so really fast nova versus the black gtr they're gonna rerun so so is it that close left lane by a car yeah wow oh through the fence guys ready okay correction 240's off hey you okay i'm good i'm good i'm good i'm good enough man all right thank god for safety equipment bro do you do oh my goodness yes hey don't worry about the gopro i'm not going to charge for it you all right are you good though yeah i'm good you're sure cages gage didn't even budge i just grabbed the straps and let it let who built the cage viking viking fabrication go hug those guys the cage did shut up matt all right it's maybe an hour later uh 240s pulled out it's on the trailer driver's fine mac is fine uh kimbo mac and i said kimbo there was like no damage to the car at all so everything's fine and we're gonna continue racing uh we're gonna do a couple more passes and then i think they're gonna look at the starting line see if they need to maybe prep for 60 feet but uh we're gonna do a few more races and uh they're gonna reestablish or they're gonna reevaluate it after the first round's done so i think we got three or four more pairs it is so all right guys so what they're doing in the name of safety is they're going to prep the first 60 feet because there's a little bit of mud and dirt and whatnot on the starting line they're going to clean that off and they're going to prep the first 60 feet that way there's no you can't get too squirrely and loser okay did you get a little squirrely up there yeah you touch the dirt maybe yeah i both you guys did congrats man thank you man holy that was ridiculous hey not bad for a little vegan okay oh it looks really good all right we've done all 14 pairs this is the last pair this is a rerun from earlier it is the black gt-r versus the procharge nova that is loud as hell um not bad we own this road not bad not bad see you next round buddy all right now the first round is done and we're probably gonna do 15 30 minute break and then bring them up for round two all right guys it's been right 30 30 45 minutes we're starting round two right now first off we have the gtr with no front bumper the shop houston car versus the turbo ls 350z coming at you first first pair second round oh oh right hey so right lane by offender this is gonna be a buy run the 240 would have been racing this car but he unfortunately wrecked the first round so uh camaro gets byron though mmm oh chopping the tree down over here man you could you could not have better better light legit yeah if you went any sooner you would red lit not bad for a stock jtr got the love this big tire vega is mean that little vegas got some steam that little vegas got some steam on it damn little little bag of big tires doing pretty well not bad for a little vega not too bad a little i was saying a little bit a little bag of big tires look like a big tire that's that's exactly what it is it seem i guess how is it going down the road is road good left lane feels like it's definitely better than the right lane right lane i had to drive it quite a bit coming out the hole that was left right left right and then once it kind of got out a little bit it seemed like it looked upside down it was impressive little vega normally we see a vega it's a bracket car yeah as you i'm sure you believe right but yeah we don't get serious quick one so good to see you moving on the third round man it's a it's a cool story my dad had one when he was younger and oh really i came across it and said you know let's bring it back and you know so we're doing it a little faster than your dad though a little bit trying to stay ahead of his numbers so we'll see you at the right man congratulations all right now you guys talking about the car i thought it was the same setup it was before apparently this thing's making the theme now it's the it's the old blue rhino setup i don't know if i want to discuss that because you know that was secret for for blue right now oh that's right stock cars stock car stuff this thing's moving out though how's the how's the road out there tonight i know you've been on this thing forever that's bad there's a lot of dirt it's sketchy but i mean we're all driving on the same road so who do you got next round uh the black nova oh okay hell yeah we got the we got the black ctr on the left lane we got the black nova in the right lane good morning i think i was left lane i think that was left hey you just got to take out a little orange vega it's not that bad right it's all it's pretty quick but good luck to you man thank you so that thing has an aggressive burnout dear lord so hell yeah a little bigger all right guys we are on to the semifinals we only have four cars left we have a malibu wagon a nova a gtr and very interesting group i've not talked to the i've not talked to wagon or the nova so i'm going to talk to them real quick figure out setups because they're pretty impressive how's it going what's up man how are you pretty good you're having a pretty good night right now into the semi-finals right do you have the gtr or the vega i have the blue houston shop gtr what's the setup on the nova here it is um it's a 417 ls7 base steel with twin turbos on it pretty simple setup yeah yeah i mean it's not i'm not going to claim it's like stock block or anything like that but it's got you know three speed behind it and it's kind of set up for small tire gearing so it seems to work on this road what got less gear so how big a tire do you have on it right now it's a 33-15 okay pretty pretty decent size yeah it's not like no funny car stuff or nothing how are we doing yet because your car was in the trailer the whole time right what is the setup it's a small block chevy 383 cubic inch uh with pro charger take a look oh yeah oh yeah what kind of power is it making i don't know it's never been on the dyno the blow through setup with the car it's a floating car with a 150 shot of knife gotcha we got this round i've got the vega oh gotcha he's fast what size tire are you running on this one uh 28 10 fights gotcha you're the omit i'm gonna tell you this you're the only small tire guy left oh there's all-wheel drive and then there's two big tire cars and then you okay so you're keeping it real for the falter guys so rock on man oh yeah good luck to you man thanks brother absolutely yes yes that freaking vega buddy damn i just go around this thing just goes round man hell yeah hmm so all right so that means for the final we have the blue shop houston gtr versus the orange vega you could have two more different cars it's gonna be a good final no no but the the puck it's it's 9-1 yeah you guys just want to run it for the tank are you betting your money yeah five hundred five thousand five hundred let's do three thousand hey we got another two grand with what's his name right i'm so we have ten thousand dollars for the final between the vega and the shop houston gtr it's ten thousand dollars winner take all they talked about doing a split and either want to do split so whoever wins the race gets ten thousand dollars on top of that they did side bets their buddies inside bets we have another five thousand dollars worth of bets on top of that side pot money it's a big final hey more oh two cars maybe on this one the white trailer okay i'll be there in a minute we're going to help you yeah good deal hey thanks for the batman thanks for being willing to bet appreciate it hell of a run man i bear with you this is for you enjoy it thank you thanks for the good ones all these guys here busted their butts between rounds and made sure the car was ready gave me ideas on tune-ups weeks leading up to it man and here we are look at that it matches the car it's perfect oh man let's go you\n"