It's no accident that all the really fast, small-tired cars (like those that run in NMCA's Super Street or NHRA's Stock Eliminator) yank the front tires 2 feet in the air on the starting line.

Cleared for Departure: Adjustable Coilover Drag Shocks and Struts From Varishock Enables You to Tune the Launch and Hookup to Improve E.T. Hooking up has long been the challenge for drag racers ...

Limiting traction has been a popular concept in street-legal drag racing since it went mainstream over 30 years ago with HOT ROD's Fastest Street Car Shootout. In those days, the Super Street category ...

Without traction, nothing else matters in drag racing. More force on the rear tires means more traction. Rear-wheel drive drag cars rely on weight transfer when the car launches to provide additional ...