Burning Rubber

Fans of dragster racing will tell you, ‘it’s all about the speed’. Early racers in the 1930s pushed their cars past the benchmark 100mph, before moving from the Mojave Desert to the newly-founded Santa Ana drag strip.

Today, the need for speed remains at the forefront of racers’ minds. Races take place over the famed quarter-mile and race days see fans congregate in their tens of thousands.

Drag racing was born in the US, and now race fans can even get behind the wheel of these wonderfully powerful machines.

With the air shattering from the sound of blazing engines, and your nostrils filling with the smell of fuel, you’ll have to hold tightly, because you’re up next!

West Berlin, New Jersey is leading the way helping enthusiasts into hot-rod heaven. At the racetrack, you can leave the driving to a certified instructor, and just strap yourself into the passenger seat.

You’ll feel the massive thrust of an 800hp engine after it powers up to an ear-splitting crescendo. Once the lights change, the power kicks in and you blast down the track, senses in overdrive.

And if you want more, you can have more, you can even drive one of these beasts yourself! With two-run and three-run packages available, you’ll just get faster and faster!

Drag racing fans have their favorites, whether it’s the Funny Cars – retro odd-ball racers – the Pro Stock Cars – converted coupes and sedans – or the ultimate fire breathers, the Top Fuel Dragsters.

Well, the next time you go to a race day and catch up with fellow enthusiasts, imagine how great it would be to know that you too had been behind the wheel, and conquered the quarter-mile?