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  • AMS Nissan GT-R Alpha Omega: Breaking Records Once Again

    As if it hasn’t been enough spectacular already, AMS Nissan GT-R Alpha Omega once again proves to be one of the best sports cars in the world. Pushing the limits of the car at Royal Purple Raceway (RPR.), Baysite, TX, the Nissan team sets the vehicle for a record breaking run.
    Previously, Nissan GT-R holds the grandiose 7-second record with a terminal speed of 299.33 km/h (186 mph). What seems to be an unbeatable score, until this year, actually turns out to be rather… beatable, for the AMS Nissan GT-R Alpha Omega becomes the first Nissan GT-R that manages to break the 7-second barrier in drag racing.

    Despite the bad weather conditions at the time, dropping temperatures, increasing frustration, and timing equipment malfunctions, the accomplished results are still outstanding. The GT-R Alpha Omega, then, achieves ¼ mile in the mind-blowing 7.70 seconds, thus beating the previous record of Nissan GT-R set in just 7.984 seconds.

    In addition to this, the Nissan holds some other excellent performing statistics and records, such as: setting 0-60 mph in 1.53 seconds; 0-100 mph in 2.79 seconds; 100-150 mph: 2.15 seconds, and finallyt 0-300 kph (186 mph) in only 7.56 seconds.

    Follow the link bellow to get a glimpse of the remarkable performance.

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlEwkxuqaRI

  • TOP 10 Fastest Cars 2013 [part 2 correct version]

    Watching these videos always giving me creeps (in a good way). To share the epic moments with the insane petrol heads is really satisfying. It is a real pleasure to see the joy in their eyes and the fulfilled expectations.

    One of the best moments in the video is, when the driver of the extremely-powerful Nissan GT-R AMS Alpha 12+ screams “Goooooo” (in Russian) at a speed of over 310 km/h (193 mph). And the car really goes… like a lightning bolt.

    The preparations, the hard work, the joy and the adrenaline are just amazing. All maters when you cross the finish line and in those 20 seconds you feel completely free…

    So, the update video features a new 2nd place for Lamborghini LP570-4 Superleggera Underground Racing R2 Altechno driven by Leonid V., who managed to finish in 21.852 seconds, earlier last year.  The same person is also the current record holder with the Lamborghini Gallardo Nera Exelixis / GTR RT / ZOD / SPP / GTT / Altechno / Syvecs – 1,850HP (1,360 kW). He managed to cross the finish line in 20.845 seconds with 409.09 km/h (254.3 mph).

    It is difficult to describe the happening, you have to feel it!

    Enjoy…

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzT6OoYSgR0

    Source: Dragtimesinfo

  • Bentley Continental GT drag – 3,000HP

    Bentley Continental GT with over 3,000HP (2,237 kW)? Of course, if you are a 48-year-old watch repairer, who obviously likes drag racing. Steve Neimantas from Yorkshire, UK spent 250,000 to convert the grand tourer into a drag racing beast.

    The modified car is powered by a 10.2 liter V8 engine from Chevrolet equipped with two enormous turbochargers. The result is the whopping 3,000HP, which will be enough to catapult the Bentley from stand still to the finish line of ¼ mile in less than 7.0 seconds.

    Of course, the conversion is not only installing the engine, but a super-huge rear wheels with drag tires, tiny front wheels to save weight, a roll-cage not only for safety, but for strengthening the chassis, a lot of carbon fiber elements and a parachute at the rear to stop somehow.

    Bentley Continental GT drag can be be seen in action this weekend during the 1st round of the European Drag Racing Championship organized at the Santa Pod Raceway. The car will take place participate in the Street Eliminator class that includes only street legal cars.

    We can’t wait to see the performance of this spectacular vehicle. Stay tuned!

    Bentley Continental GT drag
    Bentley Continental GT drag
    Bentley Continental GT drag
    Bentley Continental GT drag

    Source: Eurodragster

  • TOP 10 Fastest Cars 2013 [part 2] – Trap Speed

    3rd place is held by Nissan GT-R R35 Mk.1 Switzer R1K-X Goliath with 1,700 HP (1,250 kW). Oleg B. managed to scoop the bronze with 402.23 km/h (250 mph).

    2nd place is for Leonid V. and his Lamborghini LP570-4 Superleggera Underground Racing R2 / Altechno with epic 2,005HP (1,474 kW). He crossed the finish line with 402.68 km/h (250 mph).

    1st place is also for Leonid V. with Lamborghini Gallardo Nera Exelixis / GTR RT / ZOD / SPP / GTT / Altechno / Syvecs with 1,850HP (1,360 kW). The record for 2013 is 409.09 km/h (254 mph), which is just insane.

    The time, which Leonid V. set with the Gallardo Nera Exelixis is almost unbeatable. He managed to cover 1 mile in 20.845 seconds, which means that the car accelerates 0-409 km/h in that time. The new Koenigsegg Agera One:1 is believed to do 0-400 km/h in 20.0 seconds, but we strongly doubt that. It is quite impossible.

    A lot of improvements are expected for Nissan GT-Rs, which are still in it. We also expect to see twin-turbo version of Lamborghini Aventador and other interesting hyper cars.

    Stay tuned and enjoy!

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMeyeoQjS-g

    Source: Dragtimesinfo

  • TOP 10 Fastest Cars 2013 [part 1] – Trap Speed

    Dragtimesinfo continue to published awesome video clips with the fastest cars for 2013 in Unlimited 500+ class. This time the measure is trap speed (terminal speed), when the car crosses the 1 mile mark.

    Starting with 10th place for Nissan GT-R R35 Mk.1 GTT 1000 with 1,200HP (882 kW) driven by Georgiy P. – he achieved 368.85 km/h (229 mph).

    The 9th position is held by Porsche 911 Turbo 997 Mk.1 DT 1200R with 1,200HP (882 kW) and speed of 370.75 km/h (230 mph). The driver is Sergey I.

    8th place is for Oleg K. and his Nissan GT-R R35 Mk.1 DT 1200R with 1,400HP (1,029 kW). The speed is 371.90 km/h (231 mph).

    7th place earned Pavel Kh. With Nissan GT-R R35 Mk.1 DT 1200R with 1,200HP (882 kW) and speed of 375.78 km/h (234 mph).

    6th place is for Nissan GT-R R35 Mk.2 AMS Alpha 12+ Turbo Drive with epic 1,700HP (1,250 kW) and Yury M. behind the steering wheel. The speed is 386.68 km/h (240 mph).

    5th place is taken by Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera Twin Turbo Total Race with 395.60 km/h (246 mph).

    4th place is for Lamborghini Gallardo Nera Underground Racing R2 with 1,750 HP (1,287 kW) and Dmitry S. He crossed the finishline with 399.55 km/h (248 mph).

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn8ub9xwOQ8

    part 2

    Source: Dragtimesinfo

  • Russian Drag Racing Championship [highlights]

    Dragtimesinfo has published another epic video with highlights from Russian Drag Racing Championship. If you think that the street cars from Unlimited 500+ are fast consider that again. The beasts from RDRC are the real deal.

    The moments in this video are just spectacular and will take your breath away. Burnouts and insane starts are all over place. Those are one of the fastest cars on the planet and of course most of them need parachutes to help them stopping.

    Even, if you are not a fan of drag racing, these cars will impress you. From a turbocharged BMW E30 to old Nissan Skyline and even a Lada Samara, all of them are just spectacular. Most of the cars has a lot more power than they actually weight and the acceleration is staggering. Do not think that drag racing is an easy discipline, where drivers should just go in straight line and change gears. It needs superfast reflexes, months and years of preparation, and devotion like all other motorsports.

    Take a moment and enjoy this full of adrenaline and epic moments video, which will take you away from the reality to a different world full of power and craziness.

    “For those ten seconds or less, I’m free.”

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-M7S2XbL6Y

    Source: Dragtimesinfo

  • Drag Racing Bulgaria – First Car Below 9 Seconds

    To continue with the drag racing theme – Bulgaria has its first 8-second car – Volkswagen Scirocco powered by RB26DET engine from Nissan Skyline. The racing monster is prepared by Heed Auto and has over 1016 WHP (wheel-horse power) or around 1250HP (919 kW) developed by the engine.

    The current record held by the extremely tuned Scirocco is 8.799 seconds with speed of 264 km/h (164.07 mph). It is way ahead of the previous one held by Drag Power Team with their Golf 2 2.8 Turbo – 9.427 seconds with 251.7 km/h (156.4 mph). This particular drag vehicle also held the record its class – 9.492 seconds with 245.15 km/h and 1.456 on 60ft. Obviously the tuners from Heed Auto made huge changes in order to cut so much from the previous time set in 2013.

    The Scirocco prepared by Heed Auto is an absolute champion in its class – Class C (Open) known also as Unlimited Class with no restrictions about Nitrous, Turbocharging, Displacement or Body type. Other vehicles taking place in this class are Audi S2 by Madness Motorsport with 9.639 seconds and 247.64 km/h; Audi 90 by Drag Power Team with 9.650 seconds and 242.38 km/h and Audi S1 by ProSpeed and the famous rally driver – Nikolay Zlatkov – 9.736 seconds and 236.65 km/h, which is the first 9-second car in Bulgaria. The record was set back in 2012.

    Enjoy the onboard video!

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X-oqOnBNFg

    Source: DragracingBG

  • TOP 10 Fastest Cars 2013 [part 2]

    Here is Part 2 of Top 10 Fastest Cars for 2013 by Dragtimesinfo. The domination of GT-R continues… until – Lamborghini. It is very interesting, that the last and the first place are held by a same model with around the same power. Obviously the driver means a lot even in this “easy” discipline called drag racing.

    So, the 3rd place is for Oleg B. with Nissan GT-R R35 Mk.1 Switzer R1K-X Goliath – 1,700HP (1,250 kW).  He finished in 22.251 seconds with exactly 400.00 km/h (248.6 mph).

    2nd place is for Yury M. with Nissan GT-R R35 Mk.2 AMS Alpha 12+ Turbo Drive – 1,700HP (1,250 kW). He did 22.086 seconds with 385.43 km/h (239.5 mph).

    And finally the winner is Leonid V. (which is not a real surprise, because Leonid is the greatest king of Sparta). He is behind the steering wheel of  Lamborghini Gallardo Nera Exelixis / GTR RT / ZOD / SPP / GTT / Altechno / Syvecs with 1,850HP (1,360 kW). The time is simply sensational 20.845 seconds with 409.09 km/h (254.3 mph). This is way faster than all others in Top 10, so we expect a lot of improvement to those GT-Rs.

    Enjoy!

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0vZNDlcCbI

    Source: Dragtimesinfo

  • Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Underground Racing R2 Altechno— Top Speed Record [video]

    The extremely powerful Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Underground Racing R2 Altechno with 2000HP (1470 kW) driven by Leonid set a new absolute top speed record for Unlim 500+. It recorded a terminal speed of 402.68 km/h (250.27 mph).

    Of course, the start didn’t go without problems. Just a few meters before the 1 mile mark, the tuned Gallardo catch fire. The reason for this disaster is unknown, but hopefully this Gallardo will come back at the race track very soon to set sensational records.

    Actually, the same car has a lot more spectacular result, when it crossed the 1 mile mark in just 21.852 seconds with terminal speed of around 427 km/h (265 mph). Still, this is not an official result and until something like that happens, the record will be 402 km/h (250 mph).

    Enjoy!

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfbXK20tJnU

    Source: Dragtimesinfo

  • Street legal Audi S3 – 8.84 seconds at 1/4 mile – 1000++ HP

    Here is the world’s fastest street legal Audi prepared by “0-400 tune 2 race”.

    The brutal S3 has an R32 turbocharged engine under the hood with over 1000HP (with words – one thousand).  The R32 engine is a 3.2 liter V6 producing originally 241HP and 320Nm of torque.

    The turbocharger makes over 2.3 bar pressure, so as we may suggest everything in the engine is completely reworked.

    It is very interesting that the gearbox is actually the original with only modified 3rd and 4th gear. The turbocharged S3 launches from 2nd gear, which explains the amazing 60ft time – 1.41 seconds.

    The terminal speed of the monster is 259.36 km/h and the record is 8.844 seconds.

    Enjoy the video!

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcjptiO168M

    Source: pag206k9 via Youtube