hey it's Freiburger this time coming to you
from hot rod drag week 2016 i'm here to
tell you why drag week is the most
roadkill event that i know of outside of
maybe 24 hours of lemons drag week is an
event that we started a hot rod magazine
in $MONTH 2005 what makes it unique is
that it is a competition of the fastest
street cars on earth but we make them
drive a thousand miles in five days
what we do is for drag strips five races
because we start and end at the same
track and we race then drive to the next
track then do the same thing the next
day and keep going we take the cars
elapsed time from each day
add up the five that they have run / 5
and then that gives an average ET and
that's how the cars win now that's the
basics what makes it super roadkill is
the road trip
these guys have cars that are up to
4,000 horsepower and they break
gloriously so the guys with 300
horsepower and the road repairs are
insane that you will see at this event
and just the stick-to-itiveness the
drive to never-say-die is what drag week
is all about and you'll see guys who
literally will have camshaft out of
their engines at gas stations at the
side of the road transmissions out at
the side of the road it's not even an
exception it is the norm at drag week
but here today we are at the track and
I'm going to be able to show you some of
the cars that actually competing this
thing you have to see this this is one
of the most road killing things ever
these guys are from Australia we have a
bunch of people from all over the world
that ship cars in from drag week look at
this beater they drag this thing out of
a field 4i think like 800 bucks a year
ago
it's a real ss396 they raced it last
year broke the transmission kept on
going
look at the program they've got going
now if that is not the rightmost
roadkill level of boost you've ever seen
dude your junks hanging out
yes
it right here just puts on a show
this is one of the most roadkill things
that you'll see here but check that out
look at the old international truck with
a Studebaker bed on it with a commons
decent stuff like that is everywhere
lots and lots of patina type cars here
as well but a lot of people think of
roadkill is being nothing but like junk
and zip ties to me it is also about that
spirit of just being hard kaur doing
what it takes to get it done and there's
a lot of cars here like that as well
this thing is amazing this is a couple
of brothers the CNC doze they have used
this 34 Ford truck for so many different
types of Motorsports it's done autocross
it's done big ovals it is done
bonneville it's been 200 miles an hour
there and now it's here drag week
running 940 with a big-block Chevy
what's roadkill about that to me is the
fact they just take their car and they
don't worry about it and they do
everything with it
check out this $YEAR ford truck over
here I think it's a 33 also home-built
program cheap car put a small-block
Chevy in it is running in the mid $YEAR
12 he's really got no chance of
competition but he's here and he's doing
it once again that's the roadkill spirit
is just get it done
whether you're gonna win or not failure
is winning at drag week especially when
you overcome it and actually make it to
the end
a lot of people are here not to go fast
but for the personal accomplishment of
actually finishing that five tracks in
five days with a thousand miles
look this car here shipped in from
Holland you imagine shipping your car
clear across the ocean to compete in an
event that's how passionate people are
about this thing then you've got a bunch
of cars
that are in the gasser category i really
like this this is the classwork we make
the cars look like old nostalgia
racecars literally we have to look at
him and go you Pastor you don't you got
billet wheels if the car is lowered you
got a tease graphics that doesn't happen
if you've got something like this that
looks legit you are in the gasser class
this guy is new this year is obviously
got a more modernized big-block Chevy in
it but the car looks right
these cars are running in the mid
10-second range another roadkill element
of drag week is the volume of junkyard
LS motors that are here with turbos on
them there are more turbos per capita
here in this parking lot then you'll
find anywhere I could probably find a
car with a hood open it has 1i don't see
one right now wouldn't you know it i'm
standing here in the field of turbo
LSE's and I don't see one right at this
second but there are tons and tons and
tons of them here so that is what drag
week is all about the competition is one
thing the lifestyle is another here on
roadkill extra we're going to be feeding
in a little bit a drag week stuff over
the next month or so try not to over
saturate you with it but showing you the
breakdowns how people overcame them the
cars that are just the most radical
things here the cars that are like the
most clapped-out and yet fun spirited
drag we type of things I think you're
gonna like it a lot so stay tuned we're
going to have it here for a battle month
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hey it's rather this time coming to you
from hot rod drag week 2016 look at this
beater your junks hanging out
behold the painting garage the roadshow
Monza 85 leader this guy is roadkill if
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