Fatal Trackhawk Crash

[Boris]

Some cars are now running faster than what Pro Stock cars ran in the 1980's (high 7's/low 8's).

And consider current Pro Stock cars (world record 6.4 @ 215 mph) require welded 4130 chrome-moly steel tubing, an integrated cage and safety restraints.

As many of us here used to race/still race lesser vehicles, this is all very sad.🙏

I had a Nova with a 427 then a 468 big block.
Cage, 12" slicks
power glide

We thought it was bad ass running 10.80s and driving it to the cruise night a half mile down the road.
The 468 was a little more radical and the best it ever ran was a 10.07.
Bought a 540 for it then sold most of the stuff.

Drove a Z06 and a Hellcat both running in the 10s. I loved that Nova, but good God are these new cars fast AND docile.

 

[RetiredFirefighter]

... these new cars fast AND docile.

That they are.

That's some list of cars you had there. And to think there are production cars today running 9's/10's with no roll cage.

The new ZR-1 Vette is the fastest all ICE car C&D has run for 2025, with the Porsche 718 Spyder RS coming in second.
(I don't count batteries-on-wheels as "real" cars)

They tested the ZR-1 at 9.5 sec/149 mph, and the 718 at 10.9 sec/127 mph:

The Quickest Cars We've Tested in 2025 (So Far) - Aug 7, 2025
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/g64366646/the-quickest-cars-weve-tested-in-2025-so-far/