{"id":13604,"date":"2016-09-14T05:42:53","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T19:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/news\/scottys-drag-week-2016-day-one-video-update"},"modified":"2023-08-15T00:40:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:40:33","slug":"scottys-drag-week-2016-day-one-video-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/tv\/drag-racing-tv\/scottys-drag-week-2016-day-one-video-update","title":{"rendered":"SCOTTY\u2019S DRAG WEEK 2016 DAY ONE UPDATE – VIDEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

DRAG Week is one tough event, and not just on the racers \u2013 our Scotty is doing it tough, with a mix of jet lag, dehydration and a lingering man-flu combining to really put a damper on his enjoyment.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, he\u2019s kept working like a trouper and produced his first daily update video from the initial day\u2019s racing at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio. He\u2019s got footage of all the Aussie teams in action, as well as plenty of seat-puckering runs; some of the heavy-hitters get well out of shape. There is even a little tantalising vision of the Aussie Chevelle crew having a night-time roadside discussion with the local highway patrol.<\/p>\n

Tom Bailey Pro Mod Camaro<\/span>There was plenty of carnage on the first day, with several racers not being able to proceed to the next track. Defending Drag Week champion Tom Bailey was out of contention on Day One with engine damage, after running a 6.243@224mph pass.<\/p>\n

Mazd RX7 Turbo V8 Drag Week<\/span>Other cool cars to watch out for in the video include Rick Prospero, whose green Mazda RX-7 ran a best of 7.533@189mph. And sorry Wankel fans, Rick is running a twin-turbo big-block, not a rotor. Rick finished in the Top 10 overall quickest cars last year, and is leading the pack in the Modified Power Adder Class.<\/p>\n

Cadillac De Ville Drag Week<\/span>One of our favourite cars at Hot Rod<\/em> Drag Week \u201916 is Sean Mote\u2019s sinister \u201970 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. Running in the Ultimate Iron Class, the land barge ran a 10.304@132mph. Under the bonnet is a 500ci Cadillac mill, force-fed by a massive single turbo. The Caddy has also undergone a massive weight-loss program to achieve those times, weighing in about a US ton lighter than stock.<\/p>\n

AMC Javelin Drag Week<\/span>Bryant Goldstone\u2019s Rambler Javelin is another super-impressive car and ran a 6.943sec pass at 208mph! Check out how close he came to the centre line in the video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scotty\u2019s wrap-up of the action on day one of Hot Rod Drag Week 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":13605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[590],"tags":[570,2119],"coauthors":[487],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/valiant-charger-john-faraone-drag-week-nw.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13604"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=13604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}