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The Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals is the biggest of all drag races. The race meeting lasts a full week, includes racers from all over the world and rarely has downtime – aside from oil-downs, of course. The 65th rendition of this event will be no different, but it will have a new sideshow to attract race fans to Clermont, Ind.<\/p>\n
This year, NHRA has invited some of the best street car racers to compete for the opportunity to reset the Street Car E.T. record in the NHRA Street Car Showdown, set for August 31 and September 1.<\/p>\n
The current record in the quarter-mile for Street Cars is 5.85 seconds. Fans will have the chance to watch racers Tom Bailey, Joe Barry, Bryant Goldstone and Dave Schroeder at the world\u2019s biggest drag race, as they attempt to stomp on the loud pedal hard enough to break through that magic number.<\/p>\n
Each of the four drivers and their machines have completed HOT ROD Drag Week, a competition where drivers race and road-trip their cars on a course of five drag strips in five days. Each of these cars is driven – not trailered – to each dragstrip where they run for quickest E.T. at each stop.The 2019 edition of HOT ROD Drag Week kicks off the week after the U.S. Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park in North Dinwiddie, Va. starting September 8th.<\/p>\n
The drivers are jazzed to be part of NHRA\u2019s Street Car Showdown.<\/p>\n
Bailey runs a 1969 Camaro, one that took HOT ROD Drag Week honors in 2015. \u201cWhen the NHRA calls you and asks if you would be willing to come to the U.S. Nationals and make some exhibition runs, what do you say?\u201d Bailey rhetorically asked. \u201cIt\u2019s like the president calling and asking you to take the space shuttle for a spin.\u201d<\/p>\n
Called \u201cCreamsicle\u201d, Barry\u2019s 1956 Chevy has its original body, making it one of the heavier cars in the Showdown. \u201cThis is something we never thought we\u2019d have the opportunity to do – participate in an event like the U.S. Nationals in these types of cars. It\u2019s a pretty big deal for us,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re an underdog in some ways; we still have the original car, all steel, versus some of the other cars\u2026 \u201c<\/p>\n
Goldstone\u2019s 1973 AMC Javelin is powered by a twin-turbocharged, 572cid big-block Chevy engine. He\u2019s owned this very competitive machine for more than 30 years and relishes the idea of racing in his home state. \u201cI\u2019m very excited to do this because we\u2019re Indiana people This is the biggest race of the year and we will be running in front of a lot of people we know,\u201d he said. While Goldstone has been to Lucas Oil Raceway in the past, he\u2019s never competed in the U.S. Nationals. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be nice to showcase what we can do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schroeder\u2019s bright blue 1966 Corvette rounds out the quartet. It\u2019s the only nitrous-huffing machine in the group and won HOT ROD Drag Week two years ago. \u201cWe are excited to be invited to participate in this,\u201d Schroeder acknowledged. \u201cWe are ready to give the turbo cars a run for their money!\u201d<\/p>\n
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