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Written by Patrick Rall
This week"s Drag Race Monday video features the 1972 Chevrolet Camaro Rally Sport featured in the TV show Street Outlaws. This car is better known as the Monza Split Bumper Camaro due to the fact that it is driven by Jerry "Monza" Johnston, who came onto the street racing scene with his built Chevy Monza. More recently, he has made a name for himself in the world of street racing and no-prep racing with this murdered out 1972 Camaro. Said Camaro is powered by a nitrous-injected, 528 cubic inch big block Chevy V8. In this video, we watch as Monza sleeps at the starting line then dances his way to a win.If you are unfamiliar with no-prep racing, the idea is to race on an a drag strip that has not been treated or coated with resin to increase grip. This makes the racing more like what street racers would deal like on the surface of a public road. In theory, this no-prep drag racing allows similar action to street racing, but in the safe confines of a drag strip rather than out on the open road.The problem with this no-prep racing is that the racing surface can be very slick, which is obvious in the clip below.After the Monza Camaro and the Nova in the near lane do their burnouts and stage, the video jumps ahead to the two cars taking the green light. Both cars are slow to launch, but the Camaro sits longer moving out well after the Nova. However, the big block Camaro quickly jumps into the lead when the Nova loses traction right at the line and when the Nova nearly went sideways around the halftrack mark, the Camaro was able to drive to an "easy" win.Crank up your speakers and enjoy!
Date written: January 16, 2017
More of this article on the LS1 Tech website
ID: 6423
This week"s Drag Race Monday video features the 1972 Chevrolet Camaro Rally Sport featured in the TV show Street Outlaws. This car is better known as the Monza Split Bumper Camaro due to the fact that it is driven by Jerry "Monza" Johnston, who came onto the street racing scene with his built Chevy Monza. More recently, he has made a name for himself in the world of street racing and no-prep racing with this murdered out 1972 Camaro. Said Camaro is powered by a nitrous-injected, 528 cubic inch big block Chevy V8. In this video, we watch as Monza sleeps at the starting line then dances his way to a win.If you are unfamiliar with no-prep racing, the idea is to race on an a drag strip that has not been treated or coated with resin to increase grip. This makes the racing more like what street racers would deal like on the surface of a public road. In theory, this no-prep drag racing allows similar action to street racing, but in the safe confines of a drag strip rather than out on the open road.The problem with this no-prep racing is that the racing surface can be very slick, which is obvious in the clip below.After the Monza Camaro and the Nova in the near lane do their burnouts and stage, the video jumps ahead to the two cars taking the green light. Both cars are slow to launch, but the Camaro sits longer moving out well after the Nova. However, the big block Camaro quickly jumps into the lead when the Nova loses traction right at the line and when the Nova nearly went sideways around the halftrack mark, the Camaro was able to drive to an "easy" win.Crank up your speakers and enjoy!
Date written: January 16, 2017
More of this article on the LS1 Tech website
ID: 6423
