EXCLUSIVE: The Murder Nova Testing On Drag Radials In Texas!

DZ1Famed Street Outlaws racer Shawn Ellington, aka Murder Nova, is testing his 1969 Chevy Nova today at North Star Dragway in Denton, Texas. But this time, instead of a no-prep, street-style approach, you’ll find a pair of Mickey Thompson 275 drag radials under the tubs of this fine machine. That’s right, Murder Nova is on drag radials and ready for some on track action!

DZ4We’ve got exclusive photos of the very first passes by the team today in Texas.

“We’ve always loved drag radial racing, we’ve followed it forever and it’s something we’ve always wanted to do so here we are. We have some time off before filming starts again and we wanted to throw our hand in the pot and see what happens. The engine is all the same but we’ve changed the entire suspension system, rear gear, converter, etc. We don’t really know what to expect today which is why we wanted to come test. If all goes well and we don’t crash it or blow it up we plan to be in Memphis in two weeks for the Street Car Reunion. I’d like to thank Travis Quillin, Steve Petty and Joe at Pro Torque for their help getting this bad boy set up for radial racing,” said Ellington.

Ellington has made one hit thus far today, spinning the tires right at the launch. Look for additional coverage of the testing session later this evening.

UPDATE: After their first hit, the Midwest Street Cars gang discovered some parts breakage and loaded up for the day. They have, however, pulled back into the gates in Denton today (Thursday) and will be making some additional runs. We’ll bring you the news as we receive it.

THURSDAY: Ellington went 5.35 at 123 on today’s first run, pedaling the car during the run and shutting it down early, coasting across the stripe. That run was followed up with a 6.09 at 137 in a near carbon copy of the first run, on of the throttle and coasting across the eighth-mile. The team came back with a nice 5.05 at a pretty stout 175 mph, before clicking off their best run of the day, by far, with a 4.60 at 184 mph.

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