Video: Boosted Starlet Goes For Wild Starting Line Ride

starletOne key to success in drag racing is having your car ready when it hits the track on race day. The best of the best rarely have to partake in the classic “epic thrash” because they’re always making sure their ride is in top racing shape. Sometimes no matter how much you prepare bad things can happen, and happen big at any racing level.

At the Pan American Nationals a racer found out what happens when you put big power down and  some parts decide they don’t want to be a part of your car–total starting line carnage.

Each year at the Atco Dragway in New Jersey, the Pan American Nationals bring out the best imports from the United States and Puerto Rico to see who can earn some serious bragging rights. Classes range from bracket racing to all-motor monsters and six-second boosted rockets.

Starlet 2-2In this video from Nyce1s, this rather nasty-sounding boosted and rear wheel drive-converted Toyota Starlet is in the beams and ready to make another low 10-second pass when things go south really quick. As soon as the light drops and the driver dumps the clutch, the Starlet’s 8.5-inch slicks grab a whole bunch of the sticky surface and takes some parts with it in a big way.

The nasty Toyota makes an odd move to the left as the passenger side wheel and tire comes flying off along with the wheel studs, lug nuts, and other driveline parts. After the driver gets out you can hear the crowd roar in approval at his effort and the entertaining show he put on. The track crew quickly gets to work getting the car off the track and the racing back going again, but for the driver of this Starlet, it’s a trip to the track he’d just as soon forget

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Brian Wagner

Spending his childhood at different race tracks around Ohio with his family’s 1967 Nova, Brian developed a true love for drag racing. Brian enjoys anything loud, fast, and fun.
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