As those with any working knowledge of how different power adder combinations operate are keenly aware, there is a definitive and rather clear difference between how a nitrous car and a boosted car navigate the racetrack. Nitrous cars run well early on, while the turbo and blower cars are burning coals on the back half like nobody’s business, and it makes for some really entertaining drag racing when the gap between the two is closed up at the stripe in a nitrous versus boost matchup.
In the final round of Xtreme Drag Radial at the PSCA’s Accufab West Coast Shootout in Las Vegas last weekend, New Mexico’s Chris Groves, in his SBF-powered Mustang sporting a ProCharger, lined up alongside the nitrous-fed Chevy Nova of Rich Hoyle, and the result was another exciting come-from-behind drag race that makes multi-power adder categories so interesting.
As can be seen on the left from this onboard footage inside Groves’ machine, Hoyle grabs a sizable advantage out of the gate and looks to be making tracks toward victory, until the blown small block gets a swift kick in the rear at the 330 foot clocks and runs down the Nova, 7.40 seconds at 202.85 MPH to Hoyle’s 7.58 at ‘just’ 181.52 MPH. Thus, a perfect illustration of the on-track differences between these two very different power adders.
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