The Snell Foundation rates racing helmets into three categories for racing. They are classified as SA – Sports Application, M – Motorcycle Application of K – Karting Application. The difference between SA and M-rated helmets is that the SA standard requires a flammability test and a roll bar impact test, not required by the M […]
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Image: Shutterstock.com Participating in street-style drag racing means your car has to be kitted with certain after-market items. One essential item is a set of tires, and for drag racing, you need pretty good rubber. The tires are the most critical aspect of your drag racing car after the engine and the tuning. For a
Image: Shutterstock.com For drag racers, a normal 12-volt battery – like those found in your average vehicle – does not provide them with enough power during a race. Due to this, many drag racers look for an alternative battery option. Luckily, 16-volt batteries provide a solution to this problem and are actually favored today by
Image: Shutterstock.com Not much comes close to the exhilaration of drag racing. The speed and power are the backbones of drag racing, and whether you are a fan or racer, the love of the sport is undeniable. Drag racing is not simply getting in a car and hitting the gas; there are many preparations to
Image: Shutterstock.com Drag racing, as a sport, places a lot of emphasis on the wheels of the racing car. Wheel spacers are often used during a drag race to help with the perfect alignment and fitment of the car’s tires. This is generally to aid the car’s performance. Others use spacers just to achieve a
Image: Shutterstock.com Have you ever been to a drag racing strip and had the opportunity to go into the pit section? The atmosphere is absolutely electric. Crews are working on tuning, fixing, and testing their respective cars before a run. The incredible thing about these cars is their engines and speed, but thinking about these
Image editorial credit: Bruce Alan Bennett / Shutterstock.com There are not many things in life as fascinating as speed. The epitome of that fascination must be drag racing, hands down. I have only once driven a nitrous-powered vehicle with a 3-speed gearbox and was fascinated at how fast it went through the gears. Growing up
Image: Shutterstock.com The love of drag racing is in your blood, or it is not. It’s something you love from the first time you experience it, the loud engines, incredible speeds over short distances. The thing is with drag racing, you usually have to go to a designated track to watch or participate, but let
Image editorial credit: Bruce Alan Bennett / Shutterstock.com To many car enthusiasts like myself, there are few things in life as exciting as drag racing. The fact that you cannot hear anything except the screaming engines and smell burning rubber doesn’t take anything away from the race itself. Some say it’s easy to drag race,
Image: Shutterstock.com If you have ever been to see a drag race, either a legal race on a track or an illegal race on the street, it seems that all drag racers spin their wheels in a burnout before every race. The burnouts may seem to be pure show-boating, but there are real reasons behind