The cars were built for drag racing, best suited to the quarter-mile track, but available in showrooms to those who knew of the automakers’ black-ops.

Pontiac built some incredible muscle cars in the 1960s, but one stood out as fast and rare, leaving all others in the dust.

I doubt it, unless you were part of the early-to mid-'60s drag racing scene—and caught up in drag racing's most colorful era, the gasser wars. See All 11 Photos ...

Sure-Fire Fix At the end of the day, it's important to understand that the 60-second shot clock is not a global, "new normal" for the entire sport of drag racing, or anything like that.

So, for 1972, the drag racing organization allowed small-block V-8s to run in cars with lighter weight breaks than the Bruiser-class muscle machines.

Drag racing was gaining in popularity in the early 1960s, and muscle cars were the automakers' attempt to give the people some track performance for the streets.

He grew up in the best racing environment that may have ever existed. Just looking at drag strips alone, at its peak California played host to as many as 60 drag strips, some of which only lasted ...

Breaking the 340 mph barrier made it's mark on history, but ironically wasn't enough to take the number one spot.

Don Schumacher is known for many things in the world of drag racing. A competitor, a businessman, a safety pioneer, and a winner are among them. Schumacher, who had been going through a rough battle ...