As of today the Worlds Fastest Street Car is a Pickup!

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If you didn't follow HotRod's Dragweek on the livestreams, you dun fukt up. The week long stream showed the drama of the dragweek event that unfolded between the events Big Dogs, Jeff Lutz and Larry Larson.

Due to the "uncorking" of unlimited class, the average ET's have plunged rapidly over the last couple years. Larson objected to that (despite being skilled, connected, and wealthy enough to benefit from it), saying it defeated the idea...but his words fell on deaf ears. So he did what any good enthusiast would do at that level...build an over-the-top drag truck, using every inch of the rulebook to the max, in an effort to give the ultimate "see what you did" to David Frieburger (hotrods editor and head of the event).

While Dragweek is always a survival event, making sub 9' second cars live on 1k miles of driving and 15-30 passes isn't an easy task. Larry lifted and cracked a head, resulting in a mad thrash to repair custom made $8k heads and get the truck to the line. He did so, but tripped the light early and dragging his average ET too far down, eventually costing him the E.T race to Lutz.

Despite this, Larson finished out the week running FULL OUT for the fans and himself, resulting in multiple passes knocking on Andy Frosts existing record (From the totally B.S. "british" drag week). Finally, on the last day of competition, Larson hooked NASTY...running a stupid-fast 6.16, while lifting early at the top end.

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So that makes that little s10 the fastest street car (TRUCK!) in the world, in a truck that is capable of - and being tuned and fueled to - run 5 second passes...something that most racers didn't think was realistically possible in any definition of a street car...and going after a certain Swede we know..

We are left with a new record, and the knowledge that not only will a street truck be running in the 5's...but a street truck will be knocking on the door of a Pro-Mod for the title of all-out fastest truck in the universe...