October 2022 RPM Magazine Preview

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As far back as anyone on this planet can recall, humans have been drag racing.

Here at RPM, we’d like to think that early cave men got their kicks from one on one straight line action by hopping on an evenly matched pair of smaller, less ferocious, creatures and having at it to see who gets the most meat from the days kill. Ten there were chariot

drags, horse races (side by side in the old west), horse-drawn wagon shootouts and, of course, our beloved automobile came into the picture and the rest is history. Te one single common factor in all of this drag race action though, is “no-prep” – there were no special processes done to the dirt, gravel, tar and chip or asphalt to aid in traction. Sounds like fun, right?

Drag racing racing where preparation racing morphed and eventually said something spinning my a concoction make a hard dustry ran with Street drags come dangerous were caught

racing would start as street where there was obviously no to the road surface. Street morphed into organized drags eventually somebody somewhere something like “man I’m tired of my wheels” and came up with concoction of who knows what to hard surface sticky, and the in with it.

drags would continue but be dangerous (and more costly if you doing it) as the numbers of

If you’re looking for body imperfections, better bring a magnifying glass as Stace prepped the original steel body to perfec tion before laying down the slick black skin.

cars on the road increased and got a lot more power, and even backroad drags were risky. Being a curious lot though, us racing folk found ways to feed our need for speed with variations of drag racing, and things have come almost full circle through no-prep and no-time racing. Te goal of no-prep drags is to emulate street race conditions as close as possible and bring back the adren aline and risk factor that made street racing so appealing for both partici pants and fans alike.

The Hager family loves Fox Body Stangs and this ’86 LX with recent body and paint upgrades was debuted earlier in 2022 along with the fresh engine combo. Right from the get go you quickly notice the old school vibe of the car, a tribute to the early days of Fox Body Mustang drag racing. Even the hood scoop is a taller take on the orig inal 1969 Mustang style scoop that was used on Fox Stangs long before the first cowl hood was ever produced.

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