Rado Breaks Into the 6's

Car Culture At Large

Over the weekend we heard unconfirmed rumors that Chris Rado had driven his Scion tC into the 6′s at Pomona, making it the first front-drive drag car ever to do so. There has been a little discrepancy regarding the time, but I just got off the phone with Chris who gave me the the quick rundown of what happened. With the car running faster than ever, and a solid coating of rubber on the track Chris laid down an astonishing 6.97 second ET during eliminations.

Unfortunately the incredible traction that the car had off the line caused the timing beams to misread the 60-foot time, technically making the ET “unofficial”. Nonetheless, the complete 1/4 mile time is still legit by all accounts.

By Mike Garrett

Rado Breaks Into the 6's

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Posted at 8:50 am in Chris Rado, Scion, StreetFirehp, tC

Comments

JoeCool97Formula
Nov 21, 2009 at 1:42 pm

Looks weird with the big tires in front and dinky little ones out back. And I agree, what is the point of the wheelie bar and rear spoiler?

phattacorider
Nov 20, 2009 at 5:14 pm

The wheelie bar helps to prevent the shift of weight to lose traction on the front of the car since it’s FWD. A longer car will have better weight traction on the front wheels. This expains why when someone accelerates too quickly on a unicycle, they will practically backflip.

RustyS10
Nov 20, 2009 at 1:03 pm

he needs the wheelie bar to keep the back from squatting, it squats because he has a rear spoiler… and we wonder why FWD never got into the 6′s before this?

KustomKiely
Nov 20, 2009 at 8:13 am

possibly the wheelie bars help with traction and prevent the rear of the car from swaying?

dragonxbreath
Nov 19, 2009 at 8:53 am

Wheelie bars?

toyotadriver008
Nov 18, 2009 at 6:47 pm

thats amazing
i wanna see a video

nelli23
Nov 18, 2009 at 4:10 pm

Sick! Congrats Chris!