By Speedhunters

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

By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

OK, I have to admit that most of the time, I think front wheel drive performance cars are kind of stupid. Seriously, why? But right after I started at CarDomain, I interviewed FWD evangelist Chris Rado, and when I asked him the big question—um, why?— he explained that working with FWD is more of an engineering challenge, and I totally respect that. When I spoke with him, he was focusing on FWD drags, but now he’s turned his attention to Redline’s Time Attack, and he’s putting down very respectable times in this crazy looking, twin wing Scion. Apparently, this baby is putting down around 1000 horsepower, and I was pumped to see it in person. Watch this walk-around video, and check out a couple more photos after the jump.

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