Equipment

Pix: The Serious Business of Funny Cars

Dec. 15, 2014

Tony Pedragon, owner of and primary driver for Pedragon Racing LLC, will tell you drag racing "funny cars" is no joke; especially when the engines of said cars can crank out up to 10,000 hp and send the vehicle from zero to 351 mph over just 1,000 feet in about 4 seconds. Pedragon brought two of his mean drag racing machines -- plus his team's long-haul tractor-trailer transporter -- to the 2014 Rush Truck Center Technician Skills Rodeo.

Sean Kilcarr

Tony Pedragon, owner of and primary driver for Pedragon Racing LLC, will tell you drag racing "funny cars" is no joke; especially when the engines of said cars can crank out up to 10,000 hp and fling them from zero to 351 mph over just 1,000 feet in about 4 seconds. Pedragon brought two of his mean drag racing machines -- plus his team's long-haul tractor-trailer transporter -- to the 2014 Rush Truck Center Technician Skills Rodeo.

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Sean Kilcarr | Editor in Chief

Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.