I recently stumbled across pure internet gold. However nothing too fancy. More like that ‘ghetto gold plated tooth inbetween missing teeth’ gold. That’s right folks...were talking about Spectator drags. Where the men get seperated from the boys.

It’s the type of event that runs as a half-time break inbetween stock car racing. It delivers an elimination event which pitches each average joe’s daily against the next (Actual spectators cars like the one you’d use to drop the kids off at school in the morning) in a one lap shoot where the loser goes home. Don’t be fooled thinking this is a destruction derby. It’s way more sophisticated than that. But like all things in life, s$%t, well…it happens. In the final round, when there are only two cars remaining, competitors then battle a “best-out-of-three” challenge where the winner takes all....pride, glory, bragging rights and Cletus’ cousin….who could well be his sister. 

Expect titanic battles of Euro spec vs Jap spec vs the peoples favourite, raw American V8 muscle. Add to that some whitty commentating and you’ve got some top tier entertainment including some pretty cringeworthy moments of dispair. It all makes for good viewing pleasure. Heck, they should make a Netflix series around this. So grab some popcorn and enjoy an abundance of American flags being waved, tyre smoke to make you choke and the theme song from pulp fiction. On a cautionary note, these videos may contain more snap oversteer and understeer than you can ever handle. These racers don’t hold back and go for glory, no matter the cost.

Get on your oiliest wife beater shirt, crack open a cold one and enjoy a selection of some of the roughest racing scenes, known to man.

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5. Quote of the day goes to: “We know Linus isn’t scared to use the bumper”

4. “The worlds fastest Fiesta”

3. “WIND UP THAT ELASTIC BAND, BOY!”

2. “GET OFF THE BREAKS…YOU’RE RACING, YOU DUMMY”

1. “HOW YOUR TIE RODS?”