Theme Tuesdays: Wheel Stands
I’ve been dropping hints that this Theme Tuesday was coming for awhile now and I’ve finally pulled together a collection I’m happy with (at least for a part one).
Most of these pictures come from hanging around the H.A.M.B. and the Yellow Bullet forums where they love cars new or old that can put their front wheels in the air via monstrous amounts of torque.
There’s a mix of vintage and more recent stuff here so I’ll start with the more contemporary then fade into the past.
2JZ powered s2000 getting up on 2 at TX2K12. Video is here
67 or so z28 getting up to pan smashing heights
When I had my blazer I had this as my desktop photo for ages. I’m sure it ended well
Notice the rag, evidently later in the day he ran with a freshly re welded pan
Such a nice looking Stang to be slappin bumper like that
Wheel stands in cars with wheelbases similar to this Pinto have proven to be more than a little risky
AMX smackin’ bumper
All the guys in the background look totally unimpressed at what they are seeing… weird
Shots like this make me want to shoot drag racing more…
Found in a hard launch thread full of glorious images
Flexin X chassis which I’ve posted different angles of on the fanpage
More chassis twisting torque
Not quite a wheelie but too unique not to include
Top fuel getting in on the action
I’ve seen quite a few wheel standers but this is one of the weirdest…
The Legendary Hemi Under Glass
Rich Guasco fuel altered dragster ‘Pure Hell’ ‘Raisin a little hell. This one is still around far as I know
Ed Lenarth’s Holy Toledo Jeep
Amazing
Big wheel stand from 1963
That’s a lot of car to get up there
Looks like a wheelie bar out back is keeping things from getting to hairy here
Not a single care given
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i didnt think you can do a burn out while wheelstanding. thought it was one or the other
Yeah I thought that too. Photo trickery?
Sure you can. There’s tons of pics of drag cars from the sixties that are wheels-up with huge clouds of smoke coming off the tires.
I swear there was a mythbusters about it. Odd it seems to be only cars in the sixties doin it
Nothin’ quite like a wheelstand.
You might enjoy this video.
http://youtu.be/c4CPB7n4dmo