The Vega is a hard car not to like. Even the men who run companies ... As it stands, the stock Vega isn't too competitive in an NHRA drag class. With an advertised horsepower-to-weight ratio ...

In 1974, Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins took the body shell of a Chevrolet Vega and built a race car inside of it. It changed the world of drag racing. And after that NHRA Pro Stock drag race Vega ...

After our less-than - splendid example (so far) of a supercharged Vega, we bring you now to another method of inducing horsepower from with—, out, while not disturbing those parts within the engine.

According to the builder, this Chevy Vega is the owner’s very first car, purchased in 1974 off a used car lot in Burbank. The owner enjoyed drag racing their Vega at Irwindale with a mild four ...

Well, Bill's racer revolutionized the Pro Stock class when it hit the drag strip in 1974 ... Spotted at a local car show, the Vega sports its original livery with "Grumpy's Toy X" decals on ...

A 1973 Chevrolet Vega meets a 2011 Nissan GT-R at the drag strip. Both are anything but ... Not much remained from what the stock car had when it rolled off the production line ages ago.

Still, it was an impressive drag car, that could apparently run a sub ... economy compact competitor to the Ford Pinto and Chevrolet Vega, but they also wanted it to compete on the track.

The Hanger 13 race car is a 1972 Chevrolet Vega two-door sedan with an Iron Duke engine swap out of a 1991 Chevrolet S-10. It finished 36th out of 71 entries at the 2022 High Plains Drifter 24 ...