The drag-racing GT-R R35 has two turbos at the front, 3000 hp, a dynamically-adjustable wing and gets its style from the Nighthawk stealth bomber.
One of the fastest street cars in the world is Tom Bailey’s Sick Seconds 1969 Chevy Camaro, a 6-second car on the quarter mile. He then followed it up with the Sick Seconds 2.0, that achieved a 5.77 time at nearly 260 mph.
This is at the top level of street car potential, cars that can race and return home under their own steam, legally. There are many people pushing the envelope, and some of them are here in this video courtesy of Vehicle Virgins on YouTube.
The host is down at the Texas 2K event in Houston where some of the fastest performance cars in the world of all kinds head down to compete in classic drag and rolling races. At the site there is a shadowy duo of Nissan GT-R 35s that merit a closer look.
Cars And Highlights At Texas 2K, Houston
As Vehicle Virgins navigate the parking lot on qualifying day at Houston Raceway for the rolling ¼-mile races, there are a plethora of great builds and projects including many twin-turbocharged supercars.
Audi R8s, Lamborghini Huracáns and more line up among more unique and interesting cars such as a Honda Integra Type R with a lengthened wheelbase to accommodate a rear engine setup.
Also at the event are Nissan Skyline GT-R R34s, including a rare and valuable GT-R R34 M-Spec Nür.
These cars are from a 285-unit production run and include lots of small upgrades over the standard cars – they get their name from the Nürburgring racetrack in Germany.
There are short clips of cars making rolling-start quarter mile passes including a twin-turbo Dodge Viper that makes a low 9-second time.
The Midnight Fury 3000-HP Nissan Skyline GT-RView this post on InstagramA post shared by Vehicle Virgins (@vehiclevirgins)
Of course, the biggest highlight of the video among the $25,000 supercar-imitation golf carts and A90 Toyota Supras with bead-lock wheels is the pair of black Nissan GT-R R35s sitting menacingly in the lot. The Nissan GT-R R35 is the next-generation of GT-Rs following the last Nissan Skyline GT-R, the R34. Today the R35 GT-R is worth an average of $90,000.
The first car – Midnight Fury, is a sight to behold. It is mat black, features a closed front design with the twin turbocharger inlets visible through the blank bumper, feeding air into a 4.3-liter engine to make more than 3000 hp. We love the front shark fin and the dynamically adjustable rear wing, which enabled it to be the fastest GT-R in the world in 2021 with a 6.5-second ¼-mile at 230 mph.
Built by TI Race Development, the owner and driver Laser George’s GT-R gives the Batmobile a run for its money.
Next to it is another black GT-R, this one called Night Terror with the widest drag wheels we’ve seen for a long time. A great collection of drag racing cars – presumably seeing them in the flesh is even more impressive.
