Video: Larry Larson Records First Five-Second Street Legal Run

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By now you’ve likely already heard about Larry Larson’s shot heard ‘round the street legal drag racing world, as the five-time champion of Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week laid down the first-ever five-second pass by a street legal vehicle on Sunday with a scintillating lap of 5.95-seconds at 244 mph at the Street Car Super Nationals in Las Vegas.

street-car-super-nationals-x-day-coverage-las-vegas303For a racer as accomplished as Larson, you would think there’d be little left to check off, but that all changed during the late summer months when the Kansas-based chassis builder unveiled his state-of-the-art new Chevrolet S-10 pickup sporting twin-turbo power from Pro Line. The new pickup was a game-changer before it ever turned a tire, and after carding a 6.16 on the final day of Drag Week in Tulsa, there was little question what kind of potential was there.

Larson and his partner in the project, Chad Reynolds, set their sights on the 10th edition of the Street Car Super Nationals as their second and final outing of the season, with one single mission: to obtain a five-second time slip.

During qualifying, Larson carded a 6.043-second, 242.67 mph pass that, in itself, was already the quickest pass ever by a street legal vehicle by a country mile. It was also good for tenth in the Outlaw Pro Modified field. But in the first round of eliminations opposite of Tommy Johnns, the barrier went crashing down, as Larson’s sleek Chevrolet stormed to a 5.950 at 244.43 mph, compliments of a 1.025 short time, 2.718, 3.966 at 194.69 mph to half track, and a 5.036 to 1,000-feet.

street-car-super-nationals-x-day-coverage-las-vegas87Larson got the job done with the help of a Pro Torque Revolution series torque converter, which is mated to the Rossler TH400-based three-speed transmission, delivering the power from the 620 cubic inch big block Chevy with twin 98mm turbos.

With five-second performance already a reality, and Larsons’ combination having proven itself reliable enough to complete the entire grueling test of Drag Week, notice has been served that if anyone wants to compete at the head of the street legal drag racing world, they’d better bring five-second capable power to the table. And with some challengers already stepping up and making their plans known, we may not be looking at the only five-second vehicle in the world come next season.

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Andrew Wolf

Andrew has been involved in motorsports from a very young age. Over the years, he has photographed several major auto racing events, sports, news journalism, portraiture, and everything in between. After working with the Power Automedia staff for some time on a freelance basis, Andrew joined the team in 2010.
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