Glenn Hunter wins at the Hot Rod Drag Week

The aim of the Hot Rod Drag Week is to find America’s fastest street car and the event’s premise is rather simple; take a field of the toughest street cars in the country and make them race at five different race tracks over five days. Oh, and the race cars have to be driven from one track to the next while being totally self-sufficient.

The Hot Rod Drag Week is widely considered to be the most gruelling race event in the world with only the smartest, toughest and most dedicated teams left standing at the end of the five-day ordeal.

Competing at this year’s event in the Pro Street Power Adder class was a Drag Week veteran Glenn Hunter Jr.

His ride was a gorgeous, all-steel, full interior 1956 Chevrolet Belair with a show-quality finish.

Much like its exterior, the engine bay is show-spec and houses a 540ci Chevy V8 with an aluminium block and Brodix heads. It is mated to a Turbo 400 transmission, with a healthy dose of boost being provided by a pair of 88mm BorgWarner turbos.

The whole car is controlled by a Haltech NEXUS R5 with an iC-7 digital display looking at home on the classic Belair dashboard.

Glen’s Drag Week campaign did not start well with a broken hose causing boost issues. By the end of Day 1 however, with the hose replaced, the Chevy produced a 7.527 and 188.6mph result.

Things improved even further in Norwalk with Glenn ending Day 2 with a 7.339 and 190.83mph.

Day 3 saw Glenn record a 7.387 and 187.83mph and move to the top spot in his class with over 1-second gap to the second place.

Glenn moved a step closer to a class win with a 7.559 and 185.54mph on Day 4 in Byron, Illinois and cemented his class dominance on the final day with the average ET of 7.43 at 198 mph giving him not only a class win but a 4th overall place at the event.

Congratulations to Glenn on an outstanding effort! Read the Haltech Highlights from the Hot Rod Drag Week 2021 here.

Photos by Povi Pullinen | theregularstudio.com