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Drag Week 2019Tom Bailey is Americas Fastest Street Car!

HOT ROD Drag Week 2019, Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive Ladies and gentlemen, we present Tom Bailey as the Unlimited Class and Overall winner of the 2019 HOT ROD Drag Week, presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive. The grueling challenge involves five drag strips in five days with nearly 800 miles of street action logged on the odometer. The adventure began at Virginia Motorsports Park and proceeded north to Cecil County Dragway (Rising Sun, MD), then to Atco Raceway (Atco, NJ). The tour turned south by rolling into Maryland International Raceway (Budds Creek, MD) on Thursday and finally back down to Virginia Motorsports Park for the finale. Each street tour was a pre-determined required route with distances as little as 160 miles and one day as high as 230 miles. Bailey conquered each segment with style, grace, and very little drama. Bailey fired a shot on Day 1 to set the pace for the week when his 1969 Chevy Camaro unleashed a 6.21 at 228 mph on its only pass down the Virginia drag strip. A short cruise north to Cecil County Dragway was effortless. The Camaro shook the tires on the historic track, just enough to slow him down to a 6.83 at 205 mph but remained in front of the competition. Once Bailey completed the run at Cecil County he and co-driver Steve Morris promptly pulled both SMX billet cylinder heads off the engine. Morris detected a small problem with the exhaust valve guides while setting the valves earlier in the day. It was a simple fix that Morris performed trackside before they embarked on a 200-plus mile road trip to the next stop. In New Jersey, Bailey got back on pace when he unleashed a 6.18 at 239 mph and reinstated his dominance. They went southbound to Maryland International Raceway after performing the street conversion. The Drag Week crowd was met with extreme heat and Bailey slowed down to a 6.27 at only 219 mph, pushing his four-day average to a 6.374. The final day of Drag Week brought Bailey promising conditions from a well-groomed track at Virginia Motorsports Park to favorable weather. It took three runs but he was able to unleash the quickest pass in Drag Week history with 5.994 at 250 mph, earning him the first-ever 5-second run. He secured a fourth Drag Week title with a 6.299 average and bragging rights until next years event. Stay tuned to www.HotRod.com for continued coverage of the 2019 HOT ROD Drag Week, presented by Gear Vendors. #DRAGWEEK #DRAGWEEK2019 Information and Coverage Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for more coverage! The post Drag Week 2019Tom Bailey is Americas Fastest Street Car! appeared first on Hot Rod Network .

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