Beginners Drag Racing Tips (Part 1): What You Need to Know Before You Go

This video will cover the very basics of entry into drag racing.

00:28 How to Drag Race, Part 1
00:58 Tip #1: Turn off your A/C
01:30 Tip #2: Equipment
01:52 Tip #3: Vehicle
​02:15 A proper burnout​
02:50 Two beams
03:12 Tip #4: Leave on last yellow
03:48 Reaction time
04:07 The rest of the run (how to start and stop)
04:43 Time slip
05:10 It may be you, not the car
​05:48 Quick overview and ET

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[aidenmorse]

ITS THE FREEDOM FACTORY HELL YEAH BROTHER

[EthanL]

Look at your 60' not your 1320' because in the end your 60' is what really matters

[automafiaracing]

I kept thinking this video looked familiar. Then I realized you were at Bradenton where we always drag race.

[masonwood]

Anyone else notice the freedom factory at 4:13

[quickchevy]

Couple of things. Courtesy staging. Double bulbing noobies are annoying. Also, the car with the turnaround lane has the right of way at the end of the track, you don't want to turn in front of a car that might not be able to stop.

[youknoweverything]

Step one build 3, 000 hp drag car
2. Watch video.
3. Become nhra champion.
4. Interviewer where did you learn to drive, me:watched this guy's video on YouTube.
5. Do it all over again

[jjmccloud]

Great explanation! Especially about the driver, make sure you can learn to drive well before sinking to much money in it lol not everyone can grasp the driving aspect! If thats you either save your money or start thinking about finding you a driver for your car and decide if thats the route you wanna take. No point in dropping stacks and stacks of money in a car that you can't get down the track in at its full potential

[zachhays]

That ford insult earned y’all that subscribe

[jdavis]

Hey that’s the freedom factory in the drone shot!!😂😂

[goodinsrt]

My first time I ran a 12.4, now I'm down to 11.8. I should be looking at 11.6 if they ever decide to prep.

[NeilLB]

I wouldn’t bother burning out on street tires. Slicks get better traction when heated up. Street tires get slick when hot. And it wears out the tread for no gain.

[greengabe]

I’m about to take my grandmas Corolla to the drag strip

[bobhilly]

If I have a fwd car what would be the best way to go to the burn out box

[shootcreations]

is there pros to doing a burnout on stock tires like better grip or no ?

[joseprudencio]

Here's a serious question: will I get laughed at for showing up in my SXT challenger? ☹

[tillman]

Rule one: lock your visor down. 80% of vets don’t do it.

[CrAzYtothe]

If the strip doesn't have a way to go around do you just go through it?

[denisek]

How many of you have seen women at the drag races (racing, not as spectators)? I’d really like to race since we just got a permit here where I live but I don’t want to be the only female racer.

[hassanabas]

Let's say I have chevy caprice fbo cam heads na stock engine will I be put together with let's say a charger hellcat or a ctsv stock or bolt-ons or even cammed since they are both 4 doors and stock engine which comes with a supercharger from factory?

[camaro_king]

I have a 2016 camaro rs 8-speed automatic. At the start of the race should I push the pedal all the way to the floor, or do it at a decent speed then slam on the gas? I’m new to this, so if I ever drag race I want to know what I’m doing beforehand