Monday 15th August 2016

Red Victor at it again!

That old Vauxhall is off to Bahrain to claim its street legal record back - here's how to get involved

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Everyone who knows just a little bit about drag racing will know about Red Victor, the Vauxhall Victor owned and raced for many years by Andy Frost. Up until 2014 it was the world's fastest street legal car, the record taken at that time by Larry Larson with a 5.88-second run.

Next stop Bahrain!

But now Andy and his team are back, competing at the Bahrain Drag Racing Club for this season and determined to reclaim that record. The car has been rebuilt and is now producing in the region of 4,000hp (!), the aim being to get the car to a five-second quarter-mile. Which would be a fairly emphatic way of reclaiming the record.

We've had a chat with Andy about the project and it's clearly been a labour of love for him, a huge amount of time and effort put in beside his day job. This on top of the fact the Red Victor, in one form or another, has been around a for a while now: the Red Victor story goes back to the 1980s!

While the Red Victor rejuvenation has been largely in secret for many months, the project is now going public to gain the last bit of required support. Getting a car and a crew to Bahrain is not a cheap endeavour! If you can pledge anything then the team would of course hugely appreciate any contribution, and it means you could be involved with a world record. Donate here, and we'll keep you posted as to Andy and Red Victor's progress!

[Photos: Facebook]

[WCZ]

the visibility out of the front window looks awful, cant believe this is road legal!

[R8Steve]

I can't imagine the emissions reading being very MOT friendly either

[redvictor]

Except it's IVA legal. Legal with the bonnet on. This is the most legal car out there in this field of street legal racing.
Zero rated emissions too.

[Shakermaker]

R8Steve said:

I can't imagine the emissions reading being very MOT friendly either

Surely the benefit of building this kind of thing on a car registered in what, 1972?

[Impasse]

The space on that highly noticeable bonnet bulge is for rent. Give generously.

#Donated

[callyman]

Impasse said:

The space on that highly noticeable bonnet bulge is for rent. Give generously.

#Donated

As are the rear quarters.

[V8covin]

redvictor said:

Except it's IVA legal. Legal with the bonnet on. This is the most legal car out there in this field of street legal racing.
Zero rated emissions too.

Has it had to go thru an IVA test ? The same test kit cars have to go thru ?

[callyman]

V8covin said:

redvictor said:

Except it's IVA legal. Legal with the bonnet on. This is the most legal car out there in this field of street legal racing.
Zero rated emissions too.

Has it had to go thru an IVA test ? The same test kit cars have to go thru ?

Yes it did, and passed it.

[V8covin]

callyman said:

Yes it did, and passed it.

Impressive

[J4CKO]

Under five second quarter, that doesnt sound much slower than Top Fuel ?

[HappyMidget]

An amazing car with a great team behind it.

[soad]

Hope it goes great!

[callyman]

J4CKO said:

Under five second quarter, that doesnt sound much slower than Top Fuel ?

Into the 5's it should say.

A 5.7 would do nicely.

The 2nd 8th is where this car is currently mind blowingly good.

The knack is getting it to 300ft quickly with no tyre shake.
If you can get to that distance quickly and cleanly it will always go down the track.

This is why He needs a Stella track and plenty of passes to tune it just right.

He will never get that opportunity here.

I don't remember the figures but Andy will be along and quote some back half times.

Edited by callyman on Monday 15th August 15:42

[redvictor]

Of course if I'd have done a burnout at the test station in front of the examiner it would have failed.
Runs on slicks at the track. Treads on the road.

Edited by redvictor on Monday 15th August 18:05

[central]

callyman said:

Into the 5's it should say.

A 5.7 would do nicely.

The 2nd 8th is where this car is currently mind blowingly good.

The knack is getting it to 300ft quickly with no tyre shake.
If you can get to that distance quickly and cleanly it will always go down the track.

This is why He needs a Stella track and plenty of passes to tune it just right.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Bonkers car is back now with even more bonkers added

Good luck you loons

[Soov535]

Equus said:

redvictor said:

Zero rated emissions too.

I thought that you still had to pass a visual smoke test? Best not let them see the second pic...

What tyres is it running?

oNES WITH KINKS IN THEM!!

[Smokey32]

J4CKO said:

Under five second quarter, that doesnt sound much slower than Top Fuel ?

There like 3.5-3.7. 2 seconds is an age heh.

Amazing that its road legal. Fair play.

[HappyMidget]

Equus said:

I thought that you still had to pass a visual smoke test? Best not let them see the second pic...

What tyres is it running?

Hoosier Drag Slicks on the track. Does the whitewall lettering not give that away

[J4CKO]

Smokey32 said:

J4CKO said:

Under five second quarter, that doesnt sound much slower than Top Fuel ?

There like 3.5-3.7. 2 seconds is an age heh.

Amazing that its road legal. Fair play.

Top Fuelers run over a shorter distance 305 metres vs the old 400, so not 100 percent comparable, the old 1/4 records were like 4.5, so anything in the 5's for a quarter by a road legal car is amazing.