Video: the Norton Hogslayer

The Hogslayer’s big innovation wasn’t packing first two, then three engines into a single drag racer, but doubling the width of the average rear tire to 8 inches and exploiting that added traction with a homemade clutch made from earthmover brakes. That enabled TC Christenson of Kenosha, Wisconsin to add 10mph to the world record for a quarter mile trap speed, achieving 180mph. It could reach that speed in seven seconds. Now, the legendary drag racer is the subject of a new documentary.

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