Theme Tuesdays: Wheel Stands

Feb 12, 2013

I’ve been dropping hints that this Theme Tuesday was coming for awhile now and I’ve finally pulled together a collection I’m happy with (at least for a part one).

Most of these pictures come from hanging around the H.A.M.B. and the Yellow Bullet forums where they love cars new or old that can put their front wheels in the air via monstrous amounts of torque.

There’s a mix of vintage and more recent stuff here so I’ll start with the more contemporary then fade into the past.

2JZ powered s2000 getting up on 2 at TX2K12. Video is here

wheelie_25 — 67 or so z28 getting up to pan smashing heights

wheelie_17 — When I had my blazer I had this as my desktop photo for ages. I’m sure it ended well

wheelie_18 — Notice the rag, evidently later in the day he ran with a freshly re welded pan

wheelie_24 — Such a nice looking Stang to be slappin bumper like that

wheelie_22 — Wheel stands in cars with wheelbases similar to this Pinto have proven to be more than a little risky

wheelie_15 — All the guys in the background look totally unimpressed at what they are seeing… weird

wheelie_5 — Shots like this make me want to shoot drag racing more…

wheelie_6 — Found in a hard launch thread full of glorious images

wheelie_23 — Flexin X chassis which I’ve posted different angles of on the fanpage

wheelie_7 — More chassis twisting torque

wheelie_8 — Not quite a wheelie but too unique not to include

wheelie_16 — Top fuel getting in on the action

wheelie_14 — I’ve seen quite a few wheel standers but this is one of the weirdest…

wheelie_9 — The Legendary Hemi Under Glass

wheelie_1 — Rich Guasco fuel altered dragster ‘Pure Hell’ ‘Raisin a little hell. This one is still around far as I know

wheelie_2 — Ed Lenarth’s Holy Toledo Jeep

wheelie_11 — That’s a lot of car to get up there

wheelie_12 — Looks like a wheelie bar out back is keeping things from getting to hairy here

6 COMMENTS

magic Feb 12, 2013 At 3:55 pm

i didnt think you can do a burn out while wheelstanding. thought it was one or the other

- DaveT Feb 12, 2013 At 4:55 pm
  
  Yeah I thought that too. Photo trickery?
  
Fastphil Feb 12, 2013 At 7:51 pm

Sure you can. There’s tons of pics of drag cars from the sixties that are wheels-up with huge clouds of smoke coming off the tires.

- DaveT Feb 12, 2013 At 10:50 pm
  
  I swear there was a mythbusters about it. Odd it seems to be only cars in the sixties doin it
  
Donn Prud Feb 19, 2013 At 7:58 am

Nothin’ quite like a wheelstand.

You might enjoy this video.
http://youtu.be/c4CPB7n4dmo

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