Foxbody Gets REVENGE on a SUPRA!

A 1,500-horsepower turbocharged Foxbody Mustang known as the Dragonfly squares off against a Supra with real Street Outlaws pedigree, and the pass turns into something nobody in the stands expected: over 200 feet of controlled power wheelie down the center of the track. Built to run 7-second passes and still be driven home afterward, Dwayne’s small-tire Mustang put on a display of car control that comment sections are still talking about. Watch how close this one actually got.

Small-tire drag racing has a habit of producing moments too strange to script, and this pass belongs in that category. A car built to run consistent 7-second quarter miles is not supposed to spend half the track riding on its rear tires alone, wheels pointed at the sky, front end hunting for daylight — and yet that’s exactly what happens here, for over 200 feet, at a speed that should have ended the run right there. What makes it stranger still is who’s in the other lane: a driver whose reputation on a much bigger stage should have made this an easy win, and didn’t.

Meet the Dragonfly

The car at the center of this pass is known simply as the Dragonfly, a small-tire Ford Mustang Foxbody built around a turbocharged 427 cubic inch engine making a claimed 1,500 horsepower. Built and driven by Dwayne, the car is designed to run consistent 7-second quarter-mile passes on small tires, a discipline that rewards raw power and a driver’s ability to manage wheelspin and wheelies more than outright grip, since small-tire cars sacrifice the wide rear rubber that would normally keep a car planted under that kind of power output.

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Small-Tire Racing’s Built-In Chaos

Small-tire drag racing occupies a specific niche within the sport: cars run on tires narrow enough to look almost stock-sized, rather than the wide drag radials or slicks typical of big-tire classes. That choice trades consistency for spectacle — with less contact patch to manage fifteen-hundred-plus horsepower, wheelies, wheel hop, and unpredictable launches become part of the format rather than a failure. The Dragonfly’s power wheelie in this pass isn’t a malfunction; it’s the small-tire formula working exactly as violently as intended, just pushed further down the track than most cars in the class ever attempt.

200 Feet on Two Wheels

What separates this specific run from a typical small-tire wheelie is duration and control. Commenters specifically call out the length of the wheelie, well over 200 feet by most viewers’ estimate, during which Dwayne keeps the car tracking straight down the groove using nothing but throttle modulation and steering input, with the front wheels never touching back down until the power finally comes off. Holding a car level and centered in the lane for that distance, at speeds climbing well past highway limits, is the kind of car control that separates a viral clip from a genuinely respected pass among small-tire regulars who’ve seen plenty of wheelies go wrong.

The Supra in the Other Lane

The car in the other lane carries its own reputation, with commenters connecting the driver to appearances on Street Outlaws, the reality series that turned small-tire and no-prep drag racing into mainstream entertainment. Several viewers specifically note this same driver previously lost to Farmtruck and AZN’s build on the show, adding a layer of context for anyone who follows that scene — this wasn’t just a random grudge match at a local event, but a matchup between cars with real history in the small-tire community and a following that extends well beyond this single video.

Built to Tour, Not Just to Show Off

According to the video’s own description, the Dragonfly isn’t a trailer queen built purely for exhibition passes. It’s described as capable of running 7-second quarter miles all day long and still being driven on public roads afterward with a passenger aboard, a combination that’s rare at this power level, where most 1,500-horsepower small-tire builds are single-purpose machines that need to be trailered everywhere. That dual identity, drag-strip weapon by day and street car by evening, is part of what’s kept Dwayne and the Dragonfly touring events around the country and building a following well beyond any single track.

Sportsmanship the Comments Section Won’t Stop Praising

For a video built around a near-disaster of a wheelie, an unusually large share of the comments focus on how well both drivers handled the moment, praising the respect shown between the two racers after the run rather than trash talk or excuses. Multiple viewers single this out as a refreshing change from the callout-culture tone that dominates a lot of grudge-racing content, framing this specific pass as an example of what small-tire racing looks like at its best rather than its most toxic, and crediting both drivers by name for keeping it that way.

Why Power Wheelies Matter to This Scene

To an outside viewer, a car nearly looping itself might look like a loss of control worth penalizing. Within small-tire drag racing culture, though, a long, controlled power wheelie is closer to a badge of honor, visible proof that a car is putting every one of its claimed 1,500 horsepower to the ground hard enough to lift the front end, rather than simply spinning the tires uselessly. The reaction in the comments, treating the wheelie as the highlight rather than a flaw, reflects exactly that cultural distinction, and it’s a big part of why clips like this one travel so far beyond the small-tire community that first embraced them.

A Pass That Outlasted the Result

Whatever the final margin on the scoreboard, this pass has stuck around in small-tire racing circles specifically because of what happened between the starting line and the stripe, not because of who technically won. A 1,500-horsepower Foxbody riding two wheels for the better part of a football field, driven by someone clearly comfortable managing that kind of chaos, is the sort of moment that gets referenced in comment sections on unrelated videos years later, proof that in drag racing, the story and the result aren’t always the same thing.

A Touring Circuit Built on Reliability

Events like this one are part of why the small-tire scene has grown into its own touring circuit over the past decade, with builders like Dwayne crossing the country from one grudge-match event to the next rather than sticking to a single home track. That travel schedule means a car like the Dragonfly has to be genuinely reliable between passes, not just capable of one spectacular run, since a blown engine or a snapped driveshaft can end a tour stop before it even starts. Keeping a 1,500-horsepower, street-driven small-tire car running consistently enough to tour nationally is its own quiet engineering achievement, separate from any single wheelie.

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