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Jeff Lutz, Daddy Dave, Murder Nova, Kye Kelley, and a stacked field of Street Outlaws names raced for a $100,000 purse at a small-tire event in Kentucky — and only one driver walked away with the cash. 1320video’s coverage also carries a quieter thread running through the comments: fans paying tribute to Kyle, a figure the community is still mourning. Watch to see who takes home the money, and who gets knocked out early.
Shawn Ellington’s Murder Nova, a 1969 Chevy built around a Proline Racing big-block, is one of the most recognized cars in grassroots drag racing. At Lights Out 7, one of small-tire racing’s biggest proving grounds, the Nova pushed all the way to the semifinal round, silencing anyone who doubted a TV personality’s car could actually run with dedicated racers. Read on for how a kid from Sayre, Oklahoma built a name that still means something at the track.
At Outlaw Armageddon 2017, Big Chief brought his proven car, the Crow, to a High Roller grudge match against Murder Nova, who was still logging shakedown passes on a brand-new combination. No-prep racing runs on exactly this kind of imbalance — a sorted, familiar car against a fresh, unpredictable one, with a bigger-than-usual purse riding on the outcome. Filmed by FarmtruckandAZN from deep inside the no-prep grudge racing scene, the race is the kind of matchup that gets replayed and argued about long after it is over. Watch to see which car actually had the edge.