Power Tool Drag Races Returns For Two Weekends In May

Power Tool Drag Races is returning for two weekends in May, first at Maker Faire Bay Area in San Mateo on May 3rd and 4th, followed a weekend of racing action at The Ace International Speedway in San Francisco on May 17th and 18th. They are currently accepting race entries, here are the The Rules and Registration.

IT’S THE POWER TOOL DRAG RACES!

THRILL as big-block belt sanders and supercharged steam-powered arcwelders put the hammer down on our Custom Made Power Tool Drag Racing Track!

CHILL as machines reach speeds of up to SIXTY WHOLE MILES PER HOUR with LITTLE REGARD FOR PERSONAL SAFETY!

SPILL your beer as you revel in the very height of redneck gearhead culture!

YES! IT’S *THOSE* POWER TOOL DRAG RACES!!

Every year the very best and brightest take to their garages, the
plumbing aisle at Home Depot, the tools section of OSH, and the empty
lots behind their neighbors’ trailers to build THOSE MACHINES WHO REIGN
SUPREME!

75 Feet of skillfully machined fiberboard Power Tool Drag Racing Track
await the competitors on race day!

BE AMAZED at the high-tech timing system that tracks Each and Every Vehicle
BE AMUSED at the charming antics of our well-known Power Tool Drag Race
Announcers!
BE APPALLED at the smell of RAW ADRENALINE and 20-W-50 in the air!

BE SUPER EXCITED that the Power Tool Drag races are making up for lost
time and having TWO! YES! TWO! separate events this year for your
sun-burnt, greased-up, over-beered, de-hydrated pleasure!

OH MY EFFIN’ GAWD, IT’S THE EFFIN’ POWER TOOL EFFIN’ DRAG RACES

See Previously: Power Tool Drag Races Photos

photo by Scott Beale