Mustang Makes Contact on Drag Strip, Wins Two Brackets Anyway

Cody Jones’ turbocharged Fox Body doesn’t let a flesh wound slow him down in Small Tire no-prep racing. Watch him devour the competition.

Contact in drag racing usually means two things: (1) Something went way wrong and (2) Both cars involved are usually toast, at least for the weekend. However, racer Cody Jones and his turbo Fox Mustang powered through a wayward Camaro and a dislodged fender at Redemption 10.0 No Prep Racing.

The brown moment came in the semifinals of the first night of racing in the Small Tire class. Cody leaped off to a starting line advantage, but his opponent stayed in a wheelie just a little too long. The Camaro crossed the center line and, as Cody told 1320 Video, they were just suddenly together.

The damage didn’t appear too bad–just a misshapen panel or two–so Cody went on to the finals, where he won handily. Whatever he’s done to that fierce-looking Fox, it hooks hard on the no-prep surface at Texas Motorplex.

The next night brought a new race bracket and a new challenge: flashlight starts. That mattered little to Cody, as he utterly mowed through the entire field. He only faced real opposition once and he still clubbed that car by a full car length. Whatever the secret is, Cody had the field on lockdown.

Even with a Fox on the heavier end at 3,280 pounds, Cody’s Mustang runs hard on the small tire. That means either a 275×60 drag radial or a 28×10.5” slick. The cars are limited to back-halfing with no wheelie bars. That means fairly stockish cars.

Cody earns his wins with a 420 cubic-inch Small Block Ford with a monster 98-millimeter single turbo mounted front and center. Holley EFI manages the fuel-injection setup on the car. All of that adds up to a potent combo for a small-tire car running no-prep.