Francesco Meneghini of Motor1 Italia correctly notes that both the rear-drive Bimmer and the front-biased Audi would have annihilated the smart had it been a longer drag race, for the #3 Brabus is ...

NHRA Funny Car drag racing is intense, and it’s not a discipline you just stumble into. It requires a lot of experience to pilot an 11,000-horsepower missile down a quarter-mile strip.

WATCH: Smart #1 Brabus vs MG 4 XPower drag race Both are crazily quick electric cars – but is the Smart #1 Brabus better than the MG 4 XPower?

The origins of HOT ROD Drag Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive aren't a mystery; the magazine's editor-in-chief in 2005, David Freiburger, sought to build a new kind of street-legal drag race.

In the world of drag racing, it’s not a particularly close race, either. In the first heat, the Porsche ran 12.5 seconds at 115.6 mph, while the Tesla followed in 12.7 seconds at 105.2 mph.