Baer Brakes Slows Tom Rightler’s Drag Week ’69 Dodge Charger

Bud Lindemann, of Car and Driver TV fame, once asked, “Where do you draw the line? Where does the docility of a street machine end, and the furry of a full-blown race car begin?” Few will argue that the supercar era Mopars were predominantly considered excellent straight-line performers, which pushed the line closer to a full-blown race car. However, throw in a few turns and a heavy reliance on (the often installed) four-wheel drum brakes combined with bias-ply tires and terrible performance alignment angles, the line quickly plummeted back to merely a docile street machine.

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