{"id":98860,"date":"2025-02-12T21:18:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/shawn-van-horn-debuts-new-top-fuel-ride-at-famosos-test-and-tune\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T21:18:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:18:40","slug":"shawn-van-horn-debuts-new-top-fuel-ride-at-famosos-test-and-tune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/shawn-van-horn-debuts-new-top-fuel-ride-at-famosos-test-and-tune\/","title":{"rendered":"Shawn Van Horn Debuts New Top Fuel Ride at Famoso\u2019s Test and Tune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shawn Van Horn and his Titan Speed II Top Fuel team were back and in black at Famoso Dragstrip\u2019s 2025 nitro kick-off, the annual pre-Super Bowl Saturday Test and Tune event.<\/p>\n<p>After a top-end parachute snafu at the 2024 Boise Nightfire Nationals event found the pristine white Titan I upside down in the dirt, the team headed home with an uncertain future. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1480\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/svhBOISE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81418\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The Titan\u2019s chassis revealed extensive damage upon inspection, and the decision was made to scrap it and build a new car. The team ordered up a Neil and Parks Top Fuel chassis kit, and off they went, logging hundreds of hours of construction and welding in true DIY \u201cbuilt by hand\u201d fashion. <\/p>\n<p>Five months later, Titan II was complete, this time in anodized black and carbon fiber with the traditional Titan Speed Engineering and A&amp;W restaurant livery. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe white car gave us a chance to test the waters of the class, but the black car is going to give us a chance to chase the best of the best,\u201d said Van Horn.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1533\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/svhtnt6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81422\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The new dragster\u2019s first fire was a Friday night, the next day it was motoring down the 1320 for its maiden voyage time.<\/p>\n<p>The results: the Titan II made two passes down the track, and both runs netted Van Horn his quickest 60-foot times ever at the wheel of a Top Fuel machine. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTesting went great,\u201d said Van Horn of the car\u2019s debut. \u201cWe made two passes on a brand new car, I wanted to take it out a little farther than 200 feet, but it shook the tires.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Titan II was then serviced and trailered, ready for its competition debut at the 2025 March Meet at Famoso Dragstrip.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1486\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SVHTNT1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81419\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1479\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SVHTNT2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81420\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1628\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/svh6tnt.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81417\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"post-modified-info\">This story was originally published on February 12, 2025. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DI_flat_red-e1711481551475.png\" width=\"20px\" alt=\"Drag Illustrated\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/shawn-van-horn-debuts-new-top-fuel-ride-at-famosos-test-and-tune\/\">Shawn Van Horn Debuts New Top Fuel Ride at Famoso\u2019s Test and Tune<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/\">Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shawn Van Horn and his Titan Speed II Top Fuel team were back and in black at Famoso Dragstrip\u2019s 2025 nitro kick-off, the annual pre-Super Bowl Saturday Test and Tune event. After a top-end parachute snafu at the 2024 Boise Nightfire Nationals event found the pristine white Titan I upside down in the dirt, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}