For fans of older European vehicles, the Opel Ascona isn’t exactly special per se but there’s more to it than you might think ...

And HOT ROD Drag Week was their first real shot at racing the Ascona on the quarter-mile, as they typically only run eighth-mile on the street -- and the little Ascona did not disappoint!

Having participated in the traveling race car sideshow that is Drag Week as spectators, they caught the bug and shipped their Stockholm Openwinning 1973 Opel Ascona stateside to take part in the ...

Such a crash happened during a Belgium rally, where the driver of a second-generation Opel Ascona lost control of the car on some mud trails and ended up hitting a not very well-made brick shed.