1998 Chevrolet Corvette - All-Out Battle

The battery was moved to the rear of the car to improve weight distribution and transfer.

Aside from a lightweight seat and steering wheel, there's little inside that hints at the car's formidable quarter-mile potential. The Vette does have a rollbar to ensure compliance with NHRA rules.

Smith and his father, Paul Sr., run the car in a number of National Muscle Car Association (NMCA) events each year. Here, Junior warms the tires prior to a pass last year at Atlanta Dragway.

To save weight, the pop-up headlight units and motors were removed, and the covers were permanently fixed in the closed position.

MTI installed this DynoTech rearend cradle to help handle the 427's massive output.

Lightweight Strange calipers and rotors replace the factory units, shaving a few more pounds at each corner.

Having advanced to the finals, Smith lines up against Bill Jones' '71 Mustang for the penultimate race of the evening. Smith won this round and the next one to clinch the title.

Speed Associate Producer Bob Ecker hands Smith the $10,000 cash prize, while Pinks All Out host and creator Rich Christensen (center, in black T-shirt) looks on.