Two years ago, we had an idea. Why not take the contenders in our Best Driver's Car competition and line them all up for a drag race? After all, what would be cooler than 11 of the hottest cars in the world, racing head to head? We unabashedly called it the World's Greatest Drag Race, and the rest is tire-smoking history.

Unlike the rest of our Best Driver's Car competition, the World's Greatest Drag Race is neither a serious comparison test, nor is it about the driving experience. It's about lining up as many cars as we can fit on an old runway and racing them as fast as we can.

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The original World's Greatest Drag Race pitted 11 cars against each other with a combined 82 cylinders, 4144 lb-ft of torque, 5171 hp, four turbochargers, and one supercharger in cars worth a total of $1,686,294. The winner was a 2012 Nissan GT-R that hit 60 mph in just 2.9 seconds and ran the quarter-mile in just 11.2 seconds at 121.8 mph.

Last year, we followed up with the World's Greatest Drag Race II. This time, nine cars with a combined 68 cylinders, 4037 lb-ft of torque, 4730 hp, three superchargers, and four turbochargers, and worth $1,298,540, faced off. This time, Godzilla was bested by a 2012 Lamborghini Aventador that also hit 60 mph in just 2.9 seconds but screamed through the quarter-mile in 10.8 seconds at 132.3 mph. It was also beat by a 10-second McLaren.

This year, we've gone bigger than ever before. More cars, more cylinders, more turbochargers, more power, and more money. Fulfilling editor-at-large Angus Mackenzie's dream of putting together our own Dirty Dozen, this time we've assembled 12 of the best sports cars you can buy in America today. Together, they have 98 cylinders, 5394 lb-ft of torque, 6140 horsepower, nine turbochargers, and a combined value of $1,895,515. Which one wins? Kill the lights, crank up the volume, and find out.