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2019 NHRA Dutch Classic Action Photos: Wheels Up Sportsman Drag Racing At Its Finest

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – As we were straightening up our electronic desk this winter we came across piles of photos that we had not yet published and while that’s a crying shame it is...

Movin’ On Up: Tanner Gray To Race Full Time In NASCAR Gander Truck Series For 2020

It took Tanner Gray all of two years to go from a star rookie to a dominating NHRA pro stock eliminator champion. After collecting the 2018 NHRA championship in convincing fashion, Gray turned his...

Yellow Bullet Nationals Video: Check Out This Killer Video From The East Coast’s Labor Day Drag Racing Bash!

What makes something good? In the case of art like this video it needs to appeal to some sense that you have. Maybe you like the music, the visual, the editing style, it has to strike you somewhere...

Racer and Racing Safety Titan Bill Simpson Has Died At Age 79 – Human Force Of Nature Reshaped Racing

(Photo: IMS Motorsport Museum) – Bill Simpson’s headstone will document 79 years of life when it is carved but the truth is that Bill Simpson lived 800 years. The man who reshaped the...

Ride With Bobby Marriott In The Shockwave AA/FA As It Blows Up, Knocks Him Out And Whacks The Wall – Driver OK

When we’re talking about the craziest cars that you will ever see on a drag strip, you can keep your radial cars, you can keep your pro mods, you can park your top fuelers, because there has...

Pro Mod Action: Ride Along With Melanie Salemi In Her Pro Mod At The Yellow Bullet Nationals

We love the family aspect of drag racing, especially when the family name is one that is highly respected and really successful. Such is the case with the Salemi family who hails from one of the best...

Funny Car Forensics: Finding This Old Body Was The Tip Of The Iceberg For An Awesome Drag Racing Story

Tommy Lee Byrd’s YouTube Channel (blown64vette) is awesome because the guy posts stuff that ranges from racing coverage to stories like this one about an old funny car body that he bought and...

Think We’re Kidding: Garrett To Begin Manufacture Of Electric Assist Turbochargers In 2021 (OE User Not Named Yet)

No, it is not a coincidence that you are seeing this story about Garrett getting into the electric turbocharger game right near the story bout Cleetus McFarland horsing around with the currently...

Garlits Speaks: Listen To Big Daddy Talk About His Electric Dragster, His New Team Up With Holley Evi And More!

To the unknowing, he is an older guy, short in stature, and packing a set of Popeye looking forearms that have been built up doing God knows what. To gearheads, he is the living embodiment of...

4,000 Horsepower On The Hub Dyno?! Hell Yes, It’s The Woodymart ZR1 Corvette On Kill!

I remember when a radial car with 1,500 horsepower could win Radial vs The World at most any event, but those days are long gone. Now if you don’t have 3,000 -5,000 horsepower you are probably...

The Fall Footbrake Frenzy Is LIVE Right Here! Door Cars Galore! Footbrake Only Drag Racing Is LIVE Right Here! $20,000 To Win

This is the last event of the 2019 Loose Rocker Promotions season. This weekend footbrake cars from across the south and east will compete to see who can take home the big checks. This is day 2 of...

Best of 2019: This Video Is Both Educational And Proof That Briggs & Stratton Engines Are Tough Stuff

Engines are interesting things, right? They are what power our cars and trucks down the road and they’re also handy for millions of other uses. In this video you’ll see a Briggs &...

Best of 2019: Watch This Drag Racer In Thailand Battle A Power Wheelie On His Motorcycle

We have long preached the fact that perhaps even more than soccer, drag racing is the most internationally diverse activity human beings participate in. Every developed nation (and some undeveloped...

Sportsman Parting Shots From The 2019 NHRA World Finals At Pomona!

(Photos by Mike & Jeff Burghardt) – One more shot from the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, the weather was awesome, the racing was close and an epic first round Pro...