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Rough Start: This 1963 Buick Electra 225 Is A Wyoming Survivor That Only Needs Some Brightening

Trying to score a bonafide classic car on a $5000 total budget isn’t going to fly in most circumstances. Nobody wants to be seen in an out-and-out rot box, and if it is pretty you are running...

Diesel Power Challenge 2015 Video: The Trucks Attack The Trailer Tow Obstacle Course

If there is an event I was looking forward to at the Diesel Power Challenge 2015, it is was this one. The trailer towing obstacle course is the best combo of man and machine we have at the event and...

NHRA Chicago 2015 Photo Bomb: Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Stock, and Super Stock Action!

(Photos by Dom Damato/DRD Photos) – Outside of the Chevrolet Performance US Nationals, the greatest assemblage of sportsman drag racing talent that tour sees is at the Joliet race each year....

Want To Haul Like A Pro Drag Racer From The Early 1980s? This GMC Is For You!

Today it is not entirely uncommon to see junior dragsters lugged to the track in a toter home and stacker trailer setup. This is complete insanity and you can basically blame Billy Meyer for all of...

MSD Drops The Rev’n Rebate For The Summer Of 2015 – Up To $50 Back On Purchases For Your Car Or Truck

As the kids would say, MSD Performance has the rebate game on lock these days. The company has a few programs that they run throughout the year and right now we are in the heart of the 2015...

PDRA Maryland Action: Our Last Blast Of Images From The East Coast’s Craziest Doorslammer Throw Down

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Well, after days and days of photos we have finally gotten down to the bottom of the well and we have to thank Benoit Pigeon for all of the images he provided to us...

New IndyCar Conduct Rules Aim To Remove Negative Statements – The Walls Are Really Closing In Now

IndyCar officials are insisting that their new conduct and speech rules for people involved in the series is not a gag-order and they are right. The rules are NOT a gag-order, they are a muzzle. In...

Craigslist Hate Sale: This Jilted Husband Is Selling His Truck So His Cheating Wife Doesn’t Get It Back

Well this is a bit of a plot twist! We have showed you ads in the past where people were angrily selling things because of a divorce case or because they had to. In this situation we have someone...

Meltdown Drags Coverage: A/FX Cars, Gassers, Injected Doorslammers, and More!

(Photos by Greg and Jason Rourke) – Through drag racing, the point of the exercise has always been to find ways to go faster no matter what. Lots of the cars in this collection of photos...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Did You Ever Stop And Think, “Maybe It Really Is Me?”

I stopped in the store again the other night, mostly to troll for something else to turn into a kind of funny, kind of concerning rant that documents the Tom and Jerry-like relationship between a...

Watch NOW! The 2015 Mopar Euro Nationals Drags Live Stream From Santa Pod, England

(Words by Andy Rogers) – If you like your Mopars then be sure to set your alarms to tune in to Eurodragster.com’s webcast of this weekend’s Mopar EuroNationals at England’s...

Weather Delays Postpone Opening of Dragway 42

Words and photos courtesy of IHRA IHRA Nitro Jam World Nationals will be held in 2016 Dragway 42, in West Salem, Ohio, is entering the concrete and paving phase of their massive reconstruction of the...

178 Quarter Midgets Race Around Indianapolis Motor Speedway!

If you are a kid racing quarter midgets, chances are you have heroes that race sprint cars, Indy cars, etc. So to be a kid that gets the shot at racing around the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway...

How It’s Made: Goodyear Top Fuel Slicks. See Why These Suckers Cost So Much!

Every hot rodder loves the ultra simple show called “How It’s Made”. And while most of the time the subject of the show is a normal every day item, on occasion they do something out...