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PRI 2016 Quick Gallery: The Tool And Machinery Rows – What Other Show Will Have This Kind Of Hardware At Work?

Heads being ported, polished and milled. Engines getting bored out. CNC machines whittling away. Gigantic drum cleaners polishing all sorts of items. Wash tanks, lathes, and more…if it...

Small Tire Drag Racing Champion and Pioneer Mustang Mike Modeste Has Passed

Sad news to report from the world of drag racing as pioneering small tire racer, multi-time NSCA champion, very recent World Cup winner, and highly respected racer “Mustang Mike” Modeste...

PRI 2016: Mark Williams Enterprises Was Chock Full Of The Hardest Core Race Parts On Earth

It takes special kind of confidence to make racing parts. It takes and even more intrepid belief in your own skills to make the kinds of parts that get most harshly punished by the ever increasing...

PRI 2016: A Tour Of The Moroso Booth In Photos Yields New Products And Killer Fabrication

When we stopped by the Moroso booth at PRI 2016 we were in search of a couple of things. We wanted to see what new stuff the men and women at the Connecticut based company were working on and we...

Drag Freak: This 1987 Toyota Has A Rear Mounted Chevy 4.3 V6, Four Link Suspension And More Questions Than Answers

We know what you are thinking. Ok, we actually have no idea what you are thinking because we’re not even sure what to think about this insane mashup of ideas that vary from interesting to...

Astonishingly Good: This Is A 1951 Mercury Body On A 1998 Buick Riviera Chassis – Mind Blown

BangShifter Will Sanders sent us the tip on one of the weirdest and frankly coolest body swaps we have ever seen. When you think about some of the weirder body swaps we have showed you over the years...

Drag Strip Time Machine: Vintage Photos From Montgomery Dragway/Capitol City Dragway – Montgomery, Alabama

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I have looked and looked for more history on this track and have found almost none.  Most of what I know about it is from the time I was stationed at...

Classic YouTube: Getting Every Last Penny’s Worth Out Of A $300 Ford Aerostar!

When it’s time for a vehicle to hit the junkyard, with no doubt about whether or not it’s necessary, how should you go about it? Do you let the rollback appear, hook the bumper of the sad...

Watch: ANDRA Recaps the 2015-2016 Australian Drag Racing Season

We’ve shared with you some of the wilder moments from the most-recent Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA), but the series has deftly composed a single season-review video with many...

More Mooneyes XMas Party and Drags 2016 Photo Coverage Is Here

We told you just how cool the Mooneyes XMas Party and Drags is yesterday, well and every year for the past jillion, and since so many of you can’t experience it in person we hope that these...

Dutch Classic Photos: The Best Of The Rest – Photos Of All Different Classed Cars

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We have finally made it to the end of the photos that Joe Grippo sent us from the 2016 NHRA Dutch Classic at Maple Grove Raceway in Pennsylvania. We have taken you...

Houston Autorama 2016: Big Buck, Amazingly Crafted Hot Rods Abound

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Some guys have big issues with high dollar hot rods, muscle cars, and trucks. You know the ones we’re talking about and are featuring in this gallery. The...

Ride Along As Two Women Drive Straight Into An Open Loading Dock While Looking For A Candle Store

This is a pretty amazing video. Thankfully no one was hurt and that means we can laugh about this because it is pretty hilarious. What you are about to see and hear are two seemingly older women,...

Stockers Rule! More Wheels Up Action From Maple Grove Raceway This Fall

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We’re back with more Joe Grippo photo goodness from Maple Grove Raceway. These photos were taken during the NHRA Dutch Classic and unlike the super stock cars we...