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The Drag Illustrated Nationals World Doorslammer Nationals present by Elite Motorsports Coming In March – $50k To Win Pro Stock and Pro Mod!

Well this is going to be a brawl. The Drag Illustrated World Doorslammer Nationals presented by Elite Motorsports is slated to happen at Orlando Speed World Dragway March 6-8, one week before the...

SOLD: Maple Grove Raceway Reportedly Set To Be Sold To Pennsylvania Racing Development Company – Good News!

The wait for the answer to the question, “Has Maple Grove been sold yet,” is apparently over. The Reading Eagle newspaper is reporting that a King of Prussia, PA based company called...

NHRA Insider Podcast: Coming Into 2020 HOT! Inside News, Rumors, and The Story Behind Blake Alexander and Jim Head

The 2020 season will be chock full of really awesome action from the sportsman to the professional ranks and it’s finally time to start to dive into the storylines that are developing ahead of...

Why The Long Face: World Of Outlaws Late Model Series Announces Droop Rule For Suspension

(Photo by RacingNews.co/Shane Walters) – It was a few years ago that I first got an in-depth look at dirt racing cars. They are astonishingly awesome machines and they have been refined over...

Saving The Critically Endangered: Bringing A Potential Last Remaining Truck

The last one alive…that’s a statement that carries some serious weight. A one-of-one build simply means rare. The last one means that there were more, and most of them are simply gone,...

Rough Start: 1971 Plymouth Duster – Rough And Rowdy

A sleeper hit for a gearhead flick, Dazed and Confused was filled to the brim with Muscle-era choice cuts. Which did you prefer: Pickford’s GTO, Wooderson’s Chevelle, or...

Legends, Mate: The Best Off-Roading Shots Of 2019 From Sick Puppy 4×4!

I could simply write one sentence about this video and walk away. Seriously, one sentence – The chopped-up Nissan gets rolled before the opening credits roll, how good can this be? – and...

Scaled Down Snow Wheeling With A Wooden Jeep Grand Wagoneer…Nice!

It’s been too long since we’ve checked in on Headquake, one of the more talented remote-control freaks we know of. This guy doesn’t just shoot great videos of his stuff in...

Wintertime Weirdness: Keep Adding Spare Wheels!

Ah, it’s wintertime in the Northern Hemisphere, and that means it’s wintertime in Russia as well. And that means that the folks at Garage 54 start building the weird stuff…and...

Classic YouTube: The Pontiac Banshee IV, The Future As Predicted In 1988

1988, the year I turned into a gearhead. That was when I fell in love with a white Type LT Camaro, that was when I could hitch a ride with my cousin Vance and get shoved into the seats when he opened...

Squeakers! Here’s Five Minutes Of The Best Heads-Up Side By Side Races From 2019 – Radials to Nitro Funny Cars!

The coolest thing to witness at any drag race are two evenly matched cars being expertly wheeled by good drivers. Why? Because you know you’re going to get a really tight finish, that’s...

BACONSHIFT: American Powertrain’s Holiday Sale Is On! Great Deals And Free Bacon…It’s That Easy! Extended To JANUARY 10TH!

Manual transmissions and bacon…is it any wonder why we like the folks at American Powertrain so much? Sure, you’re probably hard at work cramming bread crumbs up the south end of a...

Captured Horsepower: David Whealon’s 2019 Photographic Year In Review – Racing, Pulling, Cornering, and More

(Photos by David Whealon) – There’s a tiny part of us that actually might feel bad for David Whealon. See, we know lots of guys who are into cars and racing, and the whole thing but few...