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Motion Raceworks Rocky Mountain Race Week Daily Coverage: Day One Action From Thunder Valley

Rocky Mountain Race Week is in the books, and we were traveling the route with all these folks so we could bring you the FREE livestream that we had going all week long. It was a week full of fun,...

HOW MUCH POWER ARE LONG-TUBE HEADERS REALLY WQRTH? JUNKYARD 6.0L LS HEADER TEST!

Headers were one of the first performance mods most folks would do with their muscle cars and hot rods back in the day. As cars have become more and more complicated, engine compartments have become...

Winning Burnout Video From Holley’s Moparty In Bowling Green. Dually Burnouts Rule!

Hell yeah, this is one we so loved seeing in person. The burnout contest at Moparty was great, with some serious machines giving it their all on the oval at Beech Bend Raceway park, and plenty of...

LSFest 2021 Pics: The LSFest Burnout Contest Is Legendary, And Here Are All The Photos!

(Photos by Wes Allison) It’s on folks! Holley’s LSFest East 2021 is in full swing as we are starting day number two right now. But we had a rip roaring time during day one, and Wes Allison was on...

Listen UP: Alexis DeJoria and Clay Millican Are On The NHRA Insider Podcast This Week!

Alexis DeJoria and Clay Millican join Brian Lohnes on the NHRA Insider podcast this week to talk about their strong seasons and what it will take to move from being good cars to great cars. Both...

Big Machine: The New BMW 7-Series Introduces Revised Engines and A Roaring V8 To The Lineup

(By Tom Lohnes) – As we all know, BMW’s flagship 7-series always leads the brand into a new era of cars. That’s how it’s always been and it appears that’s how it will continue because...

NHRA Pro Mod Action Photos: The Doors Were Slammin’ At zMax Dragway Last Weekend!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a beautiful weekend to go drag racing at zMax! The NHRA E3 Spark Plugs Pro Mod Series, presented by J&A Service really provided incredible action through...

Rough Ride Video: Watch The Six Second Brazilian Chevette Wreck Hard – In-Car Video and More

A couple of weeks ago on these electronic pages we told you about the nastiest Chevette that the world had ever seen drag racing down in Brazil. This 2.0L VW powered machine was a real flyweight and...

Full Pull: Make A Complete Run With The Sudden Debt Fuel Altered At US36 Dragway – Little Track, Big Noise!

This is a cool video because it takes us end to end on a run with the Sudden Debt (great name) fuel altered as it makes a rip at little US36 Dragway in DeKalb, Missouri. The driver of this car is...

Watch The Speedy Restoration Of A Porsche 917 Flat 12 Engine

There are certain engines that will stand forever as testaments to the brilliant engineers behind them. The flat 12 engine that Porsche designed and installed in their legendary 917 race cars is one...

Flames UP! Nitro Burning Monsters At The NHRA DeWalt Tools Carolina Nationals!

(Photos by David Whealon) – The NHRA schedule has been pretty mental since the US Nationals. The tour hit Indy, went straight to Maple Grove, then onto Charlotte, and it heads to St Louis this...

Hydrogen Hustler: Toyota’a President Is Set To Race A Corolla With A Hydrogen Burning 1.6L GR Yaris Engine!

(By Tom Lohnes) – Toyota as a company reminds me of the color beige. Their cars are good, but lack emotion, and their sports cars both aren’t exactly all Toyota. Toyota’s president on...

The 2022 Ford Expedition Heats Up The Heavyweight SUV Class – New Models, Interior, More Horsepower

(By Tom Lohnes) – The new Ford Expedition is here, and it rights all of the wrongs of the model launched in 2018, and even adds some cool new features. Starting with the basics, the 2022...

FREE LIVE STREAMING VIDEO FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN RACE WEEK 2.0 – Day Four, Mid America Dragway This Afternoon!

It’s time for 1320Video Race Week 2.0 Presented by Motion Raceworks and that means one of the baddest drag and drive events on the planet is going to kick off Sunday evening LIVE from Thunder...