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Rule Benders: This Video Looks At 9 Of The Wildest Racing Homologation Specials Ever!

If there is one thing that’s been true about racing since its earliest days, people will always seek to bend the rules for their own benefit. In road racing and rally racing, there are often...

Horse Race: Ride In A Classic Mustang GT350 As It Battles A Boss 302 Around Sebring

Historic race is so awesome because you get to see some “dream” battles that never would have happened in the period the cars come from. For instance, a Boss 302 Mustang and a GT350 would...

Watch The Closest Top Fuel “Near Crash” Ever – Smax Smith Nearly Wipes Out Todd Paton At IHRA Rockingham In 2009

Even at huge speeds, drag racing is a game of inches. Normally we are talking about inches of differential between the cars crossing the finish line but in this case we are talking about inches...

Race Week Rocky Mountain Edition Final Day! Averages Are Set And It Is All About The Shootouts!

Rocky Mountain Race Week is unlike any other Drag and Drive event because the last race day has nothing to do with your week long average. Once racers arrive at the final track, Pueblo Motorsports...

Rocky Mountain Race Week With 1320Video: INTENSE crash + RaceWeek goes HEADS UP! UNREAL Final Matchups! ( RMRW 2.0 Day 7)

It’s the fall drag and drive season and that means it is time for Race Week! Also known as Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0, or Race Week 2.0, this is the second event of the year for the Rocky...

Rough Ride: Watch This Radial Airplane Engine Powered Tractor Pull, Fly, Bounce, and Break in Maryland

Pal of BangShift Brian Lively sent this great video over to us the other day. This was taken at the Lucas Pro Pulling League event in Bel Air, Maryland. The video gets off to a legitimately accurate...

Video: Watch 4 Piston Racing Build A 1,000hp Honda K24 Street Engine – This Rules

The famed “Honda K-motor” has been around since 2001 and it versatility as a platform for hot rodding has been constantly evolved. Like LS engines, the K series Honda engine has had the...

Great Video: This Look Back At The Revolutionary Ford Taurus And SHO Is Informative And Fun

This is not some lame history of the Ford Taurus or the SHO, instead this is the kind of really great look back at a revolutionary car that we love. It’s truthful to say that the Taurus saved...

The Tightest Race In F1 History: The Story of The 1971 Italian Grand Prix Is Fantastic

Is there anything cooler than racing history? I’m not sure that there is. Clearly I have been a freak for it over the course of my life and so many others are as well. This time we are talking...

Watch a 4,000hp Locomotive Get Built by Hand in 1928 – Absolutely Amazing Video

No hype, no BS, no exaggeration, this video is friggin’ awesome. This is footage from 1928 news reels showing the construction of a massive 3,600hp locomotive in Canada. It made us want to...

Rocky Mountain Race Week With 1320Video: LEGENDARY Drag Strip CLOSES! MIDNIGHT PURPLE Chevy + 200MPH RECORD PASS!

It’s the fall drag and drive season and that means it is time for Race Week! Also known as Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0, or Race Week 2.0, this is the second event of the year for the Rocky...

Free Live Road Racing From Indy: LIVE | Full Race | Indianapolis 8 Hour (IGTC + Fanatec GT America)

The Indianapolis 8 Hour endurance race is going on strong today and we’ve got all the live action from start to finish right here thanks to the GT World channel on YouTube who is sharing all...

MORE LIVE DRAG RACING It’s The 3rd Annual Fall Brawl Bracket Race – $20,000 To Win Saturday Plus Another $6000 Shootout!

It’s $20,000 to win Saturday at the Fall Brawl, thanks to Mutt and Jeff Productions. This might be the last big money bracket race of the year for the Northeast and we’re sure that the racers are...

Free Live Drag Racing: The May Race Carbs Full House Bracket Races From Muncie Dragway In Indiana

More big money bracket racing is right here! Thanks to our friends at MotormaniaTV we are sharing all the action live and FREE right here. With limited entries, and a guaranteed purse, plus no-box...