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The March Meet • Day One Is Testing For Fuel Cars

(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • The new NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series has begun with the fifty-plus Top Fuelers, Nitro Funny Cars and Fuel Altereds spending Thursday afternoon adjusting new cars, new...

Vintage Rally Video: No Computers, No AWD, And All Sideways All The Time In The 1970s

While there’s a lot of fodder for bagging on the 1970s like the clothes, the weak sauce factory performance cars, the disco music, etc we cannot fault the racing. From the drags to NASCAR to F1...

Watch And Listen To This Miniature Version Of The Famed Novi V8 Indy Engine Run In A Tiny Car

There are few engines in the history of American racing that have the legendary status, the incredible aura, and the overall lack of race wins to back it all up than the famed Novi Indy car engine....

Watch Barry Sheene Survive A 170mph Crash In 1975 And Laugh About It In The Hospital

In a decade that produced some of the most bombastic, awesome, over-the-top, and electrifying stars in the world of motorsport, Barry Sheene stands apart amongst his 1970s rockstar peers. The two...

Watch Norm Day’s Insane Flaming Wreck At The 1986 NHRA Northstar Nationals In Brainerd, Minnesota

If there is a more nightmarish scenario than being in a burning funny car that’s upside down I don’t know what it is. As you will see in this 1986 video from the NHRA Northstar Nationals,...