FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 4 At The Texas Motorplex – Thursday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 4! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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Car Guy Confessions With Jeff Smith – Bangshift’s Chad Reynolds and LS Swap Book Author Jefferson Bryant Steal The Show!

This one was really fun. Our friends Marcel and Jason, the guys behind Auto Revolution and their Car Guy Confessions, Influence and Impact, and several other podcasts, invited me and our friend...

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How Much Horsepower Does An Engine Driven Cooling Fan Really Take From Your Engine?

We tested alternators, engine driven fans, and other accessories on the dyno years ago and I can tell you that most of the accessories on the front of your engine take very little power to turn under...

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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Pro Stock, Pro Stock Bikes, And Factory Stock 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Ford Big-Blocks Unleashed! FE Race & Reunion Muncie Dragway! 352, 390, 406, 427, 428, SOHC!

The Ford FE powerplant is arguably one of the most important engines in Ford’s racing heritage. Sure there have been plenty of other powerful combos over the years, but when Chevrolet and Ford...

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Why Is Torx So Bad And So Good At The Same Time? Testing Torx Bits And Explaining How They REALLY Work.

Anyone that works on cars and trucks is familiar with Torx fasteners and bits, as are anyone who’s done any DIY, deck, fence, or construction projects in recent years. There are some big...

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UDATED: Shirley Muldowney Has Lung Removed- Vows To Fight Cancer Diagnosis

Drag racing legend Shirley Muldowney underwent surgery yesterday in Charlotte, North Carolina to remove a cancerous lung after being diagnosed with Stage 2 lung cancer. Muldowney has vowed to fight...

US-60 Drag Racing Action: Bracket Action and Test Passes From The Nostalgia Nationals

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Back again in Hardinsburg, KY for the Spring version of the Nostalgia Nationals featuring the Straight-Axle Mafia, car show, swap meet, and plenty of...

eBay Find: Is This The Former “King Fish” Funny Car? Maybe, Maybe Not, But It Is A Logghe-Chassied Plymouth ‘Cuda!

Three words: Nostalgia Funny Car. Like the thought of alcohol or nitromethane exhaust hanging around the burnout box, a blower howling like you stepped on the tail of the devil’s dog, and the...

Billy Glidden To Drive The Mickey Thompson Equipped, Precision Turbo and Engine Pro Mod In E-Town!

Other than Ricky Smith completely steamrolling the rest of the field, the biggest story to come out of the 2016 NHRA J&A Services pro mod series is the fact that Billy Glidden has been named the...

A Bracket Bomber From The Day They Bought It, This 1977 Chevrolet Caprice Coupe Is On The Number No Matter What!

I walked through the staging lanes of Beech Bend, looking over the cars that were waiting to head out for their tuning passes, when I saw a shape that is etched into my memory: a...

Race Coverage: Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod Association At Virginia Motorsports Park

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – After a few attempts and race cancellations due to weather, the Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod, finally got it’s season start. For a couple times, this year,...

To The Maxx: Our 572 Big Block Chevrolet Makes 850 On The Motor With ProMaxx 340 Heads

(Words and Photos by Richard Holdener)  What does it take to make big power these days? Well, the easiest route is obviously using some type of power adder like a turbo, supercharger or even the...

Urban Hillbilly Picks The 10 Best Wheelstands They Have Ever Captured – Lots Of Craziness Here

Wheel stands at the drag strip come in many, many shapes and sizes. There are the stock eliminator pop up wheelies where the cars running a ton of gear in them climb almost instantly and land about...

Anger: BLM, Racers, Governmental Groups Meet To Discuss State Of Salt Flats – No Direction Or Answers Yet

Last week a summit of sorts was held in Utah to discuss the condition and future of the Bonneville Salt Flats, not just for racing but as an entity. People from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM),...

Want The Hardest Dream Job Known To Man? Cruz Pedregon Needs A Crew Guy!

(Photo: PedregonRacing.com) – If you have dreamed about running away from home and joining the circus known as professional drag racing, here’s your shot. Cruz Pedregon is looking for a...

Watch An AMX Super Stocker Rip Off A 300-Foot Wheelie – No Sissy Sticks For This Guy!

Gharrett Ghezzi’s AMX super stocker is of the neatest cars I get to see in my announcing travels across the country. The thing is painted up in the factory AMC racing colors with that...

Tim Wilkerson Suffers Strange Crash During NHRA Kansas Nationals Eliminations

Tim Wilkerson was chewing his way through eliminations on Sunday at the NHRA Kansas nationals when disaster struck and he suffered one of the strangest funny car crashes we have ever seen. We were at...

Too Much At The Hit? Watch This Pontiac Firehawk Go Straight For The Sky!

Yanking the wheels at launch is one thing. Realizing that you no longer see the horizon…or the time displays at the end of the track…or trees…yeah, that might be just a step too...

REPLAY: LIVE Grudge Racing Here! The Battle At The Strip At LVMS Starts Saturday At Noon!

It’s on folks. The Battle at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a grudge race like none you have ever seen, is on May 21st  and the only way to watch is to get your ass to Vegas, or tune...