Hot Take: Kye Kelly Selling All Of His Stuff And John Gaydosh’s Departure From NHRA Pro Stock Are Ironically Linked
(Submitted by Frank Welsh) – Editor’s note: Reader Frank Welsh sent us this well crafted editorial with a look at the recent announcement that Kye Kelly is selling all of his stuff and...
Unhinged: Witnessing The Final Farewell Of A Track
The Uber driver dropped me at the gate a few minutes after seven in the morning. I was at least an hour earlier than I needed to be, but for some reason I felt that I had to be there and I...
If You’re Gonna Break Stuff, Break It As Bad As Cleetus Broke The Rearend!
How many times have you found the weak link in your vehicle the good old-fashioned way? Let’s see…I shattered three U-joints in my old four-speed Diplomat, roasted a transmission out of...
The Parting Shift: Ride Along In A 1955 Chevy Powered By A Rev Happy 283 Small Block
So we’re at St. Louis and then heading to No Mercy shortly after that. Boy there are some HUGE engines and HUGE power on display here. Whether we’re talking the monster motors in top...
Sleeper Much? Watch This 2003 Buick Park Ave Make A Dyno Rip Worth 500hp!
This video is short and sweet, just a single dyno pull featuring a 2003 Buick Park Avenue. Why should you bother watching it? This 2003 Buick Park Avenue ain’t the one your granddad bought back...
Rocky Mountain Raceways’ Night Of Fire: Lighting The Candles One Last Time, Part Two
From the first jet car to the last, Rocky Mountain Raceways’ Night Of Fire was the final party and everybody knew it. There were tears every now and then, as a racetrack setup that has been...
AutoMeter Sizzling Summer Savings: Get 10% Off All AutoMeter Branded Gauges Until October 31st
Now’s the time! The time for what? The time to shop for new gauges for your hot rod, truck, race car or cruiser from AutoMeter as they are having their Sizzling Summer Savings sale which is an...
PDRA Drag Wars Coverage From GALOT Motorsports Park: Doors Were Slammed And Horsepower Was Wrought
(Photos by David Whealon) – There are lots of people out there on social media who love to complain about drag racing. They beat the same, tired, idiotic drum that the sport peaked decades ago...
Historic Drag Video: Drag Racing – Sport of the People
By now, you should have read our interview with Jon Lundberg, the truly great drag racing announcer from the golden era of the sport. Lundberg was called the “Voice of Drag Racing” during...
Video: How Stevie Fast Jackson Won The 2018 NHRA US Nationals – An Amazingly Improbable Victory
It was ugly. It was worse than ugly. This was embarrassing. Stevie Fast Jackson was cruising toward his third DNQ in a row as part of the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Series. This was after building...
2018 PDRA Drag Wars Coverage: GALOT Motorsports Park Was Packed With The Fastest Doorslammers On Earth
(Photos by David Whealon) – The 2018 PDRA Drag Wars event is in the books and we have some fantastic photo coverage from the race to dazzle you with today. David Whealon was at GALOT...
Jim Oberhofer released from Kalitta Motorsports – Veteran Crew Chief Departs Team With 5 Races Remaining In NHRA Season
In news that has taken the NHRA drag racing world by surprise, veteran Kalitta Motorsports crew chief Jim Oberhofer has been released from the team effective immediately. The crew chief role will be...
Rocky Mountain Raceways’ Night Of Fire: Lighting The Candles One Last Time, Part One
It didn’t matter if they had two or two hundred jet cars on the property, it was very apparent what the crowd that had filtered into Rocky Mountain Raceway had come to see: jet cars. We had...
Hilarious Sleeper Video: This Mazda Flatbed Runs 12s With A Turbocharged Toyota V8 – Aussie Madness!
Dave Reid of Drag Videos Australia tipped us off to this footage that features a Mazda E2200 cab-over flatbed truck running 12s at the drags. The secret to this truck’s speed is hidden under...
