eBay Find: This Hemi With NASCAR Winning History Is A Documented Piece Of Racing History
Sometimes people think us gearheads are a little looped because we place near mystic value on inanimate things. Whether they are race parts once owned by a cool person or engines like this one that...
PDRA Northern Nationals Photo Coverage Starts Right Here!
(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Well, a few weeks back I finally got to attend a PDRA event, the Northern Nationals. Last year was to be the first event at my home track, Maple Grove Raceway but we...
NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals Videos: Leah Blows Up, Hagan and Torrence Win, Justin Bond Hammers The Wall
The NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals were one heck of a good time in Brainerd, Minnesota. The track surface at the place is about the best that exists in the the world, the weather cooled off, and the...
Wreck Of The Decade? Tim Tidle’s Monster Crash At The 2013 NHRA US Nationals Might Be It
Over the course of 2010 through 2019 there were plenty of nasty wrecks in drag racing but this one still stands in my mind as one of the worst. Is it THE worst? Perhaps that is up for debate and...
Boosted Beast of Burden: This 300ci Ford Inline Six Makes More Than 500 Force Fed Horsepower
A while back the guys at Engine Power got their mitts on a nearly dead 300ci Ford inline six. The thing made 88hp on the dyno as it sat when delivered and over the course of time though bolting on...
Video: Have Uncle Tony And Pals Made It To The Bottom Of Why Hydraulic Flat Tappet Lifters Suck Now?
It is one of the biggest and frankly frightening parts of budget engine building these days. The seemingly awful failure rate of hydraulic lifters after cam swaps or in fresh builds. It has...
The Thrash Is Over! Or Is It? Alex Taylor’s Quest For The 6’s 1955 Chevy Project Hits The Road For The First Time!
Because I’ve built many cars at the last minute, and thrashed for days and days, just to hit the road at some predetermined time in order to make an event. And when you drive out of the shop,...
Relive The 1975 NHRA US Nationals With The Wide World Of Sports Broadcast
The 1975 NHRA US Nationals were notable for a bunch of reasons as every iteration of the Labor Day weekend classic always is. Wally Booth set a pro stock record in his AMC at 8.75 seconds, Raymond...
Fire Safety: Finnegan Is Making Sure The Caddy Project Has All The Fire Protection It Needs
Anyone who knows me knows that racing safety is a very important thing to me, and that fire systems in particular are something I’m pretty passionate about. My friend Lyle Barnett was involved...
The Time Traveler Comp Coupe Is Nostalgia Drag Racing Greatness And We Want One!
Comp Coupes, essentially a chopped, channeled, and sections coupe body that is put over the rear of a front-engine dragster, have been around forever and they are some of the coolest looking rides...
FREE LIVESTREAM: Door Wars Footbrake Door Car Drag Racing Is On This Weekend.
Door Wars promises to be one hell of a drag race coming out of the famed Maple Grove Raceway. This is a cool event, featuring nothing but door cars and nothing but footbrake racing. No trans brakes...
Alex Taylor’s Quest For The Sixes Means Lots Of Work In Little Time For The 1955 Chevrolet
These are the videos you have all been waiting for, the ones where the giant thrash in the final days of the 1955 Chevrolet build happen. There was a lot of trick stuff happening in very little time,...
Here’s Your Chance To Own A Legit Vintage Dodge Charger Funny Car Body!
Who doesn’t want a funny car body in their shop? I mean seriously. Even if you don’t want to own an actual funny car, everyone thinks it is cool when you see one hanging from the ceiling...
