Flyin’ On Dirt: This 1980s Look At An SCTA El Mirage Meet Rules – Random Andy Granatelli Appearance For The Win!
This year in land speed racing has been, well, like all else, strange. Bonneville is still happening however basically all activity at El Mirage has been wiped out. There is all kinds of behind the...
1990s Pro Street Find: This 1995 Pontiac Firebird Has A 712ci Engine, A License Plate, and The Most ’90s Paint Ever
If Pro Street was born in the 1980s (1979 to be exact) than we think it kind of hit peak somewhere in the early 1990s. Yesterday McTag posted photos of a cool little Pontiac Grand Am that had gotten...
Nitro Time Machine Video: Watch Joe Smith On His King Rat Fuel Bike Win The 1974 US Nationals
When a sport like drag racing grows and evolves, things change and sometimes they simply go away. In today’s world of NHRA drag racing we have the Mickey Thompson top fuel Harley-Davidson...
Southeast Gassers Action Photos: Mooresville Dragway Was Gasser Ground Zero and We Were There!
(Photos by David Whealon) – We have long been fans of the Southeast Gassers around here and there’s a great reason. They run off of what can be called the 1968 NHRA rule book, and Quain...
Mark Williams Enterprises New CV-Driveshafts Keep You Out Of A Bind – Strong and Versatile!
If there are two things that every drag racer knows it’s that the strength of the driveshaft transferring the power from the transmission to the axle is vitally important and that then...
Dyno Video: Watch This 383ci BluePrint Engine Go Through Its Dyno Paces!
We have long talked about the guys and girls at BluePrint Engines and the quality of their product line. One of the amazing things is the fact that the company dyno tests every single engine that...
Ride Along With Jay Meagher As He Makes The Best Save Of This Or Any Other Hot Rod Drag Week
Perhaps the most defining attribute to Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2016 was its diversity. We saw more interesting stuff packed into the near 400 entries that the event brought than we ever have....
Watch The 7,700hp American Ethanol Catamaran Run 217mph At The Lake Of The Ozarks Shootout
The Lake of the Ozarks Shootout is one of the most intense, crazy, and flat out thrilling waterborne motorsports events in the USA. The risks and the speeds are huge and this year the biggest number...
Money No Object: A Delicious Pro Street 1986 Pontiac Grand Am
The Pro Street fad that ran through the 1980s and deep into the 1990s did have one very neat unintended consequence: a lot of the boring, hopeless front-wheel-drive machines that were being cranked...
Chase ’em Down! Watch This Mustang Run Down A 7.70 Door Slammer Like It Is Tied To A Tree!
Bracket racing is not for everyone; unless you know exactly how it works, or are specifically cheering on someone, and I can understand the argument, but when a Pro Mod enters into the fast bracket...
Using The Wrong Lube Hurts! Here Is The Straight Truth On What To Use To Properly Torque Your Fasteners
Everyone thinks about the expensive parts of their engines that are sexy, like pistons, rods, crankshafts, cylinder heads, intakes, etc. But what holds all that stuff where it is supposed to be?...
Custom Intake Manifolds Tested! What Does The Ideal Intake Manifold Look Like? How Long Are The Runners? How Big Is The Plenum?
How many times have you found yourself in the shop, at the races, or on the dyno wondering if you have just thought of the world’s greatest speed part? It happens to me all the time, and...
If You Missed Rocky Mountain Race Week, Here Are Replays Of All Five Race Days!
Rocky Mountain Race Week was once again and epic adventure, killer racing, and a display of commitment by both man and machine. Former Champions fell, new Champions were crowned, and memories were...
