Cool Old Drag Video: Ron Colson and Gary Burgin in the Funny Car Finals at US131 Dragway Circa 1980
There’s nothing like Funny Cars at night. Header flames licking the body, nitro-burning Hemis cack-cack-cackling away, and (in 1980 anyway) dry hops on the starting line. This video was shot at...
Get Geared Up: Mark Williams Enterprises Has Your Rear End Covered!
Every drag race car in the world has them, gears. The majority of them have those in the proper place which is under the rear of the car. The gears that ultimately drive your machine down the track...
Great Historic Drag Video: Nitro Funnies, Pro Stockers, and Top Fuel from Rockingham, Circa 1975
Drag racing was in a transitional period in the mid-1970s. Gone were the free spirit days of the 1960s and in were the gritty days of match racing for a living, and slowly transitioning to a more...
This Vintage Devin Drag Car Has California History And A Shot At Hitting The Streets – Awesome!
Now THIS is awesome. You are looking at a vintage Devin sports car body sitting on a shortened, narrowed, and lightened 1956 Chevrolet frame. Currently powered by a hotted up 355ci small block Chevy,...
New Parts: MAHLE Motorsport Develops Custom Piston for Mazda Motorsports’ Spec Mazda MX-5
Spec Mazda MX-5 (Miata) is one of the toughest road racing classes in the country. There are loads of cars, there’s very little mechanical advantage available, and there’s a massive...
NHRA Insider Podcast: The Big Show About The Big Go – Talking Indy, Drag Week, and the State Of The Sport
Last week’s running of the 2019 Chevrolet Performance NHRA US Nationals was epic. It always is. This episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast recaps the running of the race, looks ahead fo Hot Rod...
Classic YouTube: Buddy Ingersoll At Bristol, 1986 – How To Screw With Pro Stock Using A 4.4L V6
The phrase for IHRA Pro Stock in 1986 was “mountain motor”. But there was an exception. Sitting over in the corner, tweaking on a former Warren Johnson Oldsmobile that had been re-skinned...
Incredible Read: This Profile Of Danny Thompson And The Challenger 2 Is Automotive Writing Perfection
Every now and again we run into some motorsports jouralism that really knocks us back on our keister and today is one of those days. This piece was published by Smithsonian about a month ago but we...
Watch This Toyota Supra Scream Out 750 Rear Wheel Horsepower With A Trunk Monkey Installed
There’s been loads of talk about the new Toyota Supra that has made a big splash in the media and in Toyota dealerships. That car seems really good, seems really fun, and seems like it does...
More Better: Holley Announces Expansion Of Terminator X and Terminator X Max Plug and Play EFI Systems
We have officially entered an era that some swore was coming and many thought would never arrive. This is the time of the legit “just plug it in” EFI system and it’s awesome. The...
They Won Indy: John Force, Alex Laughlin, Jerry Savoie, Doug Kalitta – Video Here
It was a Chevrolet Performance US Nationals for the books last week as the world of NHRA drag racing went back, for the 65th time to its roots at the biggest race of the year. Weather and on-track...
1,800 Horsepower, Twin Engine Volkswagen Lupo. Total Insanity Has Been Achieved!
The twin-engine car thing has been picking up steam a little bit. Used to be that if it had two engines inside, you were looking at an unadulterated, one of a kind freakshow. Today, I can name off a...
That’s Not Supposed To Do That: This 13-second Ford Escort GT Is A Surprise For Anyone…Who Doesn’t See That Huge Intercooler!
To date, my best quarter-mile time is a 13.61 second pass, running a 2006 Ford Mustang GT in the cool nighttime air at the now-dead Speedworld strip in Arizona. Not too bad for a mostly stock Mustang...
