This Turbo Ford-Powered Jeep Doesn’t Have Wheelie Bars, Does Have Grunt, And Hustles Without A Roof!
Mar 21, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on This Turbo Ford-Powered Jeep Doesn’t Have Wheelie Bars, Does Have Grunt, And Hustles Without A Roof!
There is precedent for seeing a killer Jeep on a dragstrip…just off-hand, we come up with the Holy Toledo Jeepster and LSX Willys, for examples. But that doesn’t mean that they are common...
Hilarious: Watch This Aussie Drag Racing Fan Experience Top Fuel For The First Time – Video
Mar 20, 2017Brian Lohnes7
There’s nothing like seeing a top fuel car in person for the first time as the Aussie drag racing fan in the videos below found out. In 2015 NHRA ran a program called #BaptsimbyNitro and what...
Drag Video: Autofest 2000 Highlights – The Greatest Financial Calamity In Drag Racing History Caught On Tape
Mar 20, 2017Brian Lohnes6
It was supposed to be the event to end all events. The drag race to end all drag races. The race promoter and the track officials at Palm Beach International Raceway (Then Moroso Raceway) girded...
Money No Object: This 1987 Pontiac Firebird Has Us Thinking Bad Thoughts!
Mar 20, 2017Bryan McTaggart2
There is only one reason why this 1987 Pontiac Firebird caught my eye, and it goes straight to childhood. I had a toy car when I was little…I remember that it was a third-gen Firebird body, it...
Before Bonneville: More Intense, Fun, and Interesting Images From Ormond Beach 1905-1910
Mar 19, 2017Brian Lohnes1
We’re back with another installment of Before Bonneville, a look at the world of land speed trials held on Florida’s Ormond beach for years before someone ever thought to turn a wheel on...
First AWD and First GT-R In The Sixes! AMS Performance’s Alpha G Nissan GT-R Kills It At TX2K17!
Mar 19, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
[email protected] MPH, with the engine not playing along once it hit fifth gear. The achievement that Diamonds By Wire Racing and AMS Performance earned at TX2K17 has been a long time coming, not just for...
Watch This Turbo Corvair Powered Sand Dragster Make Wheels Up, Sub 3-Second Runs While Throwing Rooster Tails
Mar 18, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch This Turbo Corvair Powered Sand Dragster Make Wheels Up, Sub 3-Second Runs While Throwing Rooster Tails
We have showed you hot rodded Corvair engines previously running on the dyno and in hot street cars but this may be the wildest application of GM flat six power we have seen anywhere. Using an older...
Check Out These Final Round Highlights From The 2017 Good Vibrations March Meet
Mar 17, 2017Brian Lohnes1
We’re sure you watched our live streaming coverage of the rain delayed Monday final rounds at the 2017 Good Vibrations March Meet so you know that Ryan Hodgson won nitro funny car and Mendy Fry...
Live A Little Gatornationals History With This Broadcast Of The 1976 Race
Mar 17, 2017Brian Lohnes1
Lots of stuff has changed from 1976 to 2017 and not the least of which is the local Gainesville, Florida area where the Gatornationals are held. Still a massive college town, it comes off a lot...
Demon Watch: Track Action, Exhaust Note, And Launch Control For The Dodge Challenger Demon. And We Get A Dragstrip Run, Too…
Mar 17, 2017Bryan McTaggart7
Someone at FCA was paying attention to a wave of complaints about the Challenger SRT Demon’s dragged-out, teased launch, because the newly released video, “No Pills”, is our best...
Bad Brad’s Nitro Photos From Famoso! Some Great Funny Car, Top Fuel, and AAFA March Meet Shots
Mar 17, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Bad Brad’s Nitro Photos From Famoso! Some Great Funny Car, Top Fuel, and AAFA March Meet Shots
(Photos by Brad Klaassen) – We’re back today with some more nitro photos from the 2017 Good Vibrations March Meet. Brad Klaassen was out there with his buddies running a car and he also...
Barnstormin’: A Full Drag Strip Is A Happy Drag Strip, But Tracks Cannot Rest On Their Laurels
Mar 17, 2017Brian Lohnes7
2017 has gotten off to a flying start on just about every level in the sport of drag racing. Since late January I have been at a track just about every weekend and the events at said tracks have...
Three-Time Top Fuel Champion Larry Dixon Returns To NHRA Competiton With IHRA Backing!
Mar 16, 2017Darr Hawthorne1
Two of drag racing’s marquee events will come together with one of the sport’s most decorated champions this weekend at Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway Three-time NHRA world champion and IHRA...
IHRA Prez Mike Dunn Adds Three Nitro Drivers To New Professional Competition Advisory Board!
Mar 16, 2017Darr HawthorneComments Off on IHRA Prez Mike Dunn Adds Three Nitro Drivers To New Professional Competition Advisory Board!
For 2017, the International Hot Rod Association has morphed into a Sportsman racing series, shelving their Nitro Funny Car, Nitro Harley, Mountain Motored Pro Stock and Jet show for now. The vacuum...










