FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 4 At The Texas Motorplex – Thursday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 4! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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Car Guy Confessions With Jeff Smith – Bangshift’s Chad Reynolds and LS Swap Book Author Jefferson Bryant Steal The Show!

This one was really fun. Our friends Marcel and Jason, the guys behind Auto Revolution and their Car Guy Confessions, Influence and Impact, and several other podcasts, invited me and our friend...

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How Much Horsepower Does An Engine Driven Cooling Fan Really Take From Your Engine?

We tested alternators, engine driven fans, and other accessories on the dyno years ago and I can tell you that most of the accessories on the front of your engine take very little power to turn under...

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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Pro Stock, Pro Stock Bikes, And Factory Stock 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Ford Big-Blocks Unleashed! FE Race & Reunion Muncie Dragway! 352, 390, 406, 427, 428, SOHC!

The Ford FE powerplant is arguably one of the most important engines in Ford’s racing heritage. Sure there have been plenty of other powerful combos over the years, but when Chevrolet and Ford...

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Why Is Torx So Bad And So Good At The Same Time? Testing Torx Bits And Explaining How They REALLY Work.

Anyone that works on cars and trucks is familiar with Torx fasteners and bits, as are anyone who’s done any DIY, deck, fence, or construction projects in recent years. There are some big...

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Would You Be Brave Enough To Drag Race A Suicide-Shifted Chopper Down The Strip?

For six years, motorcycles were my jam and to this day I still enjoy the occasional ride. My wildest years involved Yamaha two-strokes with enough power to scare the ever-living hell out of...

Welding Tech Video: TIG Welding Aluminum For Beginners.

TIG welding is awesome. Super sexy bad ass tig welds make your ride look like a million bucks. But it’s also one of the more challenging, and often intimidating, types of welding. And since the...

Watch An Outlaw 10.5 Car Run 4.18 and Stop The Clocks On The Rear Tires!

(By Jason Mazzotta) – One of the most exciting aspects of outlaw racing is the wheelie. Whether it is a Drag Radial car that launches and puts it on the bumper, or a twin turbo outlaw 10.5 car...

A Nitro Powered Pencil Sharpener? Now We’ve Seen It All.

We’ve seen nitro powered blenders, snow cone machines, and even food processors, but a pencil sharpener? Yeah, this one is creative, and funny, and was done for no other reason than because...

Watch The Crazy Swedes In Their Monster Of An Opel Ascona Drag Week Car Pull A Huge Wheelie At Orlando

If there is a hallmark of Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2016 that has already kind of showed itself before the beginning of the event, it is the large number of international entries that will be...

Aussie Burnouts Baby! Brasher Nats 2016 Cause Everyone Needs Tire Smoke On Sundays

The Aussie Burnout, or Skid, is world renowned. And Brasher Nats has become one of the premier events to show off your skills if you are an Aussie fond of destroying tires. So whenever we find good...

Watch The Quickest Pass Of Drag Week 2006 – Guess The Elapsed Time Before Pressing Play

This is kind of a fun game. Below we have video of the Hinson Supercars RX7 packing a turbocharged LS1 engine. This was the car that made the quickest pass of Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2006 and we...

1,500hp Chevette Video: This Car Was A Drag Week Fan (and announcer) Favorite! Watch It Work

One of the blessing/curse deals with being part of the Drag Week live feed is that I don’t have a lot of time to see cars in the morning before we start and since we cannot leave until everyone...

Where It All Started: This Short Clip Of Hot Rod Drag Week 2005 Is A Far Cry From The Mania Of Today

Drag Week officially begins in a couple days and since we’ve got the fever we figured we would share this look back the the humble roots of the event. Oddly Drag Week had a lot to do with...

Dynatech Header Rebate Program: Get Up To $100 Back On The Best Headers In The Industry

We know you like money and we know you like saving money, the cool thing is that the folks at Dynatech know that too and that’s why they have started Dynatech header rebate program for the fall...

Kontinentals Day of the Drags 2016: Our Last Blast Of Photos From The Best Little Drag Race in Texas

(Photos by Robert Paxton) – It’s that time again, we are getting to the end of the excellent Kontinentals Day of the Drags photos that Robert Paxton shot for us at Little River Raceway...

Day Of The Drags 2016: More Awesome Images From Little River Dragway In Texas!

(Photos by Robert Paxton) – We told you that we would be back with more action photos from the 2016 Kontinentals Day of the Drags from Little River Raceway in Texas and we were not kidding....

Pro Street Cool or Pro Street Weird? This 1978 Olds 442 Has Real Olds Power!

This one sure falls under the Dare to be Different banner, right? When’s the last time you saw a 1978 Olds 442 let alone one that’s been built into a ground pounding pro street car with a...

Watch Doorslammer Legend Tommy Mauney Get A Facefull Of Fire At Shady Side Dragway

Tommy Mauney (pronounced Mooney) is one of the great door slammer chassis builders and racers of all time. He was there for the beginning of pro mod, developed lots of the stuff that has been refined...