Aussie Drag Racing Legend Brett Stevens Sentenced To 13 Years For Involvement In Drug Ring
For a time, Brett Stevens was as big a deal as was humanly possible in the world of Australian motorsports and we mean that literally. He ran nitro harley motorcycles, competed in top door slammer,...
Throwback Showdown: The Top 20 NHRA Funny Car Drivers Chose Their Favorite Historic Cars – You Vote For The Best One!
Our pal Bobby Bennett over at CompetitionPlus.com has had some good ideas over the years. He hired me more than a decade ago and that is just one example. The most recent example of his clever...
Team Kalitta Adds Rob Flynn To Awesome Crew Chief Stable!
Words by Cody Poor/Kalitta Motorsports Coming off the team’s highly lucrative 2015 season, Team Kalitta takes a step to ensure that success continues. Effective immediately, Rob Flynn has returned...
NHRA Announces Changes To Competition Index Control System
Photos by Jeff Burghardt Words from NHRA Communications Bolstering its initiative to increase sportsman participation, NHRA is announcing changes for Competition Eliminator beginning in 2016....
Which One Of These Sleepers Is Your Favorite? The Best Of Street Car Takeover
We’re fans of the sleeper look. Sure we like big tires and flash too, but sleepers are just cool. Which is why we love this video from BigKleib from the Street Car Takeover in Oklahoma. Sure...
Racing Junk Find: A 1976 Dodge Colt That Would Be A Riot!
Even though I’m all about American muscle cars, the 1960’s and 1970’s had some cool little rear wheel drive imports. And some of them make really cool drag cars like this little...
Hemi Heaven! An Up Close And Personal Look At The Amazing Array Of Hemi Mopars At The Muscle Car and Corvette Nats
(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – As a Mopar guy I have come to accept a few facts in life; everyone assumes you’re crazy, everyone assumes you’re loaded, and everyone assumes your...
This 1957 Fiat 500 Is Packing A Subaru WRX STi Engine In The Back And 11-Second Time Slips At Bandimere
Sure, it may fall into the “weird little foreign car” category but this little 1957 Fiat 500 that is powered by an angry Subaru WRX STi engine is quick enough to run 11s at Bandimere...
Burndown? Gamesmanship? Straight Up BS? Or All Part Of The Game – What Do YOU See On The Starting Line
The mortal enemy of drag racing automatic transmissions is heat and one knows that better than the guys running today’s crop of ultra-high horsepower turbocharged/automatic combos. Those racers...
Nostalgia Drag Action: The NSRA Drags At Shakespeare County Raceway In England!
(Words and photos by Tom Pugh) – This year saw the 28th annual running of the Nsra hot rod drags. From what started out as a rwyb hot rod meet has now turned into one of the biggest drag race...
This South East Gassers Video Rules: See Them In Action and Even Ride Under One!
Quain Stott’s beloved South East gasser group has been delighting fans at drag strips east of the Mississippi for a few years now and they are still very much going strong. Stott has been rabid...
Last Action Heroes: Our Final Blast Of Photos From The 2015 PSCA Street Car Super Nationals
We have finally made it to the end of our landslide of photos from the 2015 Jegs PSCA Street Car Super Nationals presented by Chris Alston’s Chassisworks. It is an appropriate day to run out of...
Street Car Super Nationals Action Photos: More Smoke And Thunder From Vegas
Last Sunday was quite literally the longest day I have ever spent at a drag strip. I cannot speak for Chad but it has to be in his top five. Why? We were there for 19 hours. Between the time we setup...
England’s Shakespeare County Dragway To Close – Country Left With Two Dedicated Drag Plants
Some bad news has come across the wire for drag racing fans and participants in England. Shakespeare County Raceway which has been been hosting drag racing since the 1970s and as a permanent drag...
