This 1966 Big Block Wagon Is Begging To Be A Sleeper!
When we saw this sucker on Craigslist, we about died. You know we have a soft spot for ’66 Chevrolet full size wagons, but this one is special. It’s near perfect patina is so great, and...
Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod Coverage From Peidmont, North Carolina – Doorslammer War!
(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The Extreme Outlaw Pro Mods series was racing on the 4th at Piedmont in Julian, NC, home the monthly Big Dog. As mentioned in the past this is a tough...
Big Deal: NHRA Officially Announces Fox As TV Carrier – 16 Live Races And 4 Will Run On The Fox Network Itself!
The short window of speculation over the validity of the rumors which hit the web the other day about the NHRA leaving ESPN for Fox closed swiftly yesterday when NHRA announced that the rumors were...
Disaster: Four Killed And More Wounded After Apparent Street Racing Crash In North Carolina – One Driver Ran Off
And here we are again. Here we are talking about more dead people, talking about how the “mainstream” media continues to improperly call street racing “drag racing” and...
Funny Car Driver Ron Capps On Wall Of Fame At Sonoma
NHRA Funny Car driver Ron Capps has developed an impressive resume in more than two decades of competition at Sonoma Raceway. The popular NHRA Mello Yello drag racer will add another accomplishment...
Something About This Plymouth Duster For Sale Gets Us Going
There is something about this 1971 Plymouth Duster that just does it for me. I’m not sure if it’s the big tires, wheel bar, back hal, or if it’s the fact that it has an 8.50 cert, a...
Great vintage Funny Car footage from Irwindale! Including Crash Footage.
We love to see old drag races on film. Sure they aren’t as crisp and clean as today, but there is something visceral about them that just makes us want to watch more and more. In this video...
Hope On The Salt? SCTA Says Area For Two Courses Located But Will Mother Nature Comply?
Like a parent cautioning their kids not to get too wound up over some positive news, the SCTA is reporting on their FB page that after searching and scouring the salt for days on end, they have...
ECTA Ohio (Half) Mile Action Photos – Land Speed Racing Under The Ohio Sun
(Photos by David Whealon) – A little bit of history went down in the small burg of Wilmington, Ohio last weekend as the ECTA held their first ever half mile land speed event on the same course...
Brainerd International Raceway Battered By Storms – Heavily Damaged – Seeking Local Volunteers To Aid Cleanup
Brainerd International Raceway in Minnesota was in the news yesterday but for reasons it really could have gone without. The track was at the epicenter of a massive and very powerful series of storms...
Multiple Sources Reporting That NHRA Will Leave ESPN At End Of 2015 And Move To Fox Sports 1 For Television
In the first of what will likely turn out to be a torrent of major news from the NHRA over the coming weeks, it is being widely reported that the company has decided to terminate their agreement with...
Decorated Pro Stock and Pro Mod Driver/Tuner Joe Lepone Jr. Passes – Forged Global Career
If Joe Lepone Jr’s drag racing career was defined by one thing, it was the willingness to do what it took to be successful in the sport. His time working as a crewman with Grumpy Jenkins led...
x275 Insanity: Can You Tell You Won This Matchup Between Jacky McCarty And Rich Bruder
(By Jason Mazzotta) – Drag racing is all about close racing, and this is a great video that shows a tight race in the X275 Drag Radial Class. The two extremely evenly matched Mustangs of Jacky...
Is Bonneville Speed Week 2015 Already Doomed? The Salt Lake Tribune Thinks So
(Photo credit: Salt Lake City Tribune) – In a news piece that can only be described as sobering and sad, the Salt Lake City Tribune has all but virtually predicted the doom of Speed Week 2015...
