SCTA El Mirage June 2015: The Coolest Push, Support, Tow, And Random Vehicles At The Meet
(Words and photos by Steve Murphree) – In my first visit to El Mirage I noticed that the support and spectator vehicles were awesome! I think that because El Mirage is so much closer to SoCal...
Evel Knievel Apparently Had An Injected Cadillac Drag Trike And It Is For Sale Right Now
Well count this as a new one on us. There is a guy in Germany selling a mechanically fuel injected Cadillac drag trike that apparently belonged to Evel Knievel before being sold to said guy in...
Dunlap Stuns Bartone As “High Speed” Top Fuel Dragster Returns To Winners Circle
In a spectacular return to form, 74-year-old Bill Dunlap captured Top Fuel Eliminator in his California-based “High Speed Motorsports” entry at the 13th Holley National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling...
Snow Over? Watch This Snowmobile Power Itself Over Backwards (Rider OK)!
(By Jason Mazzotta) – In Wisconsin winter means snowmobiling and there is no better way to open up your sled than to bring it to the biggest drag event around and see what it has. At the...
Super Stockers, Cacklers, Historic Race Cars, And Vintage Drag Car Perfection At Beech Bend – More Photos!
(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – There was a little irony in the fact that McTaggart was at the race hanging around the cool Prussian top fuel dragster that Maynard Rupp won lots of races with....
Photo Coverage Of The Rain Shortened IHRA President’s Cup Continues – Funnies, Pro Mods, Nitro Harleys
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – It was wet and that means it was frustrating for the racers competing at the IHRA President’s Cup race last weekend. Sizable fields in all classes were really...
More Straight Axle Mafia Goodness From Thornhill Drag Strip – These Cars Rule
(Photos by Doug Gregory) – The other day we showed you a smattering of the cars that make up a group affectionately known as the “straight axle mafia” at historic Thornhill Drag...
Watch Dustin Corn Make A Pass In His Rear Engine Funny Car At Quaker City Dragway – Neat Car!
You have seen it in still photos on these very electronic pages but as of yet we have never actually showed a video of Dustin Corn’s Hi-Jinx rear engined Corvette funny car. The machine has a...
2015 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion: More Cool Cars, Trucks, Wagons, And Racers From Beech Bend
(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – We know people who have attended every single Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion ever put on at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Why do they do...
IHRA Nitro Jam Action: Professional And Sportsman Photos From The President’s Cup At MIR
(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – This past week end, IHRA was racing at Maryland International for the President’s Cup Nationals. Unfortunately for the Nitro Jam program, after...
Land Speed Coverage: SCTA Action At El Mirage Dry Lake Bed
(Words and photos by Steve Murphree) – Going to El Mirage for the first time was an adventure. Having been to several ECTA Ohio Mile meets and Bonneville Speed Week before, I thought that I...
This 1951 Chevy Sleeper May Be One Of The Coolest Ever!
Sleepers kick ass. Not only literally, but figuratively as well. I remember when they were “the thing” back in the 1980’s and 1990’s when the trend was either all out Pro...
This Vintage Howard/Cragar Blower Chain Drive Setup For A Buick Nailhead Is The Coolest Thing On eBay
While Captain Chrysler McTaggart gets tight pants over the Plymouth he posted, I figured I would post something truly interesting from hot rodding’s past that some of the younger guys (and...
