1972 Chevrolet Crash Test Video: Watch A 1972 Chevrolet Vega Crash Head On Into A 1972 Chevrolet Impala For Science

Everyone thinks of a Vega as being super small, because it was a compact car back in the day, and that an Impala is super huge because at the time they really were and especially when compared to a...

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Build Your Own Vapor Blaster At Home With A Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet, Including a Full Parts List!

Vapor blasting, or wet blasting as many people call it, is a media or sand blasting method that uses water and sometimes an added detergent. The water and abrasives combine to clean and slightly...

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WATCH FREE LIVE Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod RIGHT HERE! The Festival Of Power Is ON This Weekend!

This weekend at the famed Santa Pod Raceway in England, there’s a big drag race called the Festival of Power going on, and all the action is LIVE right here! This event is a pre-cursor to the...

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IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From The Darana Motorsports Park at GALOT Keep Coming!

(Photos by David Whealon) If you live under a rock and haven’t realized how huge of a splash the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series made in 2025, then are you in for a treat! With amazing events, huge...

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Hot Rod Hoarder Feature: Finding the History of this Forgotten Slingshot Dragster Is Harder Than You Might Think!

Forgotten hot rods and race cars all have a story, and some of them are more interesting than others. But regardless of the story, it takes some home work and a lot of research to be able to find the...

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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million! Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – $30,000 Saturday!

It’s time to finish off the Spring Fling Million in Las Vegas, after one heck of a Million Dollar Friday!!!! It’s that time of year folks, when the country’s big dollar bracket racers head...

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Dynamite Run – A Documentary About the 1974 AHRA Winternationals

We got a note from pal-o-BangShift Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian cluing us in the on the fact that she unearthed and posted an totally cool old drag racing documentary film called “Dynamite Run”....

Update: 1949 Cadillac Is The Standard Of The World (When It Comes To Sleepers) – A Total Q-Ship From Hell! (And Now It Is For Sale)

When Jon Sandahl called me up and said, “Hey, you should probably come over here and take a look at this thing,” in reference to a 1949 Cadillac coupe, I was a little confused but hey,...

NHRA Sends Letters Announcing License Revocation To Street Outlaws TV Cast – Competition Licenses To Be Revoked If Participation Continues

The NHRA has sent strongly worded letters to virtually everyone who is appearing or has recently appeared on the hit Discovery Channel television show Street Outlaws. This show follows the exploits...

Pro Mod Action Photos From The 2015 US Street Nationals At Bradenton Motorsports Park

(Photos and words by Benoit Pigeon) – I went down to this year’s edition of the Street Nationals knowing that there would be a tv crew from Canada filming Pro Mods.  Sure enough, all week...

Old Funny Car Shopping? This Mustang Body And Chassis Weren’t Born Together But The Have History

Another week, another awesome old race car resurfacing after years of hiding. This time we are talking about a Mustang funny car and like lots of old drag race cars, the body and the chassis have...

These Canted Valve 4.3L Chevy V6 Heads Were Designed For Big RPM And Big Power

The Chevy 4.3L V6 as well all know is basically 75% of a Chevy 350 so it only makes sense that there would be a market for speed parts for these engines but we never knew the extent that Chevy went...

This All-Steel 1949 Anglia Is LS3 Powered And Evil! Finishing Work Needed

I”ve got to thank Wes Tarkington for chirping into my ear about this awesome steel 1949 Anglia that is currently for sale on eBay. The car has an LS3 engine so that’s 400+ horsepower of...

Watch A Pro Mod Body Get Narrowed At 150mph By Both Walls – OUCH

The Pro Mod class has evolved more than perhaps any other in the last 10-15 years. These cars have gone from lots of motor and little chassis to refined beasts that make more power than ever and do a...

Lancaster National Speedway And Dragway Renews IHRA Sanction, Revives Weekly Quick 16 Program

Two great pieces of news for drag racers in the Buffalo, New York area today as the reinvigorated Lancaster National Speedway and Dragway has announced that they have renewed their longstanding...

Love Small Tire Drag Racing? Small Tire Nation Has A Massive Calendar Of Events From Across The Country

Someone finally went and did it. Someone finally did the thing that every small tire drag racing fan in the world has wanted for a long time and that is to create a place where there’s access...

Rough Start: This 1966 Plymouth Fury Is Ready For The Strip Or Could Be Put On The Street In Short Order

We all want to drive something absolutely badass, something that looks the part, can move like none other, and makes the right noises…none of which really works when your budget is...

This 1972 Chevelle Nomad Wagon Is The Most Perfectly Restored Stripper, No Frills Factory Car Ever

Spoiler alert: There’s no big block, no nitrous, no super trick sleeper magic here. What there is though is the neatest base car we have ever seen restored to immaculate conditions. What we...

Wheels Up Sportsman Drag Racing Photos From The NHRA Winternationals 2015 Right Here

If you liked the NHRA Pro stuff that we ran yesterday, you are really going to dig the Sportsman class action photos that the Burghardt boys shot out at Pomona last weekend. Brian and I both grew up...

NHRA Winternationals Photos: Team Force, Erica Enders, Matt Hagan, Shawn Langdon, Guy Fieri, And More.

(Photos by The Burghardts) We’ve got all the heavy hitters from the NHRA Winternationals this past weekend, with the wheels up, tires smoking, and some of them on FIRE!!! All these photos come...