Jaime Sarte, Innovative And Prolific 1970s Funny Car Chassis Builder Has Passed At Age 72 – Built Some Of The Quickest Cars Of His Era
(Lead photo credit: American Nitro FB page) – We were informed last night of the passing, at age 72 of Jaime Sarte who was an innovative, popular, and well known drag racing chassis builder in...
Watch The Hybrid Rocket Engine That Will Help Power Bloodhound SSC Get Tested In Norway – Will The Extra Boost Push Them To 1,000 MPH?
We have been showing you some videos of the progress and basic system testing that has been going on around the massive effort behind the Bloodhound SSC land speed vehicle that will attempt to become...
Land Speed Video: Watch Brandon Leggitt Thunder Down The El Mirage Course Setting A Record A 231 And Making Wonderful Noise
There’s a beauty to this video that gearheads will get an most others will totally not understand. Whether it is the vastness of the setting that the car is racing through, whether is is the...
Watch Mike Finnegan’s Blasphemi ’55 Dominate A Hellcat Challenger, A Tank Tracked FC170, And A Breadbox With Wheels In A Drag Race
This is a fun watch from our pals over the at the Motor Trend channel on YouTube as it pits Mike Finnegan’s Blasphemi 1955 Chevy against a brand new 707hp Hellcat Challenger, a mildly breathed...
Tech Video: Moroso Shows You How To Check Oil Pump Pickup To Pan Clearance Like Pro Engine Builders Do It
The crew at Moroso has produced a neat technical video that shows a couple of ways to properly check oil pump pickup to pan clearance when building an engine. This is a very important measurement...
Matt Hagan Makes Quickest Unofficial Funny Car Pass In History – 3.954?! Time Slip Inside
(Photos: Matt Hagan’s Twitter feed) – Sure it was only a test hit but what a test hit it was! The duo of driver Matt Hagan and crew chief Dickie Venables, along with their hard working...
Step Aside Sonny: Rich Sedelnick Is Still Pounding Drag Strips All Over New England At 81 Years Old
(Words and photos by Mike Bradford) – Since the beginning of time men have searched near and far for ways to live longer and happier lives. The fountain of youth may be a mythical glowing...
Awful Windy In Here: Watch This Turbocharged Nova’s Passenger Door Do All Kinds Of Creepy Stuff At High Speed
(By Jason Sands) – Good buddy Brian Peterson decided that the 9.0’s at 149mph that his nitrous Nova was running wasn’t good enough so he switched to twin turbos instead. The car...
…..And Then There Were Three – Andy Frost Releases Plans For His Red Victor And His Hopes To Grab The Record Back
It has been a watershed year in the world of the “World’s quickest” street legal car battle with Larry and Chad’s wild S10 creation running roughshod over the existing records...
Video: A Young (and Uncomfortable) John Force Hosts A Bitchin’ Profile Of Connie Kalitta From The Mid-1990s
If there is one thing that you’d never call John Force these days it is camera shy, but even Force took some time to get the level of comfort he has on the small screen today. This video stands...
Watch Top Sportsman Racer Jerry Holt’s Massive Inferno In Tulsa – Manifold Explosion And Gas Fed Fire!
This is a starting line inferno of the highest order right here. Top Sportsman competitor Jerry Holt had completed his burnout and had staged his car at the Lucas Oil event on the strip at Tulsa...
Relive The 1996 Chevy High Performance Nationals At Heartland Park Topeka Through These Great Photos –
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Believe it or not I don’t have hundreds of photos from this one and I cannot recall why. I do know it was my first time seeing Nick Scavo’s awesome...
Watch Mike Knowles and Kevin Fiscus Experience About As Close A Call As You’ll Ever See In Pro Mod WITHOUT A Wreck
The St. Louis NHRA races as a crazy one for Pro Mod. Peter Farber’s car smashed the wall, Rickie Smith went out early and extended the championship hopes of competitors like Von Smith and Troy...
Nostalgia Silly Season News: Ronnie Swearingen Signs On With Nelson Racing – Will Tune California Hustler In 2015
Fresh off a championship effort and years of consistent success with Dan Horan Jr., noted crew chief Ronnie Swearingen has been announced as the guy turning the screws on the California Hustler...
