Watch a Wild International Scout Gasser Pull Huge Wheelies on the Strip
We got a tip from Canadian Dave Pelissier to check out a couple of videos featuring International Scouts made into drag race cars. As it turns out, Dave has the coolest one of the bunch so...
GREAT NEWS: Maine’s Oxford Plains Dragway Will Be Open For Business In 2015!
We’re happy to report that Oxford Plains Dragway in Maine will be open for business in 2015. This announcement comes less than a year after depressing news that the track would be closed with...
Big News: Top Sportsman and Top Dragster To Compete For NHRA National Championships In 2015
In some of the best news to come down the sportsman drag racing pipe in some time, the National Hot Rod Association has announced that Top Sportsman and Top Dragster competitors will finally have a...
Man On A Mission: How Long Term Planning And Strong Leadership Brought New England Dragway Onto The National Scene
(Words and photos by Tom McCarthy) – If there was an award given annually in New England for the drag racer of the year, that award would have been bestowed upon Joe Lombardo, the track...
Carnage Video! This 8-second Supra’s New Turbo Pops In Spectacular Fashion
A second-gen Toyota Supra with a swapped in 2Jz, one hell of a turbo hooked to it, sitting on a dyno. One of two things happen in this situation: either the number is astronomical, or the pieces that...
2014 Photo Highlight Reel – Mark Rebilas Picks His Favorite 100 Photos From A Year On The NHRA Trail
On any given Mark Rebilas may be shooting NBA games, MLB games, NFL stuff, or who knows what else. During drag racing season however, he’s wherever the NHRA tour is that weekend with his finger...
Great News: Vandalized Samoa Drag Strip In California Raises Funds To Fix Damage Done By Vandals With Help From Their Friends
We’re happy to report that Samoa Drag Strip in Eureka, California which was attacked and damaged by vandals in the fall will reopen for 2015 and serve the racing community in the Eureka area....
The 1,000mph Model Kit – This Quick Video Tour Around The Components Of The Bloodhound SSC Is Pretty Awesome
2015 is the year that the Bloodhound SSC is finally slated to turn its wheels and make big speed in the deserts of South Africa. It has been a pretty amazing thing to see this land based missile come...
John Hale Named As Driver For Jim Dunn Racing In 2014, Will Compete At All 24 NHRA Events – Nostalgia Pilot Hits Big Stage
(Brad Klaassen photo) Nostalgia funny car racing standout and part time NHRA Mello Yellow series driver John Hale has been named the new driver for Jim Dunn Racing and will pilot the team’s...
Breaking News: Al-Anabi Racing Funding Terminated For All USA Racing Teams – From Top Fuel On Down
(Charles Wickam Photo) Wow! Rumors of a potential cut in funding for Al-Anabi Racing teams have persisted for a short time but we’re not sure anyone saw this announcement coming. The word on...
Australian Drag Week 2014 Looks Like It Was Awesome – The Craze Officially Moves Into The Southern Hemisphere!
I was told that there was going to be an Australian drag week style event in 2014 and frankly I lost track of it and was happily surprised to find some cool video of the goings on plunked right there...
This Six Second Barracuda Is Packing A Twin Turbocharged Hemi And Attitude For Days – Really Neat Car
One of the reasons that races like the Street Car Super Nationals and the cars that populate said races have become so popular is because they actually look like cars. Yes, they are all muscled up,...
1963 425hp 409 Built By The Late Dale Armstrong For Sale On eBay – Claimed To Be One Of Last Engines The Great Man Built
The passing of Dale Armstrong was one of the sadder moments of 2014 for drag racing fans. The mechanical genius had so many ideas and so much skill in sorting them out that his influence still looms...
