Glory Days Nostalgia Drags Coverage From Maple Grove: Old Drag Iron From Barn Fresh To Restored Perfection
Jul 09, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Glory Days Nostalgia Drags Coverage From Maple Grove: Old Drag Iron From Barn Fresh To Restored Perfection
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Just about a week ago, our man on the Pennsylvanian scene Joe Grippo attended the Glory Days nostalgia drags at Maple Grove Raceway and sent us a boatload of photos...
Want To Know What 168 kmh Looks Like On A Mobility Scooter? Watch This.
Jul 08, 2014Chad Reynolds1
Mobility scooters, like the Rascal and Hoveround are what most people think of when they hear the words Mobility Scooter. And with jillions of them being sold and driven around stores near you,...
Check Out This Video Of Don Garlits Talking About Swamp Rat 37, And His Pursuit For 200 MPH!
Jul 08, 2014Chad Reynolds5
Check out this video that Amy and Dave Dayton, of ARS-TV.com, put together interviewing Don Garlits about his Swamp Rat 37 all electric dragster. Garlits and his crew are attempting to run over 200...
Dueling Nitrous Explosion Video: A Pair Of Pro Mods Both POP Their Scoops At Norwalk
Jul 07, 2014Brian Lohnes1
When Jim Laurita and Dan Stevenson headed down the strip during qualifying at the 2014 Summit Racing NHRA Nationals last weekend, neither expected to kill their hood scoops during the lap. Funny...
The Places They Raced: An Abandoned Street Racing Haven
Jul 06, 2014Brian Lohnes2
It is a straightaway to nowhere located off a bustling secondary road in Braintree, Massachsuetts. Ironically, it is now part of a nature reservation, but for several years in the 1960s and early...
Killer Historic Drag Video: Highlights From Arizona’s Beeline Dragway Circa The Early 1970s
Jul 06, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Killer Historic Drag Video: Highlights From Arizona’s Beeline Dragway Circa The Early 1970s
With the recent announcement that Arizona’s Speedworld dragway would be closing down we couldn’t help but think about another dead Arizona strip that was once a hotbed of national level...
Screaming Video: Watch A 2.3L Turbo Ford Clip Nearly 10K On The Chassis Dyno In A Drag Car!
Jul 06, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Screaming Video: Watch A 2.3L Turbo Ford Clip Nearly 10K On The Chassis Dyno In A Drag Car!
Job Spetter Jr has been tuning full tilt turbo and EFI engines for a long time. His name is very well known around drag racing circles and he’s both driven and tuned others to lot and lots of...
Ebay Find: 1974 Vega Wagon Funny Car For Sale-Who Wants Their Own Nostalgia Ride?
Jul 04, 2014Bryan McTaggart5
BangShifter Joe Haber sent me this gem from his backyard in Tucson, Arizona. A full-on funny car and ’74 Vega Wagon body, this thing just needs an engine and trans (as well as a cleanup and...
Nitro Video: A Quick Recap, Explosions Included, From Bakersfield’s Saturday Night Nitro Show Last Weekend
Jul 03, 2014Brian Lohnes2
Les Mayhew, the drag racing film making maven was at the Saturday Night Nitro event at Bakersfield last weekend and while he was there he shot a ton of video featuring the various classes that were...
Take A Detailed Tour Of The Challenger II Streamliner With Danny Thompson – This Thing Is A Marvel Of Packaging And Engineering
Jul 01, 2014Brian Lohnes4
Bonneville is just over a month away now and we’re gearing up for our most comprehensive Speed Week coverage ever from the salt. This year marks the 100th birthday of racing on the Bonneville...
Chris Alston’s New Professional Grade Bolt On Drag Race Strut Clip For 67-69 Camaro And 68-72 Nova – For When You Absolutely, Positively, Have To Kick Everyone’s Ass All The Time
Jul 01, 2014Brian Lohnes2
144lbs….not the weight of Chad’s beard hair, not the weight of my massive head, the weight of the new Professional Grade Bolt On Drag Race Strut Clip that fits 1967-1969 Camaros and...
Extreme Outlaw Pro Mods In Atlanta – Wild Cars, Wild Weather, And Great Times
Jun 30, 2014Brian Lohnes3
(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – My last visit at Atlanta dragway was back in 1989 for some heads up Top Sportsman racing. Not too surprisingly, this new visit took me for the same kind...
Flaming Wreckage Video: A Relatively Low Speed Drag Racing Crash Results In A Melted Mustang! (Driver OK)
Jun 29, 2014Brian Lohnes4
Lots of racers out there use front mounted fuel cells in their cars. The small cells can hold a few gallons of fuel, eliminate the weight of a tank in the rear and they also allow for better fuel...
Day At The Drags: Somernites Cruise To London Speedway
Jun 29, 2014Bryan McTaggart6
I spent this Saturday out in Somerset, Kentucky attending the Somernites Cruise weekend. I’m really liking the layout, and that they change up what the Saturday morning event is going to be....










