2014 Yellow Bullet Nationals: Action Photos From From The Sensational Event At Cecil County Dragway
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – It has only taken a few years for the Yellow Bullet Nationals to establish itself as one of the premier small tire/radial drag races in the world. The event has fed on...
Want To Know What The 2015 Challenger Drag Pack’s Supercharged Engine Will Have For Power? This Dyno Video May Be Telling Us
When we were at the reveal of the 2015 Dodge Challenger Drag Pack at the US Nationals, Chrysler was really tight lipped about the power output of the 426ci late model Hemi with the Whipple blower...
Crash And Burn: Watch As “Skinny Mike” Schwartz Goes For A Wild Ride At The 2014 Time Machine Nationals
“Skinny Mike” Schwartz went for one hell of a ride at the 2014 Time Machine Nationals at Great Lakes Dragway in Wisconsin. Don Besch filmed the accident, and according to him, during...
Drag Racing Hall Of Famer John Farkonas Dies – Team Owner Of And Creative Engineer On The Chi-Town Hustler
It is hard, if not impossible to find photos of John Farkonas on the internet. He was not a glory hound or a guy who wanted anything more than to put his considerable mental talents to work making...
Here’s What Tom Bailey’s Bringing For Drag Week 2014 – Can The Defending Champ Double Up?
When Tom Bailey and right hand man Steve Morris took the top honors at Hot Rod Drag Week last year, they did so in a pretty non dramatic fashion. After trading blows with Dave Ahokas on day one in...
Watch This Brazilian Chevrolet Opala Wagon Run 8.18 At 165 With A Naturally Aspirated Chevy 250 Inline Six!
We have showed you some video from the drag racing scene in Brazil before but this is the coolest one we have shown yet. Why? Because the car that is featured in the video is a nasty little station...
Drag Week Live Broadcast Starts Monday! Also, What Do YOU Think The Winning Average Will Be In The Unlimited Class?
We know that lots of you our there have been waiting for Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week and we’re among you! With less than a week before the event kicks off, many competitors are still trying to...
Elephants At INDY, Charlie Wescott Jr. Leads The Herd At Mopar HEMI Challenge
For many of us, the sound of a pair of mid-60’s Chrysler Hemi’s is music and these rare, high dollar racecars always put on a killer show with twenty-six of them towing into Indy for the 60th US...
Wheels In The Air: Watch This ProCharged BBC-Powered Dragster Reach For The Sky!
Glen Curtis’s big-block Chevrolet-powered American dragster might be hooking a tad too well, or making just a little too much horsepower right off the bat. We come to that conclusion after...
Pro Weird: This 1972 Honda Z600 Is Tubbed And Ready For Drag Week
When Chris Johnson sent us an email instructing us to click a link and see a car he described with language I can’t really use here, we knew that something interesting lurked on the other side...
Drag Action Gallery: Wheels Up, Tire Smoking Fun At the Sunday Niagra Nostalgia Drags and Reunion In New York
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Yesterday we showed you some great photos from the Sunday Niagra nostalgia drags and car show held at what was formerly known as Lancaster Speedway in New York. The...
Video: The Ultimate Vintage Drag Film, Ingenuity in Action at the 1959 NHRA Nationals
Here’s a film that’s been around a while! This greatness was lost to the public eye for many years, but in today’s times it has been passed around the Internet. This most recent...
Drag Week 2014: Wait List Update, Your Chances Of Getting In, and What You Can Do To Make Things Work Smoothly
In terms of the yearly Drag Week news cycle, we have entered the “wait list” portion of the program. What does that mean? Well there are lots of guys signed up and thrashing to get their...
