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50th Cobra Jet Anniversary Celebration Photos: Norwalk Was Brimming With Ford Horsepower

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – It was the coolest gathering of Ford people, card, and history that anyone had ever seen and our man Joe Grippo was on the scene to check it out. The 50th Cobra Jet...

Here’s Mud in Your Eye! MRA Mud Drag Racing Action Photos From GALOT Motorsports Park

(Photos and words by David Whealon) – Back a few weeks ago Galot Motorsports Park hosted for the first time ever the MRA’s (Mud Racers Association) form of getting after it on the dirt on...

Gravelrama 48: The Junior Classes – Kids Sand Drag Racing Whatever They Brought To The Line!

I’m running the photos from Gravelrama 48 a bit out of timeline. The show trucks started rolling in about ten in the morning, and the big hill didn’t kick off until after lunch, but I...

Motorcycle Drag Action Photos: 2018 Summit Racing Equipment Internationals At Tierp – Historic Numbers!

(Words and photos by Kelly Wade) – If you’re a fan of two-wheeled race machines, you would have had a blast at Tierp Arena’s Summit Racing Internationals last weekend in Sweden....

Nostalgia Drags Action Photos: The 2018 Glory Days Drags At Maple Grove Raceway Were A Blast

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – While we love the world of nostalgia drag racing, there is something to be said for a nostalgia race held at a track with legit history. Maple Grove Raceway is one of...

Sportsman From The CatSpot NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways!

(Photos by Jeff Burghardt and Mike Burghardt) – We’ve been showing off a lot of the Pro and Fuel classes this year in the NHRA Mello Yello drag racing series, but we’ve got a great bunch of...

Street Car Super Nationals V Gallery: Shutting Down The Show In Style!

Saturday was a solid seventeen hours of racing that was arguably some of the best we’ve ever seen. Any and every issue we had prior to Saturday at Street Car Super Nationals V was completely...

Street Car Super Nationals V Gallery: The Night Time Is The Right Time

For the better part of Saturday, Chad and I worked in unison on the camera. He’d take off to go run some things or I’d be studying what was going on as an effort to become more involved...

Street Car Super Nationals V Gallery: Saturday Morning And The Start To A Long Day Of Awesome

The schedule for Saturday said 8am-midnight. But as Chad and I woke up and prepared for the day, we knew better. Just on car count alone, I made the guess of being at the track until three in the...

Street Car Super Nationals V Gallery: Pro Mods, To The Lanes! Friday’s Qualifier For The 37 Big Hitters!

Keith Haney and those that help put the Mid-West Pro Mod series together have to be over the moon with the showing that went down in St. Louis this weekend. Thirty-seven big-tire monsters showed up...

Chaos in the Cornfield: Funny Car Chaos Takes Over Havana, Illinois!

(Words and Photos by Chris Graves/Funny Car Chaos) Funny Car Chaos charged into Central Illinois Dragway in Havana, IL on July 27th & 28th for the third of four events on the 2018 tour. After...

Street Car Super Nationals V Gallery: The Junior Dragsters And More Index Cars!

As I type these words, the big-boy dragsters are making their laps down Gateway Motorsports Park, rattling the bleachers and leaving Chad a very happy human. Watching the drivers launch down the...

Street Car Super Nationals V Gallery: Index Racing At The First Signs Of Sunset

You’d think that seeing the sun setting just after we got set up and had a couple of classes run would mean a short day on the job. Not at an SCSN race…they like to play late into the...

Street Car Super Nationals V Gallery: Friday’s Walkabout And Nostalgia Super Stock Action!

You are going to hear us talk about the weather in St. Louis for most of the Street Car Super Nationals V event, because not only are Chad and I not sweaty rags of human beings, but the weather is...