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2018 NHRA Winternationals Photo Coverage: Professional Qualifying Images From Pomona!

(Photos by Wes Allison) – We’re here at the 2018 NHRA Winternationals and the photos are coming in hot and heavy. Friday qualifying was exciting with many interesting story lines...

2018 Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals Photo Coverage: Sportsman Action Images From Pomona!

(Photos by Wes Allison) – It was a great first day of action at Auto Club Raceway Pomona on Thursday as the racers in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series took to the drag strip for time runs and...

Testing Is Over: One Last Gallery of Photos From The NHRA Phoenix Pre-Season Test

(Photos by the author) – Earlier this week we showed you some photos from the NHRA Phoenix pre-season test session and now we are back with another pile for you. The Winternationals started...

NHRA Nitro Spring Training In Phoenix Looks At Record-Setting 2018 Drag Racing Season!

(photos by Big Bob Snyder) The 2018 NHRA Mello Yello season has begun with completion of Pro Nitro Spring Training at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park over last weekend.  Many new cars, or maybe new...

Survivor Alley: More Photo Coverage Of The 2018 Cincinnati Cavalcade of Customs!

(Word and photos by Doug Gregory) – We are creatures of habit.  Proof:  when we enter a venue for any gearhead event we tend to begin our rounds from the same point and generally follow the...

Drag Action Gallery: Nitro Harleys, Top Fuel, Alky Funny Cars, Injected Dragsters At NHRA 2018 Pre-Season Testing

(Photos by the author) – After the majority of the NHRA Mello Yellow Series top fuel and nitro funny car teams concluded their testing on Saturday it was time for the Lucas Oil Series teams to...

America’s Most Beautiful Roadster WINNER: The Martin Special 1931 Ford

America’s Most Beautiful Roadster is a title that only one car per year gets to own, and it also puts you in a very particularly small and important group. This year’s contenders for the...

America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contender: The Nickel Roadster

This 1932 Ford Roadster is unique, not for the stance or paint scheme, not for the interior or the drivetrain and suspension, but rather because of the finish on all the metal components normally...

America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contender: The Eddie Dye Roadster

The Eddie Dye Roadster is a 1929 Ford that is as old school cool as can be. This car exudes cool and fast and it is one that really appeals to the traditional hot rod crowd. Especially when you see...

America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contender: 1927 Ford Custom Concept

Daniel Hostetter’s 1927 Ford Custom Concept car is my favorite AMBR contender. There, I said it. It looks like no other car in the class, and with good reason. It is based on an old magazine...

America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contender: Shangri-La 1936 Cadillac

Rick Dore is pretty well known for sexy, swoopy. sensual cars and this year his blue 1936 Cadillac called Shangri-La is all of that and more. The color on this car has been talked about non-stop at...

America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contender: Blackstar 1932 Ford Roadster

The Blackstar is another AMBR contender that went with a bit different power plant. In fact very different. Mind you there was a time when the Cadillac Northstar dual overhead cam engine had some...

America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contender: Pete Aardema’s 1934 Ford

Pete Aardema’s 1934 Ford is a really nice car. But that’s not what you’ll notice when you first walk up to the display for this thing. What you’ll notice is the fact that...

America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contender: Deuce One Ford Roadster

I have to say, this is one of my two favorite cars in the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster competition. There is nothing I would change on this car. and I would drive the wheels off of it...