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OG SMALL TIRE RACING IN THE MOUNTAINS!!!! KILLER STREET AT ELK CREEK DRAGWAY JUNE 2026!!!!

Oooh yeah! Elk Creek Dragway is something special, and with racing like this we understand why. In this video you’ll see Killer Street 275/28 and more as the 5.30 and 6.30 index classes take...

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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Continues Today as We are Heading for The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Full Race | Bommarito Automotive Group 500 from WWT Raceway

Just a couple of weekss after the famed Indy 500, the IndyCar Series was back at it for another weekend of racing. This time it was at the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 World Wide Technology Raceway...

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Finnegan’s 1961 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Drag Car Build Is Getting Closer! Interior At Home. Check It Out.

I talked to Mike the other day and he said that they are seriously working on the Cadillac to get it on the road this year. Sure, there is a lot to do, but they keep chipping away at it and in the...

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They CLOSED a Public Road for a Street Race and Heavy Hitters Came Out! Cash Days Street Racing Greatness!

We’ve livestreamed a few city sanctioned street race events over the years, and have heard of a few others, but it never gets old to hear that folks want to see Cash Days street races to go...

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New Right-Angle Impact Totally Resets the Scoreboard! These Aren’t Supposed To Be This Good!

Right angle impacts have really made a splash recently, and if you are like me and think they are just an over hyped cordless ratchet, you’d be wrong. Yes, I said it, I was wrong. I love me...

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2020 Grand National Roadster Show Photo Extravaganza: The Fresh Photos From The Show Continue!

(Photos by Wes Allison) – We dare you to try and find something in this collection of photos that you don’t like. Seriously. Whether you are into cool haulers, cars with flat paint, cars...

Fire Is Bad: NAPA NHRA Nitro Funny Car Team Experiences Trailer Fire, To Miss Pre-Season Testing

There are tough ways to start a racing season and TOUGH ways to start a racing season. This would be more the latter than the former. Ron Capps, Rahn Tobler, and the entire NAPA nitro funny car team...

Sleeper Warning: Some Of Europe’s Well-Hidden Ego Killers!

The sleeper: the machine you’d never suspect could wipe the floor with whatever is running alongside it. It shouldn’t launch like a cruise missile on nitrous. It shouldn’t make a...

Rough Start: 1974 Sterling – Hey, You Wanted To Stand Out From The Crowd!

Here’s a common theme for Rough Start cars from the past: Fox body Fords, most any RWD GM, whatever Mopar isn’t rotting from rust or has genuine potential, an AMC that isn’t priced...

If Only It Took This Long: A Time-Lapse Build Of Hoonigan’s 1JZ Nissan

You lied to yourself when you bought your project car, didn’t you? It would be done in a year. It would be done before Spring. It’ll make it to Power Tour. It’ll make it to Rocky...

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Exceeding The Limits Of Sketchy: Blowing The Wheel Off Of A Monster S-10

If you have never had the joy of losing a wheel on a moving vehicle, let’s be very clear: it is an event that will open your eyes wide and slam your sphincter shut. I’ve had it happen a...

Unhinged: The GMC Hummer EV – What Kind Of Mea Culpa Is This?

0-60 miles per hour in three seconds, 1,000 horsepower, and…and I’m quoting the press release here…11,500 foot/pounds of torque. Those are the figures currently released for the...

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Strip For Sale: North Star Dragway In Denton, Texas Is Up For Grabs – Premier Eighth-Mile Track Does Not Come Cheap

Well, I’ll apologize right off the bat to the person who tipped me off to this news recently because I lost the message but I did remember the content. North Star Dragway in Denton, Texas is...

2020 Grand National Roadster Show Photo Coverage: More Images Of The Coolest, Most BangShifty Stuff At The Show

(Photos by Wes Allison)- Now THIS we can get into! Here’s our second load of photos from the 2020 Grand National Roadster Show in Southern California and boy is it full of cool stuff. This...

Paul Lee Picks Up Global Electronic Technology As Major Sponsor Of NHRA Nitro Funny Car Team

The NHRA news is coming hot and heavy this week as the season opening Winternationals are set to take over the headlines next week. Today it’s Paul Lee dropping some knowledge on a great new...

Drag Racing Cinema: This 2019 US Nationals Video Is An Incredible And Beautiful Look Inside The Race

Now THIS is some drag racing cinema. It is insulting to call this a “video” because it is so much more than that. A wonderful, intense, professional, comprehensive, and unflinching look...

Rallying Cry: The TUF253 Ford Escort At Summernats 33

Just about anywhere else in the world, the Mk1 Ford Escort is a treasure. Or a rally car. Maybe both. Okay, probably both. Small, light, lithe, and in the right hands wickedly potent, the Escort was...

Veteran Rehabilitation: Bringing A Sherman Tank Back To Tip-Top Shape

The only Sherman tanks I ever got to see during my military days were display tanks. The oldest tank I ever saw that wasn’t a pretty statue was an M60 Patton variant that was sitting on a back...

Heavy Duty Junkyard Crawl And Engine Teardown: Watch The DeBoss Garage Guys Get Busy With Some Caterpillar Fun!

I had occasion to meet the guys from DeBoss Garage last week and they were really cool to hang out and have a beer with. They’re the same dudes you see on the screen when you watch their videos...