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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Thursday Dragster Roller Shootout!

It’s time for some more big money bracket racing and that means not one, but TWO $50,000 races going on this weekend in St. Louis! Racers across the mid west get ready, it’s time for another...

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NORRA Baja Livestream: The National Off-Road Racing Association Takes On The Mexican Desert May 1-7!

The National Off-Road Racing Association has been putting on races since 1967 and is known for their Baja race that is a little less hardcore than SCORE’s BAJA 1000. Not that the racing...

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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Am Time Trials & Qualifying From Darana Raceway

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Darana Dragway National Trail in Ohio, where racers are going to be battling it out for...

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Here’s The Story Of Freiburger’s Original Muscle Truck, And How We Helped Make This Awesome Squarebody A Thing!

I am willing to bet that there probably isn’t anyone who’s cut more stuff off of Freiburger’s Muscle Truck than I have. Since I was there for the original build, as part of our...

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The 2027 Dakar Rally Route Has Been Announced! Check Out Where It’s Going Below!

We’ve been fans of the Dakar Rally for decades, and we love to share coverage from the race here whenever possible. It’s been an interesting journey for the Dakar Rally in the last 10...

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Drag Race Feature: This 900HP, 511 Cubic Inch FE Powered, 1967 Mercury Comet Nostalgia Super Stocker Runs 9s!

This 1967 Mercury Comet is a really cool Nostalgia Super Stocker that brings back memories of some cool Mercury drag cars I grew up with at Fremont Dragstrip in Northern California. One of my...

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Classic YouTube: The History Of The Ford Falcon GTHO – Ford Australia’s Historic Stomper!

The Falcon was done in the States by mid-1970, reduced to little more than a base-model Torino form, but in Australia the Falcon was an institution. Like a lot of Aussie cars, the Falcon was...

Ratty Muscle Cars Presents Mopar Vs. Brand-X Gallery: Rain, Rain, Go Away…

We hoped that the weather pattern that was splitting Alabama right at the middle would simply drift off to the east, because as the morning carried on, things did not look good. We’d get...

Would You Rather: Slammed Caravan Or Lifted Aerostar?

Do minivans suck as badly as many claim? Nope. They’re handy beaters, useful shop rigs, impromptu campers, and of course, excellent people carriers. That was the whole point of the rolling...

Six Speed, Four Door, Ex-Cop: This Caprice PPV Is Perfectly Mental!

Happiness is a four-do0r with three pedals. There, I said it. The recipe worked for my 1987 Dodge Diplomat. It’s somehow working for my 2012 Chevy Cruze, gutless as it may be. But this beast...

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They Drove What? The History Behind The Two 1963 Chrysler 300s That Went Rallying In Canada

When you think rally car, you picture small, light, usually four-wheel drive beasts that seem to be able to do the impossible. But even before Group B and the really ballistic cars, small and light...

IROC Porsches: 911 RSRs Battling It Out In IROC’s First Season!

I’ve been on a bit of an IROC racing kick this week. Blame it on diving down the internet rabbit hole after finding that footage of Bobby Unser’s absolutely folded Camaro. I decided that...

Classic YouTube: Go-Go-Gadget Pumpkin Cannon!

On November 2nd and 3rd, 2019, the World Championship Punkin Chunkin event will take place in Rantoul, Illinois. Trebuchets, slingshots, centrifugals, cannons and more will all line up for the chance...

Rough Start: 1979 Chevrolet C70 Flatbed – Rule The Gigantic Truck Roost

Diesel this, diesel that. Monster lifted Jeep, Mega Cab Ram with the 10-inch exhaust pipe. Ford F-450 daily driver and so on, and so forth…the whole big truck thing hurts my head. Some days I...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Less Auto, More Electric!

The leaves are falling, the temperatures are retreating down to comfortable levels, and you can see the end of the racing season start to appear for the year. It’s not over yet…in fact,...

Episode 6 Of The $10k Drag Shootout Is Right Here! Watch Us All Finish And Get Numbers On The Dyno

There is nothing cooler than the $10k Drag Shootout, but this year was a completely different animal than last year. By now you have probably heard that three of the four cars were damaged in...

Classic YouTube: Bobby Unser’s 1975 Crash At Riverside In An IROC Camaro

The accident itself was spectacular enough: at the start of the 1975 IROC event at Riverside, Bobby Unser and Bobby Allison had a meeting of the metal that put both cars into a wall. Both cars met...

NHRA AAA Fall Nationals Saturday Final Qualifying Results Are Right Here

NHRA’s AAA Fall Nationals is tearing up the 1320 at the Texas Motorplex near Ennis. BRITTANY FORCE TOP FUEL NO. 1 QUALIFIER ADVANCE AUTO PARTS DRAGSTER 3.651 SEC., 331.28 MPH NOTE: Top...

Super Base: 1978 Mercury Zephyr: Who Ordered A Friggin’ Three-Speed Manual In 1978?!

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t know of anyone who has purchased a brand-new car and explicitly went for the ultimate no-frills model. Not one. I don’t know anyone my age who bought...

RIP Joe Hunt: Our Friends At 1320 Put Together A Great Tribute. God Speed My Friend.

Joe Hunt is one of those guys that totally lives street cars and drag racing. Completely. He’s one of us. There is no doubt that he was as hardcore as they come. I met him several years ago,...