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Shop Tour: Sire Fabrication

You probably remember the name Yannick Sire from the insane “Priapism” twin-engine speed buggy that was featured in Hot Rod a while back. Sire constructed that whole car from scratch. He...

Another Big Drag Strip’s Future in Limbo

Like the now defunct Memphis Motorsports Park before it, Gateway International Raceway, which is owned and controlled by the same company that killed MMP, is staring down the barrel of a gun. Dover...

New Parts: FAST LSXr 102MM Intake Manifold For LS3 Engines

Got yourself a rectangle port LS3-style motor? Looking for a hot intake manifold to boost your power? FAST has just released the right thing for you. Their new LSXr 102mm intake manifold has proven...

Retro-Awesome: Dynamic Transmission’s Clutch-Hydro Kit

While cruising YellowBullet.com recently we cam across a thread talking about Clutch-Flite and Clutch-Turbo transmissions. For those of you not in the know, racers in the 1960’s and...

Killer New Product: The Nightmare Motorsports Stealth Nozzle — A Nitrous Breakthrough!

Scott Vanderschoor, the owner and chief lunatic behind Nightmare Motorsports (and a dedicated BangShifter!), has invented what we believe to be the coolest nitrous innovation to come along in some...

The Paddock to Liquidate All Assets at July 29th Auction

The Paddock, a company that supplied parts for muscle cars of all varieties for more than 40 years has closed and will sell off all of it’s assets at a July 29th auction to be held at the Avon,...

Book Review: The Man Who Supercharged Bond by Paul Kenney

We like expanding our automotive horizons when possible, so after we were told that a copy of the limited release book, “The Man Who Supercharged Bond: The Extraordinary Story of Charles...

Barnstormin’: Heat, Sweat, and The Nitro Time Machine

My clothes no longer reek of nitro, the SPF 90 sunblock has finally left my pores, and another memorable weekend in Bowling Green, Kentucky has drawn to a close. The 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod...

Killer 1960’s Vintage Drag Racing Video: Stockers, Gassers, and Slammers at ETown

This could be the coolest old drag racing video we have ever seen. Why? Oh, there are about a hundred reasons. Firstly, it was shot by Rick Moroso’s mom at Englishtown sometime in the 1960s....

Ford Drag Team to be Featured at 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion

Ford formed their Drag Team in 1963 and in doing so stated their intentions to win the hearst and minds of hot rodders and horsepower obsessed kids on drag strips across America. Chrysler and GM soon...

Gallery: Killer Rides From a Pennsylvania Sonic Cruise Night

Our East Coast photo contributor Joe Grippo was at it again last weekend, hitting up a weekly cruise at a local Sonic Drive-In in Pennsylvanis and shooting a ton of great photos. The great thing...

Barnstormin’: Fixing My Synapse Firing Order

Every few weeks my mental notebook fills up and anyone dumb enough to hit the link and read my column is forced into a scary walk through the strange place that is my brain. Fact is, when I’m...

Event Coverage: The 2010 Edelbrock Revved Up for Kids Car Show

The 2010 Edelbrock Revved up for Kids charity car show was a smashing success. Held in late April under a warmly shining West Coast sun, the turnout was huge. Everything from race cars to trad rods...

Killer Vintage Drag Video: Original Footage of Classic Wheel-Standers In Action

Confession time. We freaking love wheel-standers. Many hardcore drag race guys like to talk smack about jet cars and wheel-standers as being circus acts or somehow inferior to “real” race...