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The Lake Effect Showdown at Kuhnle Motorsports Park Is Small Tire Drag Racing Greatness! Lil Gangstas, Small Tire

The Lake Effect Showdown brings the excitement of small tire racing to Lil Gangstas’ racing to Kuhnle Motorsports Park on Saturday June 13th, 2026! This unique event will be a first for the area on...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: STREAMING VIDEO From The 21st Annual Ultimate 64 Bracket Race From Darana Kil-Kare Raceway – Saturday

Kil-Kare Raceway is home to some awesome events, including the 21st annual Ultimate 64 Big Money Bracket Races this weekend. This is one of the older events in the mid west and racers flock to this...

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FREE Bracket Racing Livestream: 8th Annual Spring King Of The Creek Bracket Racing Is LIVE Right Here – Saturday

Maryland International Raceway is home to the King of the Creek, and this weekend’s spring event is as big and competitive as always. With classes for everyone, and some of the Mid-Atlantic’s...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Watch The Sportsman Nationals At Santa Pod LIVE HERE! Sportsman, Nostalgia Classes, and More!

Enjoy all the racing action from Santa Pod’s Sportsman Nationals this weekend, as Nostalgia Drag Racing and National Championship drag racing competitors battle it out head to head to see...

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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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The Hot Rod Hoarder Gasser Henry J Project Part 8: Putting a HISTORIC Gasser Back on the Track Feels Oh So Good!

Tommy and the kids are back at it, and it’s a runner! They are hitting the dragstrip to bring this project full circle, so check it out. The big block should be fun with all the new parts that...

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There’s A Hoe In The Back: Take A Ride In The World’s Fastest Shed

Kitschy art-cars usually suck. They’re more about visual gags than anything else, and half of them only run long enough to be moved from the garage to the trailer, to the spot on the grass...

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One Piece At A Time: Who Knew A Volvo 360 Could Be So Wicked?

Remember the old Johnny Cash tune, “One Piece At A Time”? The premise sounds something like this: instead of going into debt buying a new, long and black Cadillac of his dreams, the...

BangShift Question Of The Day: The Air Force Is Having Trouble Moving Dodge Chargers. What Would You Do If It Was Your Problem?

(Lead photo: SrA Jake Carter/USAF) It’s the dream job for a gearhead who wants to serve their country: to be one of the chase drivers that is responsible for helping the pilots of the U-2 spy...

Unhinged: Roast The Late-Model Driver Nanny Of Your Choice!

In a study conducted by J.D. Power, drivers of newer vehicles with features like lane-depart assist are more annoyed than anything by them. One of the figures cited was the amount of people...

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Bitchin’ Video: Gassers at the NHRA US Nationals in the Late 1960s

This video is a spectacular example of what the height of the gasser wars looked like on the strip in and in the pits. The infamous gasser wars of the mid to late 1960s were fueled by provocative...

Rough Start: 1973 Ford Maverick – Make Your Very Own Tijuana Taxi At Home!

Have you seen that one meme: “If you park your car and don’t look back at it as you head inside, you have the wrong car”? That’s the feeling I’m getting with this 1973...

Money No Object: 1971 Pontiac GTO – Simpler Is Better, Right?

My dad Robert wasn’t exactly a car guy. He drove trucks for a good portion of his life, had a Jeep kick for a bit, and if you ever asked him about one particular red Ford stepside, he’d...

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Ride Along Video: Jim Pace Hauls The Mail In A Porsche 962 At Road Atlanta!

As a kid, I LOVED the IMSA GTP series. There were exotic looking cars, exotics sounding drivers from all over the world, and the best road courses in the country were their playgrounds. In this video...

Classic YouTube: The 1971 Michigan 400 Presented By Car And Track

We always like a good look into the past, especially if the knowledgable tones of Bud Lindemann are right there to explain what we’re seeing. The old Car and Track footage is great for seeing...

Watch Tommy Ivo Assemble His Dragster At His Home Shop Circa 1965 – Awesome Video

(Video credit: Tony Williams/DragTimes2 YouTube) I like to break my pal Keith Turk’s chops from time to time because he describes things as being “magical” and that cracks me up....

In Memoriam: Jessi Combs

I want you to close your eyes and picture this: you are standing on a dry lake bed. The dust mixes in with the mirage in the distance, where soon you will be headed at speeds that not so long ago...

Unhinged: Can A Car Meet Save Your Soul?

Can a car meet save your soul, or is it just destined to turn into a gathering in a parking lot that will have plenty of phones at the ready to record the next “Crowd-Killer Mustang” meme...

Watch The Crazy Top Fuel Motorcycle Final From The 1995 Australian Nationals – Big Numbers, Crashing Bikes, Everyone OK

We’re going to coin a new phrase for what Australian drag race Phil Howard experienced on this run back in 1995. We’ll call it, “the agony of victory”. Seconds after ripping...

The Flocks Are Returning: The 2019 National Corvette Caravan and 25th Anniversary Celebration Is Going On At The National Corvette Museum!

Every five years, the National Corvette Museum suddenly becomes inundated with filled parking lots and cars sporting license plates from just about every corner of North America, and sometimes even...