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Nostalgia Fuel Funny Cars will Assault the East Coast this Summer!

This announcement really kicks some ass for us East Coasters. For too long, the West Coast guys have had a hammerlock on the nostalgia nitro Funny Car craze. Now we’re getting our dose of the...

Video of the Week: Trans-Am 1969

This right here is more than five minutes of video zen of SCCA Trans-Am racing in 1969. It seems to be a portion of a longer video and it has all the feeling of some type of promo. We dig the natural...

Video: Check Us Out on SetYourTiming.com

One of the businesses I’ve got going on is called Boondoggle Media, a video production company for gearheads using the old AV Kids who you may remember from CarJunkieTV. So far we’ve done...

Gary Anderson, Founder of Soffseal Inc, Passes

We were hit with more bad news today with the announcement that Gary Anderson, the founder of Soffseal Inc., has passed away. If you are a drag racing fan you can’t help but think back to the...

Charles Carpenter Wrecks in Houston

Charles Carpenter is recognized as one of the godfathers of guts-out doorslammer racing. He is one of the great ones, racing 1955 Chevys throughout his career, which started decades ago. His son and...

BangShift Approved! The MotorHead Grill

If we aren’t racing or wrenching, we’re telling lies, drinking beer and eating barbecue. So what could possibly be better for preparing our bench racing feast than the MotorHead Grill...

It’s Time for the 2009 March Meet

Bakersfield, California, is known for being hot, and this weekend will be no exception as the 2009 March Meet rolls into town. With nitro-burning front-engine dragsters, Funny Cars, Fuel Altereds,...

Gearhead Destination of the Week: Texas Raceway

When thinking of Gearhead Destinations, it’s easy to get caught up in the historical, big, or famous aspects of a place. But sometimes, it’s fun to brag about one of the local spots...

Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Government Bans the Sale of Kids’ Dirt Bikes

The AMA is pleading with its members, motorcycling enthusiasts, and general gearheads across the land to get on the horn and work to lift the ban on the sales of kids’ motorcycles before it has...

Site of the Week: Giant Studebaker!

Thanks to forum member JRoberts for digging up this gem. It’s the story of a massive Studebaker built by the Studebaker company in 1930 for promotional purposes. The car was 41 feet long and...

Kenny Bernstein to Enter Motorsports Hall of Fame

Prolific NHRA drag racer, multi-sport team owner, and wizard business man Kenny Bernstein will be inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America next week. Congrats to Kenny on the...

Gearhead Destination: Eldora Speedway

We’re lucky in the US in the fact that we have literally hundreds of venues to go and watch our favorite gearhead activities. For many of us, that activity is racing in one of its myriad of...

Vintage Race Car of the Week: The Bug

When we heard of Dick Kraft’s passing we scrapped out other plans for this space for the week and decided to honor his memory with a look back at his rude, crude, evil, and nasty Bug which is,...

Drag Racers Whip Circle Trackers on Ice!

Well, whip is probably a gross exaggeration, but it’s true that the NHRA’s Morgan Lucas was the winner of the annual Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge. The event, one of the coolest charity...