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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 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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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 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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2019 Hot Rod Power Tour Coverage From A Rest Stop: Images From Hot Rodding’s Most Massive Moving Event

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) –No I didn’t get to go and I have never been though it’s on the bucket list.  My car is still down and I have very little vacation time thanks to health...

2019 Highway Creepers Car Club 6th Annual Rock N Rods Car and Bike Show Photo Coverage: Cars, Trucks, Patina, Paint, Fun!

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – We’re back with more cool photos from the Highway Creepers Car Club’s 6th Annual Rock N Rods Car and Bike Show. The 300+ car soiree took place in April and...

The C8 Corvette Will Be Revealed Tomorrow. What Would You Like To See Out Of The Mid-Engined Vette?

It’s like Demon déjà vu all over again, the way Chevrolet has teased us about the upcoming C8 Corvette. From that first test mule that was composed of Holden Ute body panels back in 2015 to...

Rough Start: 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna 454 – Do What Scares Others.

It’s hot rod black. It’s got the required 7.4 liters of thumping big-block Chevrolet under the hood. It’s got the rally gauges with the tachometer, as they all should have come....

Morning Symphony: Putting A 260ci LS Engine To Redline At Full Load For Five Minutes!

“You never know until you know”. That brand-new car that followed you home should work perfectly fine…it is brand new after all, right? What’s to say that the transmission...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: What One-Off Engine Would You Like To See Reproduced?

Elsewhere today you’re going to see a video from Uncle Tony’s Garage on the A-925 dual overhead cam Hemi that Chrysler was putting together during the height of the NASCAR war with Ford...

Pressure-Cooked: Here’s What Happens When A Tire Explodes Inside Of A Lada

My introduction to split-rims came the first time I was in a motor pool with an older Deuce and a Half parked at the back. What I knew about truck I had: automatic transmission, closed cab. What I...

Woosh, Scream, Roar, Whine: This Video Shows Off A Load Of Differently Powered Pulling Tractors In Rapid Fire Action

This is a fun video that shows, in rapid fire, why people like us love tractor pulling so damned much. There’s no delays here, there’s no crashes, hangups, or miscues. Nope, this is a...

Photo Coverage: 2019 Highway Creeper Car Club Rock N Rods Car Show

(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – Back in April, we attended the Highway Creepers Car Club’s 6th Annual Rock N Rods Car and Bike Show. This is one of our favorite shows to attend...

2019 NHRA New England Nationals Photos: Images From The Pits In Epping, Hard Work In The Heat

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – We often think about the drivers and the fans when temperatures at a drag race soar. That’s all well and good but the crew men and women who are working on...

ALS Cruising For A Cure 2019: Here’s Our Final Load Of Images From The Event!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This is the finale of our coverage from this event.  If you get the chance come to this one in person and support a great cause.  The weather is usually...

Smoked: This New Documentary Podcast Series About The Rise And Fall Of IMSA and Indy Racer Randy Lanier Rules

Yes, this is the summer of bad ass automotive podcasts. A week or so ago we told you about the killer documentary podcast called Larger Than Life which is about the street racing legend “Big...

Man vs Machine: Watch This 101 Year Old Mercedes Grand Prix Rumble and Slide Up The Goodwood Course

There’s just something awesome about seeing a guy like Ben Collings take the stick to a 101-year old car and give it hell on the course at Goodwood. The machine in this case is a 140hp Mercedes...

Neck Braces For Everybody: The Hoonigans Meet The AWD Hurst/Olds

It is the thing that should not be. On it’s own, before he went off-the-rails insane with carbon-fiber everything, his 1982 Cutlass Hurst/Olds clone was pretty radical. Namely, it was because...