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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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The National Corvette Museum Gains Another One-Of-One: The Only Known Front-Wheel-Drive Corvette

From the earliest days of hot rodding through today, where 44% of all of the late-model muscle has some kind of tweak to suit the owner’s needs, car customization has been the hallmark of our...

Goodguys Need Camaros: Enter Your 1969 Camaro To Be Part Of The Most Elite Group In The Model’s History This July

You don’t need to be Albert Einstein or an automotive historian to know that 1969 is the 50th Anniversary of the ’69 Camaro, one of the most iconic cars that has been produced in the...

Never Would’ve Suspected: The World’s Baddest Holden Cruze Burning Them Off At Summernats!

Um…wait a minute. Yeah, just one second here. I know what my eyes just saw and what my ears just heard. But my brain is sending back a request for confirmation. You see, regardless of whether...

One Fast Golf Ball: This 1976 Chevrolet Laguna S-3 Can Be Cool If You’re Willing To Learn Paintless Dent Repair!

Ever since I scored the “Dirty Cougar” Mercury off of Facebook Marketplace for what is honestly a steal, I’ve been surfing around seeing what’s on there. The downside of...

Horsepower Video: Watch Katech Make 1,000hp With An LT5 V8 – No Port Injection, No Cam Sawp

The LT5 V8 is a brutal 755hp 6.2L blown beast that lives in cars like the ZR1 Corvette and is available for purchase by hot rodders out there for use in both classic and modern applications. The LT...

McLeod Racing Launches New Single Disc Clutches For Flat Flywheel LS1/LS6 Applications

When a company is able to save a customer money AND deliver them a high quality, functional, battle proven product, everyone wins. McLeod has done just that by introducing their new line of single...

Cheap Racing LUV: The Deadline Is Looming And The LUV Needs To Be Put Back Together!

I’ll admit, I’ve been a bit busy lately playing with low-buck cars of my own and had forgotten to check in on the progress that the Broke Bastard Garage has been making with their...

2018 Syracuse Nationals Photo Onslaught: The Mechanical Hits Just Keep on Coming

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – As we promised, we’re back with more 2018 Syracuse Nationals coverage from the lens of Mike Brooks and the images are great. Recently we can across a story about a...

The “WTF?” Files: A Bed-Mounted VR6-Powered VW Caddy – Rear Engine Minitruck, Euro-Style!

The only person who took the theft of Roadkill’s “Mazdarati”, the 1974 Mazda REPU with the Olds 455 in the back, more personally than the guys themselves was myself. I...

Hit Job: Straight Axle Mafia Action And Pit Photos From US60 Drag Strip

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The Straight-Axle Mafia (henceforth referred to as SAM) has a pretty steady core of racers that we see nearly every time we attend an even they support. ...

Rollin’ Hard: This Street-Driven Holden Commodore Belted Out Nearly 2,500 Horsepower On The Dyno!

Throwing a Doorslammer and a RvW-style car on a dyno and getting big numbers is awesome, but it’s kind of par for the course. You’d expect something running a Hemi on alcohol to produce a...

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Kid-Friendly Burnout Machine: This Vintage Go Kart Can One-Wheel Peel Like A Mother!

Growing up, I had visions of what I expected out of a go-kart, much of which was based on what I saw police cars do in movies and on television. We’re talking dust clouds while hauling ass, the...

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Rough Start: This 1962 Studebaker Isn’t Your Normal Cheap Budget Craigslist Score

They were some of the final vehicles sold by a company that had been a staple in the marketplace. The company itself has been dead for decades, long enough that the brand name is included in those...

Breaking: Heartland Motorsports Park Owner Threatens To Close, Raze, and Move Facility Over Tax Issues

Chris Payne is the owner of Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka, Kansas. He was the guy that came in and saved what is one of the nicest racing facilities in the country from what was going to be a...