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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Saturday $50,000 Big Money Race #2

It’s time for some more big money bracket racing and that means not one, but TWO $50,000 races going on this weekend in St. Louis! Racers across the mid west get ready, it’s time for another...

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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Mod, Mountain Motor Pro Stock, Top Fuel, And More! Pro Eliminations From Darana National Trail Raceway

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Darana Dragway National Trail in Ohio, where racers are going to be battling it out for...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: The Spring GALOT 250 Bracket Race Is On With $20,000 To Win Saturday, Plus A $5,000 Shootout!

Dan Fletcher entered the promotion game a couple of years ago, putting on the Fall GALOT 250. Last year he got the Spring Galot 250 going as well! This event is a single entry event, limited to 250...

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IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing LIVE: The Paris Grand Prix Hits Texas With Big Power, Big Noise, and Cool Boats! Saturday Qualifying

I love drag boat racing, and this weekend kicks off the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing series at Lake Crook in Paris Texas. I’ve been to this lake once before, to livestream drag boat...

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The Mickey Thompson Turn And Burn: 6 Second Passes, 200 mph Cars, And Plenty of Carnage Already.

Alex and Nick Taylor, along with a bunch of other sicko drag and drive folks, are in Norwalk Ohio of the Mickey Thompson Tires Turn and Burn. This is the inaugural event, and it is the kind of drag...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: Here’s Our Final Gallery from the 37th Annual Run to the Sun Car Show Custom Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, And More!

Here’s our 5th, and final, gallery from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed the previous galleries, use the link below to check them...

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Drool Factor 10! This Magnesium Alan Johnson Hemi Blower Manifold Is Wicked Cool

Dear Santa, I know it is a little late, but I would really, really, really, really love to own this magnesium Alan Johnson Hemi Blower Manifold. I realize that I own nothing it will bolt to, as I...

Save Christmas And Buy The Van! This 1974 Chevy Short Wheelbase Van Has A Lot Going For It And A Shifter That’ll Keep You Fit!

Pressure is mounting. Time is running out. That perfect gift for that special someone has eluded you for too long. Maybe it is a wife. Maybe a girlfriend. Maybe a drifter that you have seen wandering...

2018 US60 Dragway Nostalgia Nationals Photo Coverage: Historic Cars, Historic Track, Huge Fun!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Now that I am caught up with newer events I am finishing up items from before my cancer treatment up to just after surgery (late June).  I didn’t do any...

Cheap LUV Racing Truck Part 3: Jamming A Small-Block Where It Doesn’t Fit

A Chevrolet LUV isn’t a big truck. They are small, light, and aren’t meant to have any sporting pretenses about them whatsoever. They were tools. Small, frugal tools. The end. Nobody...

One Of None: This 1971 Pontiac LeMans Got The El Camino Treatment, But Not Like You’d Expect

Making a Chevrolet El Camino look like any of it’s corporate siblings suddenly sprouted a bed is pretty straightforward and simple: take the basic El Camino body, swap the Chevrolet stuff for...

LS-Swapping A 1982-2004 S-10 or Sonoma? Hooker Blackheart Has Motor Mounts, Headers, Exhaust, and More!

There are a million factors that come in to making an engine swap. Some of the stuff you know and some of the stuff you don’t. You likely know that the engine will physically fit into the...

Heavy Hitter: Go In-Depth On Joe Barry’s Six-Second Shoebox!

There’s a select handful of people who have run Drag Week in the single-digit zones. We aren’t talking nine-second quarters so much as we’re talking about the monsters. Larry...

Score! We Found The Perfect Gift For The FE Lover In Your Home – A Complete Latham Axial Flow Blower Setup!

Ahhhh, the internet. Yes, it can be used to sew the seeds of badness on a daily basis in ways that humanity has not even considered yet BUT it is also the kind of place where the impossible becomes...

A BMW Autocrossing On Snow Tires – That Looks A Little Sketchy!

While we tend to wind down from the racing action throughout the colder months, it doesn’t mean that everybody just stops racing at Thanksgiving and we pick it back up full-time around March or...

Rough Start: Get This AMC Eagle SX/4 Out Of California As Soon As Possible!

It’s a sporty two-door hatchback. It’s a selectable four-wheel-drive vehicle with some legit off-road chops. It’s pure Malaise, but it’s the kind that can be corrected with...

For Some Reason Owning A 1948 Kurtis V8-60 Midget Seems Like An Awesome Idea Right Now

Now THIS is awesome. We were doing our normal stumble job around eBay looking for things that we cannot afford, things that we should not own, and things that we don’t want anyone else to have...

Donut Media Tells The Story of The Cummins Engine Company – Good History With A Twist

Donut Media makes some pretty good stuff. Their videos are wide ranging and touch on a load of different automotive areas. The one we have posted below tells the story of the Cummins Engine Company...

Power Move: Bob Tasca III Adds Mike Green As Co-Crew Chief On Ford Motorcraft/Quicklane Mustang

Bob Tasca III’s return to full time nitro powered NHRA drag racing had its moments in 2018 but just not enough of them for the Rhode Islander with championship aspirations. Because of this,...

Hell Bent: Tim Cameron’s Rock Racer Spent 2018 Going For Glory

A name is everything on a race vehicle. You are branding that machine, and whatever you name it, the combination of the driver at the wheel and the machine’s capability have to align right....