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Atlanta Dragway Returns As 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series World Finals Location! The International Hot Rod Association Acquires Atlanta Dragway in Banks County, Georgia.

That’s right folks, after announcing that they have taken over Virginia Motorsports Park most recently, and tons of other iconic tracks around the country in the last 6 months, the IHRA...

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World Rally Championship FULL ONBOARD Video From WRC Rally Sweden Stage 17 with Katsuta and Johnston

I miss that you don’t get to watch every World Rally Championship event from start to finish like we used to get back in the day, unless you pay for a subscription of some kind. The coverage...

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Lights Out 17 Testing Livestream And Video: It’s Time For Radial Revolution 2026 At South Georgia Motorsports Park

It’s time for Lights Out 17, Winter’s favorite radial race, and thanks to NC Promoder we can all watch testing and highlights as Monday and Tuesday had teams doing shakedown hits to see...

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Brrrrrrrrr… Texas Cash Days In The Cold Means Tuners Were Working Hard To Put Power Down In The Lonestar State

Like most of the country, we’ve had some weird weather down here in Texas over the past couple of months. From absurdly warm to bitter cold, and everything in between. Like many, we were iced...

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Junkyard Crawl With Steve Magnante: Steve Found A 1 of 2,553 Barracuda Formula S Convertible At Backyard Auto In New Hampshire!

Steve Magnante is back at it, at Backyard Auto in New Hampshire to check out another great muscle car project or two. Today is a 1967 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S Convertible, of which only 2,553...

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Trailer Tech: Here Are Some Simple, But Effective, Trailer Upgrades That Save You Time, Money, and Aggravation When Hauling A Load

I’m a big fan of trailers, and I own a few different sizes. With that said, I am one of those people that is always contemplating another size to add to the fleet because they are just so...

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Dirt Drag Trucks In Michigan! Who Says Off-Roading Has To Be Slow?

You want to know the best thing about drag racing on dirt? You’ve lessened the likelihood of parts breakage! Maybe not in the engine bay, but think about it: outside of catastrophic engine...

Your Reminder That It’s Too Easy To Get A License: Chevrolet’s “Call Me Out” App Reminds Drivers To Leave Their Phone Alone

It’s not that I really needed another reason to worry about the state of humans. I have a list that is probably as long as the track at Beech Bend, and it keeps growing every day. And I...

Airborne, Most Of The Way: Rally Jumps Throughout The Years

If you get the inclination, watch some rally footage from the 1960s or earlier. You won’t recognize what you are seeing as actual rally racing…instead, it’ll look like the best tour...

There’s Hope For Any Car When A Ford Taurus Needs A Parachute At A Drag Strip

Years ago, Brian Lohnes gave me a title in the Forums: “the Patron Saint of Automotive Lost Causes”. You can’t blame him…ask anyone here if you don’t know about my thing...

Oddly Fun Gallery: The Motorama Auto Museum Is One Of The Strangest In America – Check Out Our Photos!

(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – I headed up to nothern Wisconsin for a three day weekend, the land of fish frys, supper clubs and brandy old fashioned cocktails. In the hotel lobby was a...

Classic YouTube: The SR.N4 “Mountbatten” Hovercraft – Air Ride For The Channel!

Ferry service was never as wild as it was between Britain and France in the second half of the 20th century. Given that the Channel Tunnel wasn’t completed until 1994, there were two real...

No Membership Required: ECTA Is Running An Additional Race This Year – Standing Mile Fun November 10-11 At The Mile in Arkansas

The ECTA is having so much fun racing at their venue in Arkansas that they have added a race to the 2018 schedule and it is easier than ever to participate. No membership is required for this last...

Rough Start: This Great Dale House Car Is What Happens When You Cross A Buick And An RV

Well, what do we have here? At first glance it appears that a rather large in-bed camper or maybe a fifth-wheel trailer of some kind was bashed together with the front third of a 1966 Buick Wildcat....

Gearhead Myth Busting: Gale Banks Tackles The Benefits or Downsides Of Performance Differential Covers – Fascinating

Gale Banks is one of the most brilliant minds that hot rodding has ever known. He’s succeeded virtually every single area imaginable. While we know him for this diesel work over the last 20...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Sharp Words From BMW To Critics!

Snow. There is snow falling in the continental United States right now. The leaves haven’t even fallen off of the trees yet. Well, it’s official: get your outdoor activities done now and...

1960s and 70s Vintage Drag Racing Action – Incredible Film! Little Red Wagon Wreck, All Kinds of Cars, Just Awesome

Few videos featuring vintage drag racing action from the 1960s and 1970s can come within a country mile of being close to how bad ass this one is. A friend tipped us off to the recently uploaded...

The Rotary Returns: Mazda Is Bringing Back Wankel Engines…As Range Extenders.

They aren’t the only company to make use of the Wankel design, but Mazda is by far the most successful at making chip-shaped rotors turn out power. Slammed into everything from small pickup...

Money No Object: A Nine-Second 1979 Chevrolet Impala That Is Ready To Party

Is it love? Lust? A desire to see if the claims of a nine-second 1979 Chevrolet Impala are true? Um…yes. Everything about this silver and black B-body screams directly at the teenage delinquent...

The Bourbon Suburban Is One Bitchin Cruiser That You Can Own And We Can’t Stop Drooling Over

Our friends at Classic Car Liquidators showed us this ‘64 Suburban a week back and we’re in LOVE. This big, bad ride came to them halfway finished with the interior needing finished, body...