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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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A Blower Makes It So Much Better: This 1977 Ford Mustang II Is Ready For Adoption!

“I’m 71, ready to get into a nice late-model Mustang.” Well…while we can’t say that we don’t understand the desire and we can assure the seller that the late-model...

2018 Fall Mad Mule Drag Racing Action Photos From GALOT Motorsports Park!

(Photos by David Whealon) – GALOT Motorsports Park and is extensive schedule has been keeping our man David Whealon busy over the last few months! From tractor pulling to monster trucks, to...

BangShift Project Files: A Supercharged BMW-Powered T-bucket On Spray!

Earlier this year, we featured a project BMW 540i that Forum member “Mykk” was building as part of our $5,000 Challenge. Over the scope of that layout was a gem that was in the works for...

New Tube: Hooker BlackHeart C5 Tri-Y Long Tube Headers Are A Bolt-On Fit For More Horsepower!

Headers are a thing that every hot rodder on Earth has bought, aspired to buy, installed, wrestled with, and enjoyed at some point. They are the magic combo of hot rodding in that they are artistic...

Fun Event Photo Coverage: Cars and Coffee At The Bluegrass Stockyards – Neat Stuff To See!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Stop number 2 was the Bluegrass Stockyards which are across I-75 from the Kentucky Horse Park where the new Goodguys Kentucky Nationals were held last...

Monday Shopper: The 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass SX – Hiding In Plain Sight

1970 might have been the high point in the Musclecar Era, but even before the EPA started to become a problem, insurance agencies were causing all sorts of headaches for customers who drooled like...

Watch Don Garlits’ Amazing Speech From The 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Awards Show

There were many great moments at the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello awards show, but there was nothing that came close to the speech that Don Garlits made while accepting his NHRA Lifetime Achievement award....

Sheer Lunacy: Would You Have The Guts To Ride A GSX-R Powered Dirt Bike?

The first time I properly scared the holy hell out of myself on a dirt bike involved an early 1980s Yamaha YZ80. Prior to the Yamaha, I had ridden small Hondas…a 50cc Monkey bike and a 70cc...

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2018 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals Photo Coverage: More Rockstar Muscle Cars From The Show!

(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – We’re back after the Thanksgiving weekend with more photos from the 2018 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals. This time it is not about barn finds or anything like...

One More Drag Racing Photo Gallery To End The Weekend: Street Car Super Nationals Las Vegas

Street Car Super Nationals 14 is over and done, and we are back at home getting some much-needed rest after a busy race weekend and lots of turkey on Thanksgiving, but we’ve got plenty more...

Cleetus McFarland Updates Us On The Jet El Camino Build That They Have Going On!

Bolt a jet engine into the back of a G-Body El Camino and you’ve got one hell of a ride. And who in their right mind thinks of something like this? Well probably dozens of us, but in this...

Add This Simple Welding Cart Build To Your Winter Projects List

For a lot of you out there, Winter is the time to get cool project done while the weather is crappy. Well if you are looking for something fun to weld, that will be in your shop and ready to use from...

The 10th Annual Fall Footbrake Frenzy Is LIVE Right Here!

Real door cars, no dragsters or roadsters, and two steps are not allowed unless the car you are racing is a stick shift. Now this is our kind of racing! You can watch all the action LIVE right here...

We’ve Never Seen A Buick Regal Like This One! And It’s Buick Powered, Too!

When I read the words, “World’s Fastest Buick”, a 1988-89 Buick Regal was the last car I was expecting. A Grand National? Possible. A Grand Sport or a GSX? Okay. But the W-body...