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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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BangShift Project Files: This 1978 Buick Regal Turbo Is Super-Clean…But What Kind Of Turbo System Is It, Again?

The son of forum member “Stiney” should be very pleased with himself…he’s the owner of one of the cleanest early G-body Regals we’ve seen in quite some time. The car...

Real No Prep! Racing From The Wrong End Of The Track! LIVE Right Here Saturday

Dig or Die at 710 Dragway promises to be an unforgettable event, and it all goes LIVE on Saturday at 2pm Eastern Time thanks to our friends at MotorManiaTV. Click the link below to see all the racing...

Get Them Out Of The Junkyard! This Dodge Stepside Drove Out Of The Spot It Sat In For Thirteen Years!

Something funny that I’ve noticed in the many groups, forums and other venues I tend to frequent: when it comes to the subject of junkyard rescues, it’s amazing just how little actually...

Our Final Batch Of Action Photos From USCA’s Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car In Fontana Are Right Here

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) This is it, the last batch of photos from the Ultimate Street Car Association’s Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car in Fontana. We’ve shown you all kinds...

RacingJunk Find: This 1968 Barracuda Is Ate Up With Motor – 648ci Goodwin Hemi!

While the current popularity of 10.5-inch tire racing can be debated with regard to the rise of the radial monster, one thing cannot be denied. Legit Outlaw 10.5 cars are freaking awesome and this...

American Powertrain Introduces G-Body Hydramax Hydraulic Clutch Kit Designed for 1978 –1988 GM G-Body Cars

As everyone knows, the GM G-body is one of the hottest platforms in hot rodding today. People are doing all manner of things with G-bodies and all of the cool projects have manual transmissions in...

The Ultimate Power Move: Formula Offroad Water Skimming Is Brilliant!

A simple lesson: deep water plus a four-cycle engine equals bad time and lots of money lost. It’s called hydrolocking and it’s calling card is a bent connecting rod or other major...

2018 NHRA Dutch Classic Action Photos: Stockers Wheels Up and Cool At Maple Grove!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The NHRA Division One season ends with an event at Maple Grove every year called the Dutch Classic. This is always an awesome assemblage of Lucas Oil Drag Racing...

The LS Fest Freakshow Parade: Here’s Ten Of The Most Interesting Swaps From Bowling Green!

This year, LS Fest had so much going on, so many things to see, that I didn’t get around to putting together my favorite collection of photos. You know, the one that I pretty much need to end...

History Lesson: The Story Of Tucker, From The Man To The Machine

Only 36 examples of the Tucker 48 were completed before the factory shut it’s doors, amid the SEC trial and questionable at best accusations levied against Preston Tucker. Fifty-one cars total...

2018 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Photo Coverage: Our Last Blast Of Fresh Photos From The Show

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The end is here, but don’t fret because it’s only the conclusion of our 2018 Hullabaloo coverage.  It was a long day for me, but I got to see a bunch...

Classic YouTube: Running Pikes Peak In An Oldsmobile Toronado In 1966

It rises west of Manitou Springs and climbs into the heavens. When you stand on the summit on a clear day, you can see five states’ worth of land and if you look carefully, some of the...

BangShift Test Drive: 2012 Ford Shelby GT500 – No Crowds Were Harmed In The Testing Of This Vehicle

It’s interesting to think that we live in a time where 550 horsepower is actually middle-of-the-road, borderline average grunt for a factory offering. Ever since the second Supercar War turned...

A Couple Cars Or An Intake Manifold? You Decide! This Vintage AMC Piece Is Big Bucks

My manic love of searching up rare and expensive intake manifolds has yielded another wacky find. This is an Edelbrock STR-11 cross ram that was manufactured in 1970 in apparently VERY small numbers....