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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: DOOR SLAMMERS AT SANTA POD IS TAKING OVER THE ENGLISH DRAG RACING SCENE THIS WEEKEND!

Here is your livestream from the 2026 Santa Pod Door Slammers race! If you want to enjoy three days of great drag racing from England, then this is the livestream for you today. With a huge variety...

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Mecum Classic Car Auction Indy Is LIVE Right Here! Watch All The Bidding Action On Your Favorites.

Classic car auctions, hell any car auction, is a good time. Auctions in general are a fun way to maybe get a deal and to have a better time doing it than just walking up and making a purchase. They...

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LIVE DRAG RACING: 9th Annual Great American Bracket Race – Dream Team – Saturday

Well, there are a lot of big money bracket races going on in 2026, but only one Great American Bracket Race, and only one with a Dream Team race where it isn’t just up to you, but rather your whole...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 4 At The Texas Motorplex – Saturday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 4! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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FREE BRACKET RACE LIVESTREAM At The AUTOLAND DOOR CAR CHALLENGE – Saturday $50,000

The Autoland Door Car Challenge is on this weekend at Tri-State Raceway in Iowa and we dig it. We’re door car drag racers around here, although I have driven a few dragsters in my day as well. But...

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Car Guy Confessions With Jeff Smith – Bangshift’s Chad Reynolds and LS Swap Book Author Jefferson Bryant Steal The Show!

This one was really fun. Our friends Marcel and Jason, the guys behind Auto Revolution and their Car Guy Confessions, Influence and Impact, and several other podcasts, invited me and our friend...

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Creativity Knows No Bounds: Anyone Want A Mud Truck Made From A Crown Victoria?

Ever since moving to Kentucky at the tail end of 2013, I’ve been quick on the draw with jokes about the state. Some aren’t deserved. Some are just quick jabs, like the Kentucky Fried...

Street Beast: This Volkswagen Corrado Is One Of Many Monster Builds 1320Video Is Checking Out In Germany!

The Volkswagen VR6 is a funky engine. The design is brilliant…it produces a six-cylinder engine that is compact enough to fit where a transverse four-banger once sat, offering up the power...

Watch The Sportsman Final Rounds From The 1978 US Nationals – Some Of The Weirdest Combos Ever!

Monday at Indy is the stuff of legend. It is the end of a long, long road of drag racing. It is the day when people have their hearts broken and their dreams realized. It is a day that I lay awake at...

Rough Start: The Nicest Vega GT We’ve Seen…Ever! Still All Original!

The Chevy Vega is a car whose reputation is solidified and earned. A car that General Motors had envisioned would be the machine they could use to turn the tide against a sea of Volkswagens and...

Unhinged: The Crossovers and SUVs That Want To Be Cars

The end of the car is coming. The sky is falling, too, if you haven’t heard the rampant digital ink screaming from every corner of the Internet over the last few years. It’s true that...

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Project Malibuuhoo: The International-Effort Drag Week Malibu Has Been Getting Updates For 2018!

“I will leave the garage unlocked for you. You’re welcome to back it out for better photos.” That is what Andy Warren texted me as I was driving to his house to check up on Project...

2018 50th Anniversary Mustang Cobra Jet Is Aeromotive Fueled – 8-Second Factory Drag Machine!

If there is one thing that fans of the Ford Mustang Cobra Jet know it is that the fuel system that Ford specs for these cars is going to be rock solid. The 2018 50th Anniversary Mustang Cobra Jet is...

Video: Robert Wickens Massive IndyCar Crash At Pocono From Every Angle, Incredible Violence – Still Hospitalized

IndyCar racers have our respect and have long owned it. Why? What they do is dangerous. The cars are super fast and the courses are unforgiving. We’re friendly with Graham Rahal and he’s...

Doug Rose, Legendary Driver Of The Green Mamba Jet Car Dies At 80 Years Old At Norway Speedway

Doug Rose and his Green Mamba jet dragster were two of the most enduring things in modern American motorsports. The classically styles jet dragster that placed Rose out ahead of the front tires was...

Enter The Turning Circle: Regular Car Reviews Checks Out A 1989 Honda Prelude Si With Four-Wheel Steering

One of the most fun times I ever had driving involved a red Honda Prelude just like the one you’ll see below. A high-school girlfriend owned one for a bit, and during a visit to town she let me...

Rough Start: A 1974 Pontiac Grand Am That Is Infinitely Cooler Than Any Other Car In The Parking Lot

You know things are getting bad when you get excited to see a clean, well-kept late 1980s Chevy Cavalier in a parking lot, only because it’s not another silver or dark gray crossover. Yeah,...

The V8 Pontiac Firefly – Ten Pounds In A Five Pound Bag Right Here!

Mr. Wellwood is a shop teacher in British Columbia, the kind of shop teacher we all wish we had when we were in school. Mr. Wellwood drives a Pontiac Firefly…the Canadian version of the car we...

Best Lighter Around: Lighting Off Bonfires With A Jet Car At The NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals!

Don’t ever say that racers won’t help out when the need is present! Racers help the community, they help each other out, they will do whatever they can when the need presents itself. Case...

They Were Actually Serious: Here’s That Brand-New Rally Porsche In Action!

Last week, we learned that Porsche had been working on a prototype model of the Cayman called the GT4 Clubsport. What was it about this latest version that got us paying attention? This is a...