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The Last of our Lost Buckeye Skips Drag and Drive Photos! Our Final Gallery of Day Three On Track Action and Checkpoints!

Here’s our last gallery of lost photos from Day 3 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link to...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: PDRA Testing For This Weekend’s Maryland International Raceway Event! Live Testing Action.

We’ve got some live track testing going on at Maryland International Raceway where PDRA’s top teams are on hand to see what kind of improvements they can make as they get ready for this...

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Robin Shutes Onboard Video Pikes Peak 2026. 2nd Overall, 1st in Super Unlimited, and Sets the All Time Rear Wheel Drive Record!

If you are like me you are going to watch this video and think how much fun it seems it would be to be driving, and also that this dude could have been going even faster. Yeah, that’s not a...

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They Built a BANNED F1 Car From the 70’s! Well Kinda, And It’s Awesome! Who Wants To Build One Of These?

I know I’m not alone in saying that the Tyrrell P34 is one of the coolest looking F1 cars ever produced, not only because the lines are good on it, but also because it’s a freak show with...

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Flat-12 Ferrari Magic in Monaco | John Surtees’ Favourite F1 Car Makes ALL the Right Noises. Pure Bliss.

There are going to be some of the most epic Ferrari’s in Formula 1 history at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, and this right here is one of them. The crew caught up with this car...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 4 of 5 – Putting All This Freshly Installed Suspension To The Test On The Track!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In this video...

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It’s Not Practical But We Still Want It: 1992 LOLA T9200 INDYCAR DRIVEN BY AL UNSER SR.

Sometimes stuff is just so cool that you want it even if there is practically no way to enjoy it. With that said, if we did own this cool Indy Car we’d make every effort to go to some open...

Turn-Key Tens With License Plates: This 2000 Chevrolet Camaro SS Is Ready To Go!

The dream factory hot rod of my high-school years was a “catfish” Camaro Super Sport. Fourth-gen F-bodies trumped Mustangs, I didn’t want a truck so the Lightning was out, and I...

Our March Meet 2018 Photo Coverage Continues Right Here. Check Out These Bitchin Shots!

(Photos by Dyan Lover and Darr Hawthorne) I can’t thank Dyan Lover and Darr Hawthorne enough for all their kick ass photos from the 2018 March Meet. We’v posted a few galleries so far and...

Cottrell, Wittenberg, Hix, Bates, Halstead and Oberg Come Out Swinging at the Good Vibrations March Meet!

(Photos by Dyan Lover and Darr Hawthorne) There is a drag strip on Famoso Road in Kern County, California that has been hosting prestigious drag racing events like the US Fuel & Gas Championships...

Morning Symphony: The Gonzo Cut Of Every Bit Of Fun At The Hoonigan Shop!

The name says it all: Hoonigan. Hoon. Take the car, throw away the brain, and go cut loose until you’re satisfied…or you break something…or the cops get called. That’s what...

Classic YouTube: The Mint 400 In 1978 – Same Desert, Same Dust, Half The Suspension Travel (At Least!)

2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Mint 400, the race in the Nevada desert that tests the strength and durability of machine and man alike over the miles. From it’s origins as a PR stunt...

More March Meet Nitro Funny Car, Top Fuel, And Fuel Altered Photos From Famoso

(Photos by Dyan Lover and Darr Hawthorne) The 60th running of the March Meet was an epic display of all things nitro as teams from all over the country converged on the famed 1320 feet of concrete at...

Choo-Choo: The Night Train Olds 442 Is Rolling, Ready For This Year’s Challenges!

Every GM G-body got a performance spec variation. Some were better than others, though. Without question, the Buick Grand National and GNX were the pinnacle of what the company could make the G-body...

Video: First NMCA Factory Super Car aka NHRA Stocker Runs 7’s! And It’s A Mopar!

Yesterday Brian showed off his story from NMCA Racepages about the fact that the factory built drag cars, like the COPO Camaro, Drag Pak Challenger, and Cobra Jet Mustang, were knocking on the 7...

Snow Drifting This Y-Block Powered 1959 Ford, Home Built EFI, AOD, And All Looks Like Fun

It might not be hauling ass, after all it is on snow in Sweden, or at least that’s where we think it is. Hell, it really doesn’t matter. The car has Megasquirt EFI using individual...

VP Racing Fuels Racer Appreciation Bracket Races From Georgia $50,000 Per Day

When VP Racing Fuels shows their appreciation, they do it for real! With $50k per day on the line this weekend, they know how to throw a race. And with just 250 door cars and dragsters going head to...

NMCA West AutoX Action Photos: Sideways, Tire Smoke, And More

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) The season opening NMCA West AutoX event at Fontana’s California Speedway was a riot, and we don’t just mean the crazy donuts and tire smoking action from...

Jimmy Shine And His Buddies Help Fellow Hot Rodder Chris Rusch Build A Tube Chassis 1930 Ford In 4 Days

Having a group of friends come over to help thrash on a friend’s hot rod is nothing new. It happens all over the country. The difference between the build in this video and that scenario is the...

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The Beginner’s Guide To: The Mint 400, The Great American Desert Race

I beat the alarm clock by about an hour and a half, waking up with the rising sun. Not that I was particularly enthused to: my mouth tasted like mescal and barbacoa-style lamb, my head was reminding...