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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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Cool Car For A Good Cause: Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle Reveals The Dagger Fairlane

Many of you are familiar with our pals at Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle, the Illinois based shop that cranks out some of the coolest cars of all shapes and sizes in the country. From their Craftsman...

Football?! Nah, Watch The 1991 NHRA Winternationals Right Here!

Apparently today there’s a sporting contest going on between two cities. Many people seem to be highly interested in said contest and are clogging up the roads, airwaves, and internets with...

Love CCW Classic Wheels? We Do Too! More Sizes Mean Your Hot Rod Can Wear Them

The CCW Classic wheel is one of those designs that looks good on just about every car ever made. There are very few wheels that have ever been produced that you know you can bolt onto a car and five...

This Hemi Prowler Is A Cruiser We’d Kill To Own – Coulda Had A V8!

There were many things legitimately awesome about the Plymouth Prowler when they were made. The simple fact that the car was even produced in the first place was a triumph of people with passion over...

Look Out Below! This Classic Ford Truck Ad From 20 Years Ago Still Stands The Test Of Time – What A Jump!

(By Eric Rood) – By 1996, Ford had essentially built the same F150 pickup for nearly two decades, utilizing the boxy truck shape and same engine options for most of that time: a 4.9-liter...

Grand National Roadster Show Photos: More Tri-Fives, More Cool Customs, More Rad Rad Roadsters

Like the Energizer bunny we’re still going! Our aim to to eventually show you every single car that was at the 2017 Grand National Roadster Show and we’ve still got some photos left in...

Zip Tie Drags Adventure Video – Emily Williams and Her Husband Buy A Nova And Make The Trip

The Roadkill Zip Tie Drags were a big success with Tuscon Dragway being packed to the gills with fans and many Roadkill devotees making the run from Southern California to the Arizona track. People...

Greg Wants A Galaxie, Greg’s Got Expensive Taste! Check This Baby Out

(By Greg Rourke) – Brian recently showed us a $40,000 transmission, which was only a little more than the trans in my 98 Plymouth Voyager cost.  The trans was originally for a factory...

It’s Official: World Series Of Drag Racing Back At Cordova August 25-27

    In a Saturday afternoon news release, IRG Sports + Entertainment, the parent company of the IHRA has announced that the World Series of Drag Racing will return to its rightful home at...

Tucson Dragways Nate Burger Shows The Kids At Import Face-Off How To Do A Burnout In A Mustang!

Okay, so he also showed them how to almost crash your car, but we’re going to roll with the positive here. We kid, because Nate is our boy and he’ll be laughing when he reads this. At...

BangShift Project Files: The Ultimate Project Creep…Yank Engine From Camaro, Stuff V8 Vega Wagon!

Project Creep: (noun) when changes turn what was supposed to be a simple fix into a convoluted and time-consuming process. It’s the old joke…you pull the car into the garage to change...

Roadtripping Across The Country In A Dodge Daytona To Race Some Clapped-Out Beater? We’re Paying Attention!

Last summer, Woodward Avenue saw the second coming of Roadkill Nights. The year prior was the big drag event at the Pontiac Silverdome where *ahem* primate monkey house of automotive hijinks *cough*...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! In This Edition, VetteWagon, Tattletale Chips and More!

Just because the sun is shining and there is a bird or two in your yard doesn’t mean that Spring is here yet. It’s a ruse. Mother Nature is a cruel prankster. You still have plenty of...

How Would You Build It: This 1971 Ex-Grand National Dodge Charger Needs A New Lease On Life!

Old race cars are too cool…they have the right look, the right stance, the right equipment…usually…and you can’t beat the bodies that they used, especially since they were...