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2026 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour LIVESTREAM From Buttonwillow Raceway Park- Saturday Coverage LIVE

It’s time for the 9-race Hoosier Super Tour to start and that means racing at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in central California. There is a lot of qualifying and racing both today and tomorrow,...

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FREE Boat Racing Livestream: Here Is Round 1 Of The IHRA F1 Powerboats At The Bradenton Area River Regatta

Boat racing is on! It might still be winter in a lot of places, but that isn’t stopping the International Hot Rod Association from running their F1 Boat Series in Bradenton Florida this...

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New Junkyard Inventory! Look At This Ragtop Chevy II Nova That Just Came Through The Gates!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more awesome finds and more awesome parts. His collector car wrecking yard is one of the finest in the country, and we’ve been there several times and taken home...

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This Is The Ultimate Off-Road Challenge, Where One Driver From F1, One From NASCAR, and One From Drifting Go Head To Head In A Variety Of Off-Road Challenges.

It’s on! How cool is it to take three drivers from completely different motorsports and put them head to head in a variety of off-road vehicles, on a variety of off-road terrain, to see...

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FREE LIVE NHRA Divisional Racing Action: Division 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing At Firebird Raceway – Saturday

Free live drag racing starts here and continues all weekend long from the NHRA Regional at Firebird Raceway in Arizona. We’re talking all kinds of Sportsman Drag racing which means wheels up Stock...

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Swapping a 500HP SRT4 Turbo Engine Into The Cleanest Classic Dodge Caravan Ever. Now Look How Cool It Will Be!

I’m not sure there has every been a Dodge Caravan that was cleaner and cooler than this one right here, and the engine swap hasn’t even happened yet! Okay, knowing about the engine swap...

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Classic YouTube: Watch This Super Pro Dodge Avenger Lap National Trails Raceway!

If there is one thing that Chrysler did well in the 1980s and 1990s, it was building two-door body shells that looked great as drag cars. The Daytona, the LeBaron Coupe and the first-gen Avenger all...

Watch Chris Juliano’s Bad Ride From NHRA Norwalk – More Pro Mod Craziness

The J&A Service Company pro mod class has provided some of the most exciting, chilling, and downright crazy action of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello drag racing season. Between close calls, near...

Three Days, Six Races, And A Lot Of Fun: The SCCA Is Unveiling Targa Southland – You Interested?

Track days are cool and all, but there is one problem: it’s one day, and usually one afternoon. Unless you’re lucky enough to show up at an event with a small amount of participants, your...

Pro Street Rescue: This 1993 Ford Probe Has Only Been Driven 500 Miles Since It Was Built!

I love it when someone does a full-tilt Pro Street build on a front-wheel-drive 1980s or 1990s car. I consider it justice for seeing these cars as rear-drive race cars in competition, but as a...

Money No Object: How Many Uses Could You Find For This 4BT-Swapped 1947 Dodge Power Wagon 6×6?

The Willys Jeep gets all of the credit when it comes to World War II-era vehicles that found a place in society after their military service, but the Dodge Power Wagon (the flat-tendered...

The Video Introduction To The Dave McClelland Motorsports Hall Of Fame Induction Is Amazing

So how to you create a video that encapsulates the truly great nature of a legend in just two minutes? You hand the project to someone who gets it. Les Mayhew is a guy who gets it and gets it to a...

Another One Gone: Lyons Raceway Park In Indiana Is Closing

It seems that another track is shutting the gates and disappearing into history. Lyons Raceway Park, an 1/8th mile strip south of Indianapolis, Indiana that was built in the mid-1990s, will be...

Watch a classic Trans-Am race at Brainerd that includes star power, Merkurs, and a white-knuckle track

The modern Trans-Am Series makes its annual Independence Weekend pilgrimage to Minnesota’s Brainerd International Raceway this weekend and what better way could there be to celebrate that than with...

Legends: The Bob Glidden Interview – This Recent Long Form Discussion With Glidden Is Outstanding

Earlier this week we showed you a 1980s interview with NHRA pro stock legend Bob Glidden from a television show called, “The Great Racers”. It was an awesome look into the man and his...

Phantom Build: This 1977 AMC Hornet Is As Good Of A Start As You’ll Find, So Tell Us How You Would Build It!

Anyone who has ever built a project car will always have one piece of advice for you: start with the best possible builder of a car that you can. Starting with the cleanest and most complete car you...

Project Celler Dweller: It Gets Built, It Gets Welded On, It Gets Air! (W/Video)

(Good Photos by Dave Nutting – Other Photos: The Author) – Last we left you with Project Cellar Dweller, our budget “big block” father-son go kart build the chassis had been...

NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Of Street Legal Drag Racing July 28-31, Joliet – We’ll Be There and You SHOULD BE TOO!

(Photo credit: Charles Wickam) – It is a door slammer throw down unlike any other. It is days on end of drag racing nirvana. It is the NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing and it...

Mega Mopar Day Coverage: Chryslers Of All Shape And Size Descend On Maple Grove

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Growing up, some of my favorite days spent at the drag strip were the specialty days where one make was highlighted. Pontiac day, Ford day, etc. It always brought out...

More High-Powered Street Machines From Sweden – Check Out The Action From The Birka Cup!

The machines that prowl the motorways of Sweden are legendary, and the scenario behind races like the Birka Cup show why no-prep racing and street racing have the following that they do. Birka Cup is...