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OG SMALL TIRE RACING IN THE MOUNTAINS!!!! KILLER STREET AT ELK CREEK DRAGWAY JUNE 2026!!!!

Oooh yeah! Elk Creek Dragway is something special, and with racing like this we understand why. In this video you’ll see Killer Street 275/28 and more as the 5.30 and 6.30 index classes take...

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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Continues Today as We are Heading for The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Full Race | Bommarito Automotive Group 500 from WWT Raceway

Just a couple of weekss after the famed Indy 500, the IndyCar Series was back at it for another weekend of racing. This time it was at the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 World Wide Technology Raceway...

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Finnegan’s 1961 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Drag Car Build Is Getting Closer! Interior At Home. Check It Out.

I talked to Mike the other day and he said that they are seriously working on the Cadillac to get it on the road this year. Sure, there is a lot to do, but they keep chipping away at it and in the...

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They CLOSED a Public Road for a Street Race and Heavy Hitters Came Out! Cash Days Street Racing Greatness!

We’ve livestreamed a few city sanctioned street race events over the years, and have heard of a few others, but it never gets old to hear that folks want to see Cash Days street races to go...

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New Right-Angle Impact Totally Resets the Scoreboard! These Aren’t Supposed To Be This Good!

Right angle impacts have really made a splash recently, and if you are like me and think they are just an over hyped cordless ratchet, you’d be wrong. Yes, I said it, I was wrong. I love me...

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Unknown Parts Counter Guy: If I See Cupid Inside Of This Store, I’m Gonna Shoot Him.

It’s been long enough since I worked at the store that I think I can tell this story. When I signed on at The Store, there were three women that worked behind the counter: two college-age...

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BangShift Project Files: A 1995 Chevrolet Caprice 9C1 Winter Beater That Is Missing The “Beater” Part Of The Equation

When I hear the phrase “winter beater”, I picture a car that is just barely acceptable for public roads, prepared just enough to survive plowing through snow, slush and all of the crap...

Another Ice Racing Camaro: 454 And Spiked Dual Tires At All Four Corners!

Apparently mid-1970s Chevrolet Camaros are the vehicle of choice to blast around the frozen lakes of Finland. Who knew…around the U.S. they are either the poor man’s split-bumper Camaro...

Jay Leno Gets A Taste Of Humble Pie After Getting Behind The Wheel Of A Jaguar XJ220 – How Is The Big Cat To Drive? Check This Out!

You could keep your Ferrari F-40 and Lamborghini Countach and Diablo posters…for yours truly in the early 1990s, this was the supercar to dream about, and I didn’t know jack squat about...

Racer Scott Tucker Arrested – Made Billions, Plowed 67-Million Into Racing, Charged With Nine Counts In Federal Court

The high flying, fast living, live on the edge lifestyle of racing attracts a certain type of person and over the years these “certain types of people” have (on occasion) proven...

Nissan’s Tracked SUVs Are The Right Idea For The Snowbound – Shame They Are Only A Concept!

To say that I’m not a fan of winter is really understating the fact. I have enough broken bones in this body that I can physically feel the season coming in…it feels like a migraine...

This Crazy, Stretched, Triple Rear Axle 1970 GMC Suburban Is For Sale Again In Chicago

So we meet again, freaky weirdo 1970 GMC Suburban! While I cannot find it in our archive of over 18,000 blog items I know for a fact that we ran a piece on this machine a couple of years ago when it...

Lindberg And Cowie Win NHRA Winternationals Sportsman Wallys At Pomona!

Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt   The majority of racers competing at this weekend’s season opening Circle K NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona drove Sportsman racecars,...

The Cobra Jet Mustangs Are Coming! And We Have Photos Of The Final Cars Coming Together!

Cobra Jets under construction photos are right here! To say this shop space looks surgical would be an understatement. Oh to have this kind of room, tools, and equipment! Check out these photos our...

1969 Pontiac Catalina 428 4-Speed Station Wagon!!! For Only $6900 And It Is Nice

There is some about big inch stick shift wagons that just get my crank turning. And this big Pontiac is no exception. It’s a 428 powered 1969 Pontiac Catalina and it has a Muncie 4 speed...

Prolong To Sponsor Pro Stock Motorcycle Competitor Freddie Camarena

With the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello season kicking off in Pomona last weekend the news around the sport is really clipping along. We have some good news on the pro stock motorcycle front as the crew at...

Aussie Car Show Coverage: The Uraidla Hot Rods and Classics Picnic – Awesome!

(Photos by Darryl Daniels) – Our man in Australia Darryl Daniels had send us a load of great photos from the Uraidla Hot Rods and Classics picnic a while back and then a dog ate our homework...

Progress Is Eating The Remains Of Historic Oswego Drag Raceway – Sad Photos Here

(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – Progress. I usually hate it. Except for central air conditioning, cable television, and tubeless tires I usually just shake my head at what we call...

Watch This Ford Fiesta Rally Car Jump Half A Football Field At Rally Sweden! Woah Mamma!

(By Eric Rood) – Ah, Rally Sweden, the world’s best snow rally. When not contending with mixed ice and snow conditions on the country’s back roads, drivers are fighting the difficulty of...