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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Method Race Wheels 58th SCORE BAJA 500 RACE DAY – TT Spec, Class 1, 2WD, Legends, Unlimited

Desert off-road racing is some of my favorite off-road action, and having been to Ensenada for the BAJA 1000, the BAJA 500 is near and dear to my heart as well. If you dig desert off-road racing as...

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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Starts Today And Will Hit 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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FREE LIVESTREAM IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Series: The “Show Me” Shootout – Qualifying from Lake Lucas Indiana

I love drag boat racing, and this weekend is the second race of the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing series at Lake Lucas in Indiana. If you like big power, and big speed, on the water then you want...

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The Inaugural Fendt High Stakes Pulling Event Kicks Off This Weekend! Night 1 and 2 – Dragway 42

Truck and Tractor pulling, like most racing formats, have advanced dramatically in the last few years and that has made the competition at events even closer and closer. This weekend the first, of...

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FREE DRAG RACING DOWN UNDER: The Gulf Western Oil Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway Australia Right Here!

The Aussies are as ate up with drag racing as we are, and this weekend’s Gulf Western Oil Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway prove it. This is a great race track with great crowds and great...

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IHRA Pro Mod Mania Invades Milan Michigan’s Darana Dragway! Huge Purse, Killer Pro Mod and Sportsman Action!

This weekend the International Hot Rod Association visits Milan Michigan for Pro Mod Mania at Darana Dragway which features an insane purse and tons of great racing action. With a total purse of...

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Classic YouTube: Off-Roading Some Funky Subarus In Washington State

Confession: until about five years ago, I didn’t know what to call the cars you are about to see. All I knew them as were “Subaru wagons”. They weren’t Leones or Loyales or...

Aeromotive Becomes 2016 NHRA Contingency Program Sponsor – Win and WIN!

Good news for you NHRA racers out there as Aeromotive has rejoined the NHRA contingency program in a big way. Aeromotive products will be part of the program in the following classes: Pro Mod Pro...

Muck Tested, Kid Approved: We Try New Muck Daddy Hand Cleaner and Scrubbing Wipes

When it comes to options of cleaning up your grime covered hands at the end of a wrenching session there are a myriad of them to choose from. Some of them work well enough and some of them are total...

Race OR Cruise! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2016 Registration Opens At Noon Eastern Saturday Feb 13th!

RPM Magazine’s Rocky Mountain Race Week is the ULTIMATE test of street car drag racers, competing on quarter mile strips every day for a week while driving 1300 adventurous miles between...

School Bus Snow Drifting Video: Watch This Cheese Wagon Drift Perfectly In A Winter Wonderland

This is dangerous, juvenile behavior but damn does it look like fun! Drifting huge vehicles is both scary and awesome and I speak from experience. Back when I was an upstanding citizen and working...

Nitto King Of The Hammers 2016: Unlimited Ultra4 Coverage You Can’t Miss!

If we had a time machine we’d move the invention of King of the Hammers back to the middle 1960s. Why? Because then we’d be able to see guys like Mickey Thompson, Bill Stroppe, Parnelli...

eBay Find: The Most Unloved Shelby Is Looking For A New Home! Can You Find A Use For A Shelby Dakota?

Ok, so the 1989 Shelby Dakota isn’t going to set anyone’s pants on fire in stock form. Consider it a solid attempt at creating a sport truck and an early shot in the sport truck scene...

2016 Cincinnati Cavalcade of Customs Coverage: Fords, Chevrolets, Mopars and Customs Galore

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I’ve got mixed feelings about going in early to this show.  We missed most of the folks standing around their cars and having some good...

24 Hours Of LeMons Video: Where There’s Smoke, There’s A Dying Mini-Van Barfing Trans Fluid

(By Eric Rood) – Sometimes, a team (aptly named Bad Decisions Racing) race a GM U-body minivan in the 24 Hours of LeMons. And sometimes, that van blows a transmission line three minutes before...

This Mashup Of A Cummins Dodge And A Volkswagen Camper Van Is Weird, Creepy, And Just A Little Bit Genius

Between 1974-1993, Dodge made a full-size sports utility vehicle, the Ramcharger. It was always two-door, was solid-roofed after 1980 (prior to, the roof and “cap” area was removable) and...

Great Video: The Unbreakable John Force – No Jokes, No Act, Just A Man Looking To Dominate Again

The 2016 season marks an important milestone for John Force and the massive operation that he’s built around himself. He’s in good health, his cars have the right parts, and most...

NMCA Announces Purse And Contingency Awards To Holley EFI Factory Super Cars Class

One of the last remaining questions with respect to the NMCA’s new Holley EFI Factory Super Cars class was the purse. What was in it for the racers to show up and compete in this thing? As it...

Video: A Profile Of Dave Marcis, NASCAR Legend And Current ECTA LSR Racer

The man with the drift and the three pound sledge in the lead photo is NASCAR great Dave Marcis. It isn’t the only time you’ll see him beating on one of his race cars with a hammer in...

NHRA Winternationals History: Watch Kenny Bernstein’s Spectacular Final Round Crash From 1993

Sometimes drag races can best be described as a writer once described a war. Hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. Such was the case at the 1993 NHRA Winternationals which took the...