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Mountain Drive and Shenanigans! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 | Race Day Four Means Mountains, Burnouts, And Pueblo Motorsports Park Racing Action

Here’s the Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Four video and boy is it a fun one. We’re talking on the road, on the track and more! Day Three AND Four are both at Pueblo Motorsports Park and I can...

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More Lost Buckeye Skips Drag and Drive Photos! Check Out The On Track Action and Checkpoint Photos Right Here!

Here’s our second gallery of lost photos, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! (Photos by Neal Sabo) When BANGshifter Neal Sabo said he was going to head down to Buckeye Skips...

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The Fastest Cars In The Country versus The SKETCHIEST Drag Strip Means It Must Be War in the Woods at Brown County!

We’ve shared War in the Woods coverage for years, but over the past couple of years the racing at Brown County has gotten more and more famous and sketchier than ever. With some of the quickest...

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The History of Air Suspension Part 1 – From NASCAR to Mini Trucks, Plus Are They Air Springs or Air Bags – Influence and Impact

In the mini truckin’ world, air suspension is king. While static drops and hydraulics certainly suspend a huge portion of the custom trucks you see at shows, the preferred adjustable suspension...

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Mecum Tulsa 2026 Coverage! Tons of cool cars and Chad Ehrlich spent a little time with good friend Jim Wicks! Check Out The Cool Rides!

It’s time for more from Mecum, but this time instead of showing their video feed or highlights from the auction, we’re sharing video from our friend Chad Ehrlich at Nobody Else’s...

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Southeast Gassers Invade Brainerd Motorsports Park For The Harbin’s Mechanical Rumble In Ringgold! Race 3 of the 2026 Season.

Here’s a livestream replay from the Southeast Gassers Association’s third race of 2026 at Brainerd Motorsports Park. If you like traditional nose high gassers that still row the gears, still have...

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Fresh From The Toaster: The Rumble Of A Healthy Small-Block Chevy In A Scion xB?

So Scion is no more. I’ll be honest, I won’t be sad to see it go, because from my point of view, Scion never really did make much sense and after the first couple of years, you could tell...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week, A Holy Fiat, A Bad Siphon Job, And More!

Another week, another week’s worth of news piling up in our inboxes and on our desks. For every bit that is worth looking at, there’s ten that are barely worth the time, and there are...

This 1973 Pontiac GTO Is So Damn Perfect, It Hurts! 455, Four-Speed, And Black? YES PLEASE!

“The patron saint of automotive lost causes.” Brian Lohnes once wrote that about me, because my taste in cars is at the fringe edge of acceptable on a good day. It’s not that I...

Caption This: This Amatuer Photographer Captured The First Spy Shot Of Honda’s New Monorail!

I’ve had the privilege of living in places that have unbelievably gorgeous views over my years on Earth. I’ve lived in the high deserts of Arizona and got treated to the colorful Mogollon...

Huge News: TruStart System To Be Used At Spring Fling Million – May Change Bracket Racing Forever

The Compulink Timing System Company along with the Spring Fling Million have teamed up and the result is something that could forever change the landscape of sportsman drag racing. Called TruStart,...

NHRA Announces NHRA All-Access Streaming Service From National Events – Subscription Service

One of the lingering questions that has been floating since the NHRA announced the vastly improved television package on FOX and FOX Sports 1 has been the availability of live streaming video from...

Big Unsubstantiated Rumor: Mike Dunn IHRA President?

(Photo credit: ESPN.com) – Normally the rumor mill is nor our jam but since we have had this one boomerang back to us multiple times in the last two days from some guys who typically know...

REPLAY: King Of The Hammers Off-Road Racing. More Ultra4 Action Than You Can Stand

It’s Hammer Time! Okay, I couldn’t resist. It’s time for the annual off road fest called King of the Hammers in Johnson Valley California, and not only will we be there grabbing...

More Fresh Photos From The 2016 Grand National Roadster Show: Drag Cars, Caddies, Roadsters, More

As I have been saying for the last couple Grand National Roadster Show blogs, it ain’t just roadsters at the Fairplex during the show. This gallery of photos is total proof of that as it is...

Steve Torrence And Jack Beckman Quickest in NHRA Nitro Spring Training!

(Photo Credit:NHRA) – The NHRA has dubbed it NHRA Nitro Spring Training and we’re dubbing it the prelude to the Winters but whatever you want to call it, every nitro team worth their...

GM Just Opened Up The Baddest Engine Building Center On Planet Earth – Powertrain Performance and Racing Center

So GM has just opened up the Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory of Horsepower in Pontiac, Michigan. We’re not kidding when we say that this is likely the baddest performance and race engine...

AutoMeter Introduces The Tachs Season Rebate! Money Back For Buying A Tach

At a recent media trade conference, we had dinner with some high level executives from AutoMeter and do you know what we learned? We learned that they speak of gauges and only of gauges. That’s...

This Video Claims To Count Down The 8 Races That Shaped Motorsport – Do You Agree?

I’m a list guy, a countdown guy, a “numbered stuff” guy if you will. I cannot flip past a television show, video, or story that counts stuff up or down or presents a bunch of...

The Parting Shift: Ripping Gears In A Ten-Second Six-Speed Supercharged Challenger

Jay “Speedy” Orrand’s 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T is one bad mother. The namesake behind Speedy’s Garage and the creator and organizer of the ChallengerFest show in Bowling...