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Drag Racing 2000hp Trucks UPHILL in SNOW! What Could Possibly Go Wrong? This Is Insane And Fun In All The Right Ways!

Ice and snow racing events just make me smile, but probably not for the reason you think. As awesome as these events are, and as cool as the race cars and trucks can be, it’s the people that...

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More of Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos: Door Cars, Floppers, Dragsters, And More!

(Photos by David Whealon) – NHRA Drag Racing at the Gatornationals was off the hook yet again in 2026! The week started with new drivers, crew chiefs, and teams, plus record breaking performances...

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Who Makes The Best Thermal Imaging Camera? And Does The Price Match The Test Results? Project Farm Finds One Clear Winner!

If you are like me, there have been a bunch of times when you wished you had a thermal imagine camera. I use my laser temperature gun all the time, and it’s very handy, but sometimes it would...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Testing from Darana Motorsports Park GALOT In Preparation For The IHRA Season Opener!

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season opener, you are not alone! And with this weekend’s season opener going on at Darana Motorsports Park, formerly GALOT, there is plenty...

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The Direct Injection Vs Port Injection Debate Is Dead! Or Is It? Brian Tooley Racing And The Real Tuners Podcast Dyno Test!

I know there are some good reasons for Direct Injection in gasoline engines. But I also know that DI engines can be a giant pain in the butt and have some serious issues folks need to be aware of....

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This Race Engine Was Built By Someone Else. Here’s How Moran Motorsports Found 260 Additional Horsepower That They Missed!

I know several professional engine builders, and several who think they are professional engine builders. Make no mistake, I’m not even remotely claiming to be an engine builder, and...

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Randy Pobst Provides Another Lesson For The Racer: Passing – When To Do It, What It Takes, And What You As The Driver Need To Provide

Passing…the art of proving to someone else on a racecourse that you are better than them. There are right ways to pass someone, and there are wrong ways to pass someone. Anyone who has ever...

More Aussie Racing! Top Sportsman Doorslammers From Sydney Dragway!

We’re back with more footage from Sydney Dragway, this time of the Top Sportsman class. There are many flavors of car in this class…some small tire, some huge tire, some that would border...

Watch As This Nissan GT-R’s Hood Blows Off At Over 180 Miles An Hour!

At about 150 miles an hour, aerodynamics become an integral part of racing rather than an secondary consideration. Downforce becomes very real (and your best friend) and anything that can act like an...

Caption This: Who Says You Can’t Have Your Cake And Eat It Too With This Lincoln Flatbed?

In the era of $70,000 pickup trucks that make the excesses of the 1970s land barges seem tame by comparison, we often find ourselves looking at Australian utes for the answer to a question we wished...

This 1971 AMC Gremlin Road Test Video Will Have You Chuckling For Sure

There are lots of cool old “Car and Track” videos out there that depict the 1960s-1970s automotive television show testing cars, going to the races, and generally being awesome but this...

Craigslist Hilarity: Ad For An LT1 Powered Pontiac Trans-Am Convertible Or Future Ex-Wife Is Awesome

This is one of those jaw dropping Craigslist ads that just makes you both smile and shake your head in sympathy with the poor guy who wrote it. Basically what we have here is a dude who is having to...

FAIL! Watch The Mad Maxx Mega Truck Fail At The Backflip

This was less than spectacular, and certainly not the way the driver of the Mad Maxx Mega Truck wanted this to go. It’s all wrong from the moment it hits the backflip ramp, and it only gets...

This Is Gonna Hurt: No Prep Bumper Dragging Wheelstand

You know this bumper dragging wheelstand is going to hurt. You can feel it. I want to cringe before the car even leaves the starting line! Watch this Malibu stand on the bumper and come down hard....

ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Watch The Mike Maier Mustang At Fontana!

This is our final ACED: AutoCross Every Day video of the week, so we are sending you out with “Mad” Mike Maier behind the wheel of wife Brianne’s Mustang during last weekend’s...

The Nostalgia Drag Racing Scene In Europe Might Be A Little Different, But The Passion Is The Same

Dennis Vos is a hard core BangShifter from the Netherlands, and he recently sent me a video of the Nostalgia Fuel Funny Car that he crews on and then I conned him into writing a story for us. Check...

Warren County, Kentucky Planning Commission Joining Residents Against Motorsports Track Noise, LLC In Legal Battle Against NCM Motorsports Park

The Bowling Green Daily News is reporting that the City-County Planning Commission of Warren County (KY) is joining forces with Residents Against Motorsports Track Noise, the collective group of...

C6 Corvette Z06 and 427 Owners File Lawsuit, Seek Class-Action Status Over Engine Defect

When the LS7 427ci V8 appeared for the C6 Corvette, we were all smiles. Finally, after decades, the 427 Corvette was a reality again, straight from General Motors with a warranty and all. It...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News: This Week, Ludacris’s Legend, Unabashed Tesla Fanboi-ism, And More!

Indian summer is upon us here…the temperature is right on that fine line between cool and “get a coat”, the trees are starting to get colorful, and at least twice a day flights of...

Aussie Doorslammer Racing! Check Out These 9-Second Rides Ripping Down Sydney Dragway

When it comes to drag racing, we love doorslammers. Old, new, doesn’t matter…if it is fast, powerful, loud and looks more “street car” than anything else, we’re on...